My brain's no longer in any state to write paragraphs, so lists are my happy shiny friend. The list of this half-hour is: Ten books I own and therefore haven't read yet (and probably should).

1. Dune, by Frank Herbert
2. So You Want to be a Wizard, by Diane Duane
3. Fragile Things, by Neil Gaiman
4. Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy (in Russian; Mom ( Read more... )

Prompt by mirrored_echo: What are you wearing right now ( Read more... )

Tell me a character, I'll tell you three things from my personal canon about them.

For wired_lizard: Suzie Costello ( Read more... )

Witch Queen

On a rocky mountain pass, on the southernmost slopes of Mount Belly, the witch-queen reined in her goat-drawn chariot and stopped and sniffed the chilly air ( Read more... )

Alice

Curiouser and curiouser. Milk and honey with rose, carnation and bergamot.

In imp: Mmm, nice! This is a sweet rose, but not too sweet.

On me (wet): Interesting. The honey's actually coming through in this one. In fact, most of what I'm getting is honey.

On me (dry): Very light. Come on, Alice. You can do better than that.

Verdict: ( Read more... )

The titles of four of the five upcoming SJA serials have been announced ( Read more... )

Tell me a character, I'll tell you three things from my personal canon about them.

For wired_lizard: Gwen Cooper ( Read more... )

Thanks to ineffablewombat, we're now up to $200! Huzzah!

Eight hours to go.

Another something I'd thought to start up a while back is posting the various poems I've written (just the recent-ish stuff; I don't hate you guys). I never got around to doing this, and now's as good a time as any.

( First Draft: Two Weeks in Tokyo, Give or Take a Day )

Fairy Market

"Eyes, eyes! New eyes for old!" shouted a tiny woman in front of a table covered with bottles and jars filled with eyes of every kind and color ( Read more... )