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Lots to do
Oct. 12th, 2006 04:05 pm1. New layout! Woohoo, it's all pretty and has my tags and blurb spaces and everything I want. Courtesy of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
thefulcrum. So purtylicious.
2. The userinfo has changed around a bit.
3. Right now, I'm having a rockin' time with DarkRoom. It's basically a program which gives you a fullscreen writing space with just you, a black background, and your words. I've got mine set so it looks just like the Ye Old Green Screens (for those old enough to remember those type of computers). It's surprisingly helpful and just in time to be useful for Nanowrimo.
4. RECS!
Captive Girl by Jennifer Pelland - A rending, haunting story that sinks it's teeth in and doesn't let go. I was particularly impressed by the fact that not only was the storyline and characterization to my liking, but the prose itself is. It's well written on many levels. Without giving too much away, the story involves a woman who's work helping to guard the planet has caused a disability which she must give up when the project she works for is shut down. But the question becomes whether the disability is so much physical as mental and whether love and captivity are ever the same thing. If you're bothered by open homosexuality or sexuality in the disabled, this story may not be for you (but hell, this *journal* may not be for you, either).
Note: if you enjoy this story, you may consider donating to the site, as the authors are paid from a portion of the profits the site makes that particular month. So, go give money to this fabulous author and keep her writing, eh?
When Science Fiction Cliches Go Bad by Jennifer Pelland - Three absolutely hi-larious little ditties that had me falling out of my chair. Again, be warned of queerness, uppity wenches, and Amazons gone awry. What I really like about this humor is not only that it's strangely thoughtful and even better done than the cliches themselves most times, but that there has yet to be a line so beautiful, so well written as: Alix threw her hands in the air. “The aliens have porn.”. No *really*. Yes, the aliens have *porn*. There's a wealth of other sucker-punching oneliners that made me squee, but I'd pretty much have to repost the whole story to get them all in here. So just go, duder. Just go.
The author can be found as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jenwrites on LJ.
thefulcrum. So purtylicious. 2. The userinfo has changed around a bit.
3. Right now, I'm having a rockin' time with DarkRoom. It's basically a program which gives you a fullscreen writing space with just you, a black background, and your words. I've got mine set so it looks just like the Ye Old Green Screens (for those old enough to remember those type of computers). It's surprisingly helpful and just in time to be useful for Nanowrimo.
4. RECS!
Captive Girl by Jennifer Pelland - A rending, haunting story that sinks it's teeth in and doesn't let go. I was particularly impressed by the fact that not only was the storyline and characterization to my liking, but the prose itself is. It's well written on many levels. Without giving too much away, the story involves a woman who's work helping to guard the planet has caused a disability which she must give up when the project she works for is shut down. But the question becomes whether the disability is so much physical as mental and whether love and captivity are ever the same thing. If you're bothered by open homosexuality or sexuality in the disabled, this story may not be for you (but hell, this *journal* may not be for you, either).
Note: if you enjoy this story, you may consider donating to the site, as the authors are paid from a portion of the profits the site makes that particular month. So, go give money to this fabulous author and keep her writing, eh?
When Science Fiction Cliches Go Bad by Jennifer Pelland - Three absolutely hi-larious little ditties that had me falling out of my chair. Again, be warned of queerness, uppity wenches, and Amazons gone awry. What I really like about this humor is not only that it's strangely thoughtful and even better done than the cliches themselves most times, but that there has yet to be a line so beautiful, so well written as: Alix threw her hands in the air. “The aliens have porn.”. No *really*. Yes, the aliens have *porn*. There's a wealth of other sucker-punching oneliners that made me squee, but I'd pretty much have to repost the whole story to get them all in here. So just go, duder. Just go.
The author can be found as
jenwrites on LJ.
