Yuletide was wonderful - it's the first time this year I've really felt able to write, you know? Although I should mention to you that I have been unfairly shirking irradiant's J2, so that's next on the list. But...
( In which I talk far too much about writing fiction rather than actually writing fiction. )

Last rec post of 2014. Happy Hogmanay!

General Recs:

Hamlet - Shakespeare, HIghlander, Hockey RPF, Inglourious Basterds (2009), The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, Marvel 616, Teen Wolf
( Other recs )

( Yuletide recs! )

People, it was merriman who wrote the absolutely gorgeous Deaccession for me in hlh_shortcuts. It's on AO3 now, too - books in space! How can you resist? Although in all honesty my favourite part of this story is merriman's superb re-imagining of the Library of Alexandria - it's just gorgeous ( Read more... )

AO3 remains the only bibliographic index user of which I am aware that, infuriatingly, continues to list books under title and not author's surname as a primary reference. Grumpily, I've done the same here.

Recs:

( Recs in: Zhuāngzǐ, Appalachian Murder Ballads, Black Sheep, The Charioteer, The Eagle, Edward II, The Fast and the Furious, Frankenstein, The Hour, Irish Mythology, The Losers, Maiden Rose, Moby Dick, The Outsiders, The Romance of Silence, Roustabout, Rush, Stalky and Co, The Sting, Swallowa and Amazons, Swordspoint, The Wire )

The annual Highlander exchange hlh_shortcuts is almost ready to go - there's a day left to sign up, people. This is my favourite fest of the year, and in all honesty all the usual suspects have signed up already, but if you've ever considered writing Highlander you couldn't start in a better place! Sign-ups are here - it's dead easy, a 500 word minimum ( Read more... )

State of play:

yuletide, people. FYI. (Not that it really matters, just in case anyone wanders over from AO3.) Last year's yuletide was pretty much amazing - isiscolo's Minstrel's Song (Rosemary Sutcliff's Knight's Fee) was a story I absolutely loved to pieces. Still do, not to take away from all the smashing stories that preceeded it - and I wrote more than I'd ever ( Read more... )

The absolutely stunning Highlander story written for me and posted in hlh_shortcuts this year, About Today, was by hafital! Apart from finding this absolutely superbly done, I was really touched - I think the shifting, multiple possibilities and timelines were written because I'd love them. (I did.) It really is a smashing piece of craftswomanship ( Read more... )

Yuletide recs.
( Actor RPF (Paul Newman/Robert Redford), Da tang hong yan fu | Tang Dynasty Girl Poem (music video), Das Wachsfigurenkabinett | Waxworks (1924), Fallen London | Echo Bazaar, Fame (1980), Finnish Mythology, Le citta invisibili | Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino, Lion in Winter (1968) and 12th Century CE RPF, Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy, The Clangers, The Prisoner (2009) )

Happy Hogmany, f-list.

If this doesn't cut properly on the first try, I am so sorry for littering your f-list. I don't seem to be able to edit once posted right now.

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