Dear Yuletide Writer,

( Law & Order: UK, Justified, Under Heaven and The Mentalist )

There's a hole in the sky, and rain is coming down in buckets.   It was murderous trying to navigate the streets this morning.

Still sniffling from allergies that may or may not be actually a cold.   Have given up trying to figure out which.

Been reading new books and re-reading favourites over the last few days, once again bedridden.  Re-reading I  ( Read more... )

Camelot, set to air next year from Starz, looks somewhat promising.  Jamie Campbell Bower had some charisma in The Prisoner (BBC) and a more grown-up version of the Arthurian legend is indeed welcome after three years of the same old, same old from Merlin (BBC).  I understand Merlin is supposed to be a family show, but I still don't get what the ( Read more... )

Reading is back on track - consequently, there's been very little progress on WIPs.  It's possible I'm too frustrated at work just to unwind afterward and actually focus on writing.

Currently on The Sarantine Mosaic series by GGK and loving it.  Both Sailing to Sarantium and The Pillars of Earth are about artisans dedicated to their crafts, but ( Read more... )

Nothing is quite like lounging around the balcony on a breezy, generally perfect summer afternoon, listening to Iron & Wine and drinking iced coffee.  Samuel Beam's voice is impossible to encapsulate with words.  I'm usually adverse to beards, but I will make an exception for him, just for his voice alone.

I'm behind on Inception fic reading again ( Read more... )

My ADD-ness is showing.  Currently working on the following five books.

Fantasy/Speculative Fiction

• Under Heaven, by Guy Gavriel Kay
• A Mystery of Grace, by Charles de Lint
• Anathem, by Neal Stephenson

( Brief discussions, no spoilers )