I've been lurking here for on and off for years now, but I had a conversation with Jaime on a Facebook group for American librarians which convinced me to finally join! Huzzah!

(I should confess that I'm not actually a librarian, I work for a non-profit in Australia. I just need an excuse to make book recommendations that people will actually listen ( Read more... )

I've been lurking here since the post about the development of cover art for A Conspiracy of Kings, so it's probably long past time for me to actually join ( Read more... )

Hello Sounis members ( Read more... )

Hello, all! I used to be on here as thelasteddis--the_alexiad is my general internet-wide handle so when I had to make a new account (password? what password?) I changed it. However, I assume there are a lot of new people so... I'm a long time fan of the books, Eddis enthusiast (those pics are from SEVEN YEARS AGO), and student filmmakerNOW ONTO ( Read more... )

I don't know how many of y'all follow her LJ, but Jo Walton's poetry in general is excellent. This one might be of particular interest to some of you.

http://papersky.livejournal.com/652670.html

Here's Seanan McGuire's keynote address at the Pike's Peak Writer's Conference.

I think y'all might enjoy this.

http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/624528.html

filkferengi

If you've ever wondered who filkers are & what we're about, madfilkentist's pithy history of filk is up, for free! here:

http://www.mcgath.com/tst/

The pdf is up now, with other formats to come later.

Squee!

Author Sherwood Smith loves lots of the same authors we like, here: http://bookviewcafe.com/blog/2015/01/03/interesting-women-the-three-name-greats/Read more... )

Are there some newish folks out there?  We'd love to hear from you--no one has posted an introduction in AGES.  So, tell us about yourself!  How did you find our favorite books?  Which one is your favorite?  Predictions for the future?  Any questions you're just dying to find the answers to?  Maybe we can help.

Tell me more tell me more.


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Hello! I called myself Furem here on a whim, which was not such a good idea because everywhere else on the internet I'm Josiphine--it makes it difficult to remember. I love the 'Queen's Thief' series (KoA is my favorite, I think). I first read them about a month ago, and I have read each of them probably ten times since then. For the first two ( Read more... )