xanthe is starting her journey from just being a fic writer to writing both fic and original work. (Congratulations!, Xanthe!) I was reading a post of hers on LJ and it reminded me of my own journey, which then got me thinking that maybe it would be useful if those of us who've made the jump were to talk about it. If nothing else, it would be fun to see ( Read more... )

Wow. That feels so weird to say. Though, she doesn't check into the dorm for another couple of hours yet. Still, she left for school yesterday at too-damn-early o'clock (with a big ass suitcase that weighed 49.5 pounds LOL). Her other bags were lighter. LOL ( Read more... )

So. My kid's going to college ( Read more... )

So, there I was, messing around on Twitter this afternoon and someone mentioned Wide Sargasso Sea. They were talking about the movie, but it struck a chord and I went to look it up. I'd heard of it, but couldn't quite remember what was special about it.

For someone who has spent the better part of 50 years with a book in her hands, I'm remarkably ( Read more... )

This morning has been an emotional roller coaster. The trigger was something so incredibly trivial, but the response I've seen online has me alternating between white hot anger and unutterable sadness.
( behind the cut for the sanity of my flist )

A little something my kid sent me... she knows her Mom well. LOL!


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Just thought I'd pop in and say, I live, and not only that, but I'm going to try to dust this puppy off ( Read more... )

Greetings from the void! LOL ( Read more... )

Like anyone reading this won't get *that* reference ( Read more... )

When USA announced their forthcoming movie starring Mark Harmon and based on the 10th of John Sandford's "Prey" novels, a couple of friends of mine insisted I'd read them ( Read more... )