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Feb. 18th, 2025 07:25 amGoooooooood morrrrrrrrrning dreamwidth! How long's it been! An age. That's how long! :-)
I'm still in kicking the tires mode to try and remember how this all works so hello!
And lo, the state of Jen!
Recent reading: In the midst of an Angela Slatter binge-read because The Crimson Road is just out and I love her Sourdough universe, especially the short story collections - Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings, Sourdough and Other Stories, and The Tallow Wife and Other Tales as they have a fabulous gothicy fairytale vibe going on, women doing stuff (all the stuff), and connections between stories to make a wonderful larger thing. Though the Sourdough novels are also glorious - All the Murmuring Bones (mermaids! Witches! Dark family secrets! Shenanigans!), The Path of Thorns (werewolves! Witches! Dark family secrets! More shenanigans), The Briar Book of the Dead (witches! Dark family secrets! Holding the Line Against the Evil Vampire Neighbours! Rebelling Against the Controlling Church! So Many Shenanigans!)
I should probably mention that The Crimson Road is Vampires! Dark Family Secrets! More Shenanigans Than You Can Shake A Stick At! Crossovers with the other books with their own leads popping in to do things and help!
Adventures in Crafting: In crochet, the quest to do a granny square that isn't all loose and floppy. In knitting, mucking about with two-colour squares in stocking stitch (garter stitch for those not UK I think?). Pictures and such another time!
The Write Stuff: editing up a novelette and a related poem for March's patreon tiers. (Honey magic gone wrong! Mermaid detective! Beeeeees! Mysterious Abductions By Unidentified Sea Horse Creatures!) Also trying not to get distracted by cool ideas for the next load of mermaid stories.
I'm still in kicking the tires mode to try and remember how this all works so hello!
And lo, the state of Jen!
Recent reading: In the midst of an Angela Slatter binge-read because The Crimson Road is just out and I love her Sourdough universe, especially the short story collections - Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings, Sourdough and Other Stories, and The Tallow Wife and Other Tales as they have a fabulous gothicy fairytale vibe going on, women doing stuff (all the stuff), and connections between stories to make a wonderful larger thing. Though the Sourdough novels are also glorious - All the Murmuring Bones (mermaids! Witches! Dark family secrets! Shenanigans!), The Path of Thorns (werewolves! Witches! Dark family secrets! More shenanigans), The Briar Book of the Dead (witches! Dark family secrets! Holding the Line Against the Evil Vampire Neighbours! Rebelling Against the Controlling Church! So Many Shenanigans!)
I should probably mention that The Crimson Road is Vampires! Dark Family Secrets! More Shenanigans Than You Can Shake A Stick At! Crossovers with the other books with their own leads popping in to do things and help!
Adventures in Crafting: In crochet, the quest to do a granny square that isn't all loose and floppy. In knitting, mucking about with two-colour squares in stocking stitch (garter stitch for those not UK I think?). Pictures and such another time!
The Write Stuff: editing up a novelette and a related poem for March's patreon tiers. (Honey magic gone wrong! Mermaid detective! Beeeeees! Mysterious Abductions By Unidentified Sea Horse Creatures!) Also trying not to get distracted by cool ideas for the next load of mermaid stories.
