Apparently reading poetry + listening to weird ASMR videos + herbal tea works wonders for de-stressing. Who'd have thought. (This really should have occurred to me sooner ( Read more... )

*Before I get started with this, I'd just like to mention that I've been feeling a little weird and unsocial lately, so if I end up acting weird and unsocial, well... there you go. ;V Anyway! Onward.

Finished reading: On the Head of a Pin by Janet Kellough. I think that I said everything I wanted to say about this in my previous entry. Tl;dr: ( Read more... )

Today went as well as could be expected, and I think the same will be said for tomorrow. For now, let's focus on nice little things! Yuletide hasn't gone live quite yet, and SSSS exchange hasn't either, but there's still lots of things making me happy ( Read more... )

☆ I've been feeling a little out of sorts, which has the usual result of ignoring my flist and backdating a lot. And I feel the need to apologize for that, even though I know I don't need to. So, I guess I will just state it instead. That's better ( Read more... )

✿ I had a great morning. Due to some work-related rearrangements, I didn't have to leave the house until about an hour later than I usually would. It meant I had time to make stovetop oatmeal, do yoga, read a little, and have a nice long shower before I had to head out the door. This never, ever happens. I'm going to have to be careful not to get ( Read more... )

Ahhh so, I just found out today that the Nebula Awards were this weekend, and Ursula Vernon won for Short Story. Wonderful! I think I recommended "Jackalope Wives" when it first came out, but might as well again - you can read Ursula's story for free on Apex Magazine's website: Jackalope Wives. There is also a podcast version if you're into that ( ( Read more... )

☆ Ursula Vernon has a new short novel out under the pen name T Kingfisher. It's called Bryony and Roses, it's a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, and I'm really looking forward to reading it. I haven't read The Seventh Bride yet (that one is a Bluebeard retelling), but I expect to get to it soon. To be honest, I've been saving both of them for ( Read more... )

It's kind of weird, but over the last few days I've been feeling a little bit bored. I usually don't get bored, and certainly not when I'm off work, but there it is. I think it might be because it is way too cold to go outside - I mean, I'd love to go out to the cafe or something just as a change of scenery, do some writing there, but it's been ( Read more... )

✿ Ursula Vernon put out a short novel recently called Nine Goblins. I've been a fan of her art and comics for years, but never got around to reading any of her writing beyond snippets she'd posted in her journal. Well, this book is awesome. Awesome sense of humour, very light and entertaining. Rather Pratchett-esque. If you can drop the four bucks ( Read more... )

Soooo-ooo Canada Post's customer service phone line was spectacularly unhelpful. And mum went to the nearest post outlet for me to inquire, but didn't get any good answer either ( Read more... )