basics Who?: Ellen Kushner What kind of books?: Fantasy When?: ? to present stats this fandom (Swordspoint-series) was requested 9 times in Yuletide 2008 the Yuletide-section for the Swordspoint-series contains 32 stories, that for The House of the Nine Doors contains 1 this fandom does not have a section at fanfiction.net 216 people on lj have this author listed as an interest and 12 communities...

I think I've figured out that the real culprit to my aching backside and back are truly the result of the Ikea assemble-it-yourself rolling desk chair that I have. After spending 10 days with Jill & Yvonne, all of that stuff had gone away. It's back, and with a vengeance. I think I'll splurge and get a new chair once I move, and that date is now going to be the end of January/first of February. But...

I did a list of what I wrote at last year's end and found it very useful to look back and, doing so, to set goals for the coming year. My main goal was to finish A New Day , which I did. My second was to finish The Princess and the Horse Lord , which I spectacularly failed at, finishing only three short chapters. Last year, I was surprised at how much I had written (about the same as this year)...

It's nearly the conclusion of 2008, and while I do have a couple of stories which haven't yet had the author reveals, I'm going to go ahead and do a summary of the year. It's been another productive one, in which I dove head-first with great gusto into a new fandom, which really surprised me. I thought my head would be full with Harry Potter and Tolkien and I'd never get involved in any others. Instead...

Title: Swordplay Author: avendya Fandom: Swordspoint (Ellen Kushner) Prompt / Notes: Written for just_ann_now for the prompt "Richard, his mother, memory". Originally posted under friends-lock at my journal; cross-posted to _riverside . Approx. 170 words. He fights as if in a dream, noticing everything and nothing around him. It's autumn, and the light is fading fast...

Absolutely must pimp a terrific drabble-and-a-half that just_ann_now has written for me in the world of Swordspoint, based upon the novel The Fall of the Kings , "Fools Delight", Nicholas/Theron. Read it here. Thank you so much, Ann, I am thrilled with it!

I'm such an irritating little escapist. Has anyone seen the small forum in the _riverside  community about sexuality in the Riversideverse? It's really interesting, and was technically "done", I suppose, as no one had said anything since August 17'th, but it was so intriguing I just had to throw my two cents' in (as it were). There are some great thoughts to be found there, go read them...

Via _riverside : etrangere 's eloquent post on the gender of writing, chick lit, and fantasy .

Yuletide sign-ups are open! Best ficathon of the year. You have until the 18th, so be sure to join in and play with everyone else. CUTEST BABY MONKEY EVER . Lol Secretz : Lol_catz and Post Secret, two great tastes that taste great together. World Cat Libraries.org This is my new favorite website. It searches through all nearby libraries for whatever book you put in. So much easier than...

Not that I think there are many people here who aren't already members of fst , but I thought I'd point out that I made a Richard St Vier (from Swordspoint! Yes!) mix for their current theme of 'Singles'- mixes that are only three or four songs. (Unlocked version posted here to _riverside .) Wooooe, it's been far too long since I finished a story for them, but actually I have a...