This is Sartorius's fault

[alfreda89]

Since I listed this for her fun Year-End question, "What are you reading (and writing) right now," I thought I'd reproduce it here.

"I'm re-reading BRIDE OF THE RAT GOD, and working my way through an old Jennifer Crusie (research) TELL ME LIES, and ANATOMY OF MOVEMENT (so ANATOMY OF MOVEMENT EXERCISES will make the most sense) and DO WHAT YOU ARE (Myers-Briggs stuff) and JULIA'S KITCHEN WISDOM and LANDSCAPING WITH HERBS and the Antique Rose Emporium's GUIDE TO OLD ROSES.... Just finished the new Lee-Miller short story, "Necessary Evils," which I highly recommend.

And some unpublished stuff for writer Alexis Glyn Latner, plus my own stuff.

Just finished writing a 1000 word humor piece for a medical fundraiser for Yard Dog Press writers. Hope to return to the new Alfreda this weekend, but shoveling through piles of paper was actually scheduled this week!"

And y'all?

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[incandragon.livejournal.com]

Book - The Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey
Audio - Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Being read to me - Element of Fire by Martha Wells
Being read to another - Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince by JKRowling

I'm writing a short story currently called Knackerman, in my five chapter intermission of a book (working title) Keep Austin Weird.

Hummm?

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I'm writing a short story currently called Knackerman, in my five chapter intermission of a book (working title) Keep Austin Weird.

Sitting at attention, eyes bright, looking hopeful...

PS--

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Audio - Eragon by Christopher Paolini

What do you think? I hear it's extremely derivative, but that kids like the familiarity.

[ebeeman.livejournal.com]

I've started "Bride of the Rat God" twice, and haven't managed to get through it. Which is weird, since I'm a big fan of Barbara's work.

---Ell

[ramblin-phyl.livejournal.com]

Reading: Ceaser against the Celts, Living Druidry, and Good Omens by Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman. (somehow I just don't get their humor)

Writing: short story for Fantastic Fates Anthology tentatively titled "Dog's Choice." But that's up for grabs. Other WIP is "Moon In The Mirror: A Tess Noncoir

[ramblin-phyl.livejournal.com]

The )**&*T%&%^(*) computer posted my last comment before I finished. The big WIP is the second Tess Noncoire Adventure. The first one, "Hounding the Moon" will be out in September under a new pseudonym which I can't post until after it's out. Something about keeping my identity secret from the chain store buyers so they will buy more of them than they did of my last book as IRene Radford. Anyway. I'm making progress.

Re: PS--

[incandragon.livejournal.com]

"Derivative" is an twisty term to use in this genre, but I suppose it's as derivative as you want it to be.

B is enjoying it enormously. Paolini has a real talent for description ... a top notch ability to pick the telling point, and convey the scene in a few words.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it hit you wrong when you first tried it, and you've never been able to get past that mental road block. That happened to me on the sequel to GODSTALK--still not through the second PC Hodgell(sp?) book.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Excellent. Sorry you're not enjoying GOOD OMENS--when I got to the sushi dinners crying out for revenge, I totally lost it. Frightened the pets, I laughed so hard.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Hummm...maybe you shouldn't announce it on list at all until the first one is out? One bookseller around here who enjoys gossip and you're grass.

One would hope they like your work well enough to protect you. I've thought about that route, but agent thinks not yet.

Re: PS--

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

B is enjoying it enormously. Paolini has a real talent for description ... a top notch ability to pick the telling point, and convey the scene in a few words.

That's nice--I think my nephew liked it, too, but he doesn't talk about that one, and he does about others.