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bana05

Reading and Writing and Socializing

Jan 29, 2008 09:35

I just finished a book Corregidora by Gayl Jones. It's about a black woman, Ursa, who is the product of a slavemaster who father her grandmother and mother. The only thing her foremothers tell her to do is to "make generations" so that no one ever forgets the abuse from Corregidora (even though they "burned the papers"--Brazil ignoring the fact ( Read more... )

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persiflage_1 January 29 2008, 14:54:37 UTC

Hello you ! *hugs*

You've completed two novels in two weeks? Well done you !!

Hope the mixer is good tonight (I should Google that one - the only kind of mixer I know is drink-related or for cement ! *giggles madly* Sorry - too much naughty fic on my brain to be sensible !)

bana05 January 29 2008, 15:01:59 UTC

LOL, a social event, networking, "getting to know you". We'll see. And naughty fic is always good :-D.

I'd been working on one novel for 2.5 years and the other one a year, but yeah, they're done! Feels weird and yet like I have so much room in my head for other things . . . which might not be a good thing! I still have at least four/five more novels to complete, and some of them are still in the beginning stages, woe.

persiflage_1 January 29 2008, 15:07:49 UTC

I posted a Martha/Ten/Sarah Jane/Jack 4some smut (with a small amount of Jack/Ten and rather more Martha/SJS) yesterday. Then got asked (predictably!) for a sequel ! Which is currently Martha/SJS but may add Jack into the mix later...

I know what you mean about the space in your head when a novel (or long story in my case) is finished... It's weird !

bana05 January 29 2008, 15:15:20 UTC

awesome, i'll check out the 4some when I get a moment.

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elektra_lyte January 29 2008, 16:33:52 UTC

Hi Bana! I was wondering where you were, now I know that you were MIA because you were doing something totally cool! Good luck with the manuscripts and the mixer. ^_^

bana05 January 29 2008, 16:38:42 UTC

Yeah, man! Trying to make that paper and meet folks who'll give me more! ;)

mulder200 January 29 2008, 17:42:45 UTC

Wow! Congrats. on finishing not one but two novels. That is just so cool.

bana05 January 29 2008, 17:57:51 UTC

Thanks! :)

windrider1 January 29 2008, 18:18:01 UTC

TWO novels in TWO weeks?? What the heck are you made of woman?? Whatever it is, I bet it's delicious and chock full of raw talent...can raw talent give you salmonella? LOL. ;)

bana05 January 29 2008, 18:25:29 UTC

LOL To be fair, I didn't start these novels in two weeks! One I've been working on for almost 3 years, and the other a year, so it's been a good long minute. But yes, I'm relieved they're finished now! *wipes sweat from brow*

And I hope I catch some funds instead of some salmonella! :-P

stoplookingup January 29 2008, 19:08:32 UTC

Damn you and your productivity, too! (This is my very odd way of saying congratulation and I'm very impressed by your achievement.)

Corregidora sounds like something I'll need to work my way up to reading, but I'd like to.

bana05 January 29 2008, 19:25:09 UTC

Thanks!

And if it makes you feel any better--I stopped reading that book, put it aside for a few months, and then picked it back up. Yeah, you're gonna have to be in a place to read it. My aunt had warned me about it. It's similar to Beloved in that "have to be in a place" thing. It's a distinct style of writing, too. If you're used to a lot of prose with your dialogue you might become frustrated.