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November 30th, 2008

sqbr: A happy dragon on a pile of books (bookdragon)
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 04:17 pm
So I don't write much. I've written a total of two prose stories since highschool, both a few pages long, and only one of them readable(*). Thus I have never considered doing NanoWriMo.

But as it happens I was inspired to write for the first time in ages this month, and am thus remarkably happy with my final count of about 5,000 words, even if it is 1/10th of a NaNovel :) Not that I'm planning on stopping there, but it is the last day of November and all the Nano counts made me curious as to what mine was.

Was unfortunately too sick for Swancon picnic :( Still, I'm feeling a bit perkier now, and I think I've figured out the problem: the new regime I'm on does help my chronic fatigue a bit, but it does more to remove some of the symptoms I was relying on to tell me when I was pushing myself too hard. Despite this leading to me feeling very buggered today, I refuse to see the removal of pain as a downside :)

(*)Although looking back over it again...I was very young when I wrote it ok? Like, teenage-ish young. No more than one-and-twenty. Also, remembering to back then, I had someone make the "Any first person narrator must be a direct portrayal of the authors mental state right now" fallacy, I'm glad they never read my next story, from the POV of a murderous shape shifting alien :)
sqbr: Torchwood spoilers for various episode numbers: Jack dies (torchwood spoilers)
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 09:31 pm
I used to think I didn't like anime and refused to watch any, but then realised I was just watching the wrong stuff and found lots I adore, and in general think there's something in anime for pretty much everyone: "Anime" just means "animated films made in japan" after all, and covers a huge range of styles and genres. So I decided to put together a Swancon panel about anime series/movies I think would appeal to people at the con who don't consider themselves anime fans, and being me am making a post about it first. The aim is not to convert people into becoming anime fans, just to give them a chance to watch some stuff they might like even if anime in general is not for them. The panel may not end up happening but hey, chances are more people will read this than would have come anyway :)
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