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A long post on brevity
ADDENDUM: Due to comment spam on LJ, I've had to disable comments on this journal.*Blows dust off journal* Yikes, it's been a long time since I've posted here, hasn't it? I suppose it's only fitting that the first thing I have to say here in four months is about . . . well, brevity. I've been trying to gear up for fanfic again by drabbling ( Read more... ) -
It's REAL! Sort of.
I'm off to see The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for the second time this afternoon, and it's struck me that the last few years of my adult life have been weirdly like a series of dreams come true. Well, not come true, but I can SEE them now -- that is, apparently God, in Her infinite wisdom, has decided that all my favorite childhood books ( Read more... ) -
Engorgio!
What do you know: size really does matter. Just saw Goblet of Fire in IMAX, and ( Read more... ) -
Fic: Changeling (Gen; Fred; PG; 2060 words)
Title: Changeling
Author: lydiabennetSummary: Fred wants a dog more than anything, and he'll do anything to get one. Anything at all ( Read more... ) -
It's everywhere
Back in the Olden Days, if you were interested in say, Star Trek, you had to WORK for it. If you wanted to buy a Phantasy Fur Tribble, you had to go to a con or maybe travel hundreds of miles barefoot through the snow to a seedy little store, where you and your pale, shell-shocked fellow addicts would clutch the tribbles in trembling fingers and ( Read more... ) -
Fic: World Enough and Time (H/D, PG-13, 2700 words)
Title: World enough and time
Author: lydiabennet
Pairing/rating: H/D with others mentioned; PG-13
Summary: Harry has a job to do, but wants more. Angsty.
Notes: Inspired by jamie2109 and nocturnali's AWDT challenge ( Read more... ) -
It never rains but it pours
So, in the next month or so, the following fannish things will explode in a theater/bookstore near me:
- The next volume of A Song of Ice and Fire will be released, and have I reread the others? Why, no. I have been a fannish grasshopper, staring at the impending publication date and frantically reading boysex on the net rather than reminding ( Read more... )
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Hello, world!
All the good Harry Potter names seem to have been taken in 1999, so my user name is from Pride and Prejudice. Lydia was the foolish sister, and I've always liked her in a sneaky sort of way. True, she had all the common sense of a ball of yarn, but she was lively, to say the least ( Read more... )