The entire saga is complete, from Haruka's first memory of his Shichi-go-san ceremony through his dreamtime advice to Watanuki in his afterlife.

Obscenely long: Chapters 1 and 2 together are over 12K, but I tried to keep the pace fairly fast without losing content.

Chapter 1: Childhood
Rated PG for war-related privation, injury and death

Chapter ( Read more... )

I've decided to post my original gay erotic science fiction romance novel here at the top. I dated this entry in the future to put it at the top (I wanted something in the 25th century since that's approximately when the story takes place, but LJ won't cooperate.)

I'll continue linking to the newer chapters up here...

( Chapters 1 & 2 )

Here's the rest of my original yaoi-influenced science fiction gay romance--a work in progress.

Tyr is now a thirtysomething psychiatrist on the first settled exoplanet, Gaia. The time is somewhere in the 25th century.

Chapter 1: Across a crowded cafeteriaRated PG-13 for sex-themed conversation and a couple instances of profanity ( Read more... )

A few things I have in mind ( Read more... )

Been exhausted-sick the last couple of days. Seems to be a combination of sinuses, depression from husband's horrific work situation, and maybe still some immunity issues/subclinical Epstein-Barr/whatever. Arrgh ( Read more... )

"Peace, Salaam, Shalom," written and performed by Emma's Revolution.

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"Bread and Roses" performed by Joan Baez and Mimi Farina (damn, how do you get tildes in DW? Help is unhelpful on the matter)

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"Everything Possible" by Fred Small, performed by The Flirtations:

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I so love all three of these! I've been privileged to see Emma's Revolution ( Read more... )

But now I can't think of it.

So, have the website for a totally awesome gourmet chocolatier that is worth the money I just cut and pasted it into an email I sent to husband to add chocolates from this company to my birthday/Christmas wish list. (It's also my contribution toward ideas for his mom's birthday and Christmas gifts ( Read more... )

I have a new fandom. And it's brand-new: the book came out in the spring. Ada Palmer, a history professor with a sterling academic background (Bryn Mawr and I believe Harvard) published her first novel, Too Like the Lightning. How to describe it? A realistic but overall pleasant (I wouldn't quite say "utopian") 25th century for us humans. No aliens ( Read more... )

Pulled the "cataloging copy" of Hip Hop Family Tree, book 4 at work today because we had a cataloging issue, discovered other potential issues, and started leafing through the book while I was on hold with a coworker at a branch who was pulling copies of the earlier volumes to send me. It's a darn good graphic novel--darkish colors and gorgeous ( Read more... )

My adult-and-Teen-fiction-buying coworker, a nerd woman like myself and clearly someone who has an acquaintance with mental-illness issues, turned me on to Jenny Lawson, "The Bloggess" and author of two hilarious and sometimes deep books about her life and illnesses (depression, ADHD and some physical issues). One of her recent blog posts is ( Read more... )