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[septentrion1970]

What a week! Two bad nights on Sunday and Monday, and it's enough to make me so sleepy all the time... and not very productive at work. I'm struggling with my exchange fic, doubting if I'm not writing the most boring stuff of the exchange story... I hope not, because it's turning out to be lengthy enough. I hope to have finished it by the deadline

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[septentrion1970]

Go and read ladyofthemasque, but make sure you have time before you. She's a very prolific author. In Annulo should be the real book 7 IMO. She also have a yahoo group,where her most recent fic, Spinster, is posted.

I try to write my LJ entries in both language. When something is only in French or only in English, it's mostly because it is about fanfiction and what's the need to tell in English that I've updated my WIP in French if people can't read it? But I'm glad you'll try to brush up on your French to read mu journal. I feel flattered actually.

[zazaone]

Pourtant j'ai reçu un update de fic ce soir et je l'ai lu sans problème ?

Gros calinoux !!!
Je connais zaussi mais pense que c'est le week-end !

[septentrion1970]

C'est bizarre. J'ai réussi à lire certaines updates par intermittence, mais la plupart du temps, le chapitre était vide. *Croise les doigts dans l'espoir que cela ne durera pas*

[ayerf]

Bad nights are dreadful, and consecutive ones are even worse! Hope you catch up on your lost sleep.

I hope I'll be able to finish my gift exchange fic in plenty of time. That way it shouldn't put too much pressure on you to beta it. But if days like yesterday keep cropping up where I'm incapable of writing, I'm going to struggle.

The Master was good, like it's predecessors! Now that the scene is set, there shouldn't need to be so much dialogue explaining things.

Writing your exchange fic until February? Er, wouldn't Shiv kill you?

[septentrion1970]

I bet Shiv would... I'll do my best to have it finished,at least the writing part, for next month. Then, there's the beta.

I didn't think of the Lady's books like that. It's true that many things needed explaining in the beginning.

[kribu]

I hope you'll get to catch up on sleep soon! I know too well just how badly even one lack-of-sleep night can mess things up for days.

I've been getting somewhat curious about the Sons of Destiny series, but haven't really got around to doing anything about the curiosity... I have way too many books at home I still haven't read, and also, I haven't been wanting to buy books online for a few years now due to the rather nasty shipping costs (I practically only buy on eBay but with something like that, I'd rather buy new to give the author her due).

I've been seeing so many people like those books though that I'll probably give in at some point.

[septentrion1970]

I guess that's the drawback in living in a small country: no amazon there. I ordered the books through amazon.fr, but sometimes it's less expensive to order through amazon.co.uk or amazon.com. Have you read ladyofthemasque's fanfiction? It should give you a fair taste of her writing.

I think I'm back on track about sleep now. Of course, now being the WE might help a lot... Thanks for your concern.

[kribu]

I've read most of her fics, I think, and have liked them, yes. That's the main reason I'm somewhat interested in her original fiction.

Having a local Amazon branch would be nice. Amazon UK was okay until we joined the EU, although the shipping rates for books were high even then (they charge shipping for us as for "the rest of the world", not for Western Europe - which is something that rather annoys me, considering that AFAIK, the Royal Mail considers all Europe the same), but with the high shipping rates + VAT now, it's quite ridiculously expensive.

Shipping's less from the US, but our customs people have become quite diligent, so there's extra customs tax + VAT for anything more than one book or DVD at a time... *sighs*

[septentrion1970]

According to the French post website, 500 g cost 3,9 euros to Estonia (economic packaging). Each book costs around 10 euros on amazon.fr. If you're interested (no shipping rate for books). I can order them for you and send them to you, and you can pay me back through paypal. The paperback versions will be out in 2008 too if you'd rather wait until then.

[atlantel]

je suis bien contente de n'avoir pas tenté l'exchange... je n'aurais pas eu le temps...
Mais tu sais, notre manière d'écrire change tout le temps (et mon anglais se rouille un peu... va falloir que je poste un peu plus sur LJ).

Quant aux nuits courtes, je connais le sentiment. L'autre jour, je me suis réveillée à 4h et quelques du matin, pas moyen de me rendormir... et j'ai failli m'endormir dans le train (et louper mon arrêt) mais je suis dans les trasnports très très tôt autour de 7h. Je n'ai pu récupérer que ce matin (je me suis levée à 8h :D)

[septentrion1970]

8h du matin quand on se lève à 6h tous les jours, c'est la grasse mat' !

Quant à la manière d'écrire, on s'en rend compte vraiment lorsqu'on écrit tout le temps. Je suis devenue plus expressive.