Accidentally took my reflux meds late yesterday, now my whole body is chucking a sad.

What I'm currently reading:
"Tipping the Velvet" by Sarah Waters, author of fine lesbian historical novels. Liking it so far!

What I just finished reading:
"Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine, a good YA fantasy with a nice metaphor/moral about what consent is and ( Read more... )

First: anything about werewolves (yes even fanfic) that takes into account modern understandings of wolfpacks as families, where "beta" wolves are just younger kids who'll eventually grow up and form their own packs, not inherently submissive losers. (I think it's something like that ( Read more... )

I am currently comfortably set up on
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Via oyceter, a "Women in Fantasy" reading list. Apparently my favourite genre is "optional", aka science fiction. I think I'd be more likely to actually use a "Women in SciFi" reading list. Actually, that gives me an idea for a post...
EDIT: I failed to notice that this list is what the staff were expected to read at a con. This explains the things ( Read more... )

I decided in would be fun to do this 30 challenge to draw monster girls. I got a whole seven days in before running out of steam, I mean to get back to it when I feel inspired again but for now here's what I've drawn.

I also wrote some meta on the subject and got some interesting and inspiring replies I should respond to ( Read more... )

I have to keep reminding myself that this is writing practice, otherwise I find myself overwhelmed by how many other better fantasy stories are out there. Still, I'm enjoying writing it, even if I'm really not sure where its going ( Read more... )

Our internet went down so I just sat and typed, though I wrote the last little bit this morning and did some minor editing.

Title: News from the Sea
Summary: A short strange little fantasy storylet. Gen, G, no content notes. 1400 words.
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Three of these are for
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Before I get to it: am I being paranoid in thinking "When you click... links from Twitter.com or a Twitter application, Twitter will log that click. We hope to use this data to provide better and more relevant content to you over time. " means "we will data mine all your clicks for targeted ads ( Read more... )