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Happy New Year everyone. Welcome, 2007. May you be good.
Well, the fisherman turned up at 11.30, on schedule, but sadly he left almost immediately, as I had no custard to give him. So I've no spooky stories to tell you. Let that be a lesson to me in the future.
Yuletide authors have been revealed! Thank you so much my two Shaun of the Dead writers: Empy for Night of the Apple Schnapps, and Aimeek for Victory from Defeat. Both my stories made me laugh, and I really needed it at the time, so that was a nice thing. :)
I wrote In a Dark Wood for Deepa D. and I'm very, very pleased she seemed to like it. :)
I feel I must post a small disclaimer though, at this point. I have never actually read anything by Robin McKinley. Um, and I fully realise most people who said that meant it as a compliment, but I did see one recs post in which the poster seemed a bit worried about the whole thing, so. Just thought I'd say that. *shuffles off*
Well, the fisherman turned up at 11.30, on schedule, but sadly he left almost immediately, as I had no custard to give him. So I've no spooky stories to tell you. Let that be a lesson to me in the future.
Yuletide authors have been revealed! Thank you so much my two Shaun of the Dead writers: Empy for Night of the Apple Schnapps, and Aimeek for Victory from Defeat. Both my stories made me laugh, and I really needed it at the time, so that was a nice thing. :)
I wrote In a Dark Wood for Deepa D. and I'm very, very pleased she seemed to like it. :)
I feel I must post a small disclaimer though, at this point. I have never actually read anything by Robin McKinley. Um, and I fully realise most people who said that meant it as a compliment, but I did see one recs post in which the poster seemed a bit worried about the whole thing, so. Just thought I'd say that. *shuffles off*
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I loved it on a great many levels. I tried to give you feedback before, and failed, cos I couldn't think of what I wanted to say, and I still don't know, but maybe that's the answer right there. A true fairy tale just creeps into your unconscious and grows there, dark and plush, like ferns and moss.
Loved it. You're such a talent.
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Well, if that doesn't count as a lovely thing to say, I don't know what does. Thank you so much. :)
Incidentally though, I seem to have had terrible trouble giving feedback lately - often I've just sat there thinking, 'well that was brilliant, it deserves something better than 'cool!' but I don't know what to say. And when people come along and say intelligent, perceptive stuff about my stories, it makes it worse! I think giving feedback is an art in itself.
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I had thought I'd have time to give you more detailed feedback before the reveal, but, alas.
And now that I remember having read McKinley's 'Beauty' years ago, and loving it, I can see where the resonance comes in. Don't worry about it, its just some spots that echo in the story with hers, and you have made it your own unique retelling regardless. I especially liked that you took my request for elements of the beast and ran with it so well in the fur/feathers part of your fic.
I'm really glad other people besides me recced and liked this. Thanks again!
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And I certainly find myself quite intrigued by the McKinley thing now - I'll definitely have to look her up!
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I scrolled and scrolled and minimised my Friends filter down to almost zero to find you faster! :-) You seem okay -- are you okay? I am weird, more of which later. I am as yet unable to articulate the weirdness in text format.
Also, I saw this: http://sybpress.com/slashburn.htm Are you interested?? Eyebrowofdoom had a fic accepted. (11) I also sent it to your 'your links' thingy on del.icio.us. Did you get it? Could you send me one just so I can see how it works? It's that for:lobelia321 tag. No, I lie, I am lobelia40 on del.icio.us.
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I am ok! Christmas was difficult, but I am much better now. *cross fingers* Sorry you are weird, if it's a bad weird - I await text formatted articulation.
Ta for link - I kind of saw it whizz by at one point, but my life was going to fast to stop and investigate. I shall also investigate delicious links, of which I know nothing! My use of the place consists of posting fic recs up and then forgetting them.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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