Although the later letters of Dorothy L. Sayers are a lot more heavy to go through, as she's answering a lot of mail on heavy theological topics, vol. four has proved, like the others, to contain a lot of interesting gems. First of all, Sayers is a brilliant writer whether she's producing a mystery novel, a play, a translation, letters, or ( Read more... )

I've been pecking away at an Iron Man fic for a couple of days now, and while bits and pieces of it please me, I keep reading other, really well-written pieces, go back and look at mine, and wonder why the heck I'm bothering. The few times I've written fic that pleased me and that I didn't hesitate about posting were all prompt-driven, and their ( Read more... )

If anybody has a fabulous recipe for Sweet and Sour Pork, please pass it along to me so I can forward it on to Cherbear - she tested out a version of it last night and while it was tasty, it wasn't quite she was expecting (for one thing, it wasn't a bright orange-red! How odd ( Read more... )

This is a musing on genre and society, which sounds pompous but isn't, I hope. I've been noodling through something due to recent reading, and this is an attempt at sorting it out a little bit. I'd love to hear what you guys think ( Read more... )