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I requested exam 2 in the teaching German course to start Friday, so I've been doing that for 2-3 hours every day since, about as much as I can manage before my brain leaks out my ears.

This time I'm asking a million questions about the test questions, because last time I did so poorly (barely passed), and I want to do better. You only get 3 exam retakes, see, and there are 8 modules.

I haven't written anything in about a week, but that's OK. After I've wrangled this shit in German, my brain is done.

I'm reading through this year's Hugo nominees so I can vote. I'm putting my opinions here. Right now I'm reading Throne of the Crescent Moon, and I have to say I'm not impressed. It's generic epic fantasy set in a pseudo-Muslim culture. I'm about halfway through, though I considered giving up around chapter 3, because I was just that bored. I decided to keep going so I could have a fully informed opinion. It's still not urging me to run out any buy the rest, I have to say.

Dude I know from COUP who worships Bill Gates thinks my criticisms of the XBox One are completely irrational and unfounded. Riiight. This is the guy who liked this fucking show so much that he bought a Midori hand puppet. So I'm going to go with "he's a fucking dumbshit who doesn't know what he's talking about" on this one. Also because every time I respond with actual evidence that MS is doing seriously shitty stuff, he stops responding.

aldersprig

To rix_scaedu's prompt.

After Post-Apoc Studies 101, which is after story-didn't-work-bit. Set in the Fae Apoc 'verse, just after/during the apoc.

Potential energy

The pebble, tipped over the edge of the building by Tomas, tumbled down a long ways. They'd climbed - sometimes on the stairs, sometimes making up their own path - quite a ways to get up here, using gifts and tricks that Armona barely understood on the hardest parts.

She listened for its eventual smash against the pavement below, tiny as it was. "I've got height." She looked down, for a moment, at the empty wreck of a street below. "You're saying my lack of having stuff, right now, is a potential to have stuff?"
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aldersprig

A spontaneous nano-like 2-week writing spurt on Addergoole has sort of eaten my face, but I'm still alive.

And my June Giraffe Call is still open! The theme is "Finish It!" Have something you want to see more of? Prompt it here.

Crossposts: http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/676322.html

coffeeandink

Some US retailers currently have the ebook versions of the following 90s sf novels at $.99. (I checked Amazon, B&N, and Kobo.)

Maureen McHugh, Nekropolis
Rebecca Ore, Outlaw School
Rebecca Ore, Time's Child

I'm not sure I've read either of those particular books by Ore, but in general she is an interesting, cantankerous, knotty writer, with a lot more attention to class and the structures of capitalism than is typical for USian writers. My favorite of her books is Slow Funeral, recently republished by Aqueduct, which is about a witch in rural Appalachia.

McHugh's Nekropolis' deals with indentured servitude and artificial chemical imprinting in kind of scary ways. Hariba's been "jessed" to be subservient to her master, in return for food, shelter, and minimal wages, and is stirred to rebellion by the presence of a hami, a technoorganic hybrid who is bound to serve the emotional needs of its masters. McHugh is unsparing about the way the technological and social constraints affect perception (how Hariba perceives her master after being released is very different from how she perceives him before). And the take on the perfect robot boyfriend trope a la The Silver Metal Lover is just chilling. The near future Morocco didn't seem exoticized to me, but I'm not the best judge.

Given the recent discussion of whether women write sf in particular, it's nice to remember that yes, they do, and yes, they have been for quite some time.

Crossposts: http://coffeeandink.livejournal.com/1116638.html

ysabetwordsmith

Huffington Post is doing a series on asexuality. Cool.

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ysabetwordsmith

Rainbow stole.

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ysabetwordsmith

This story is a sequel to "Love Is for Children," "Eggshells," "Dolls and Guys," "Turnabout Is Fair Play," and "Touching Moments," "Splash," "Coming Around," and "Birthday Girl."

Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Phil Coulson, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanova, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Hulk, Steve Rogers, Betty Ross, JARVIS, Bucky Barnes, Nick Fury.
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: Mind control. Inferences of past child abuse and other torture. Current environment is supportive.
Summary: A mission in Russia introduces the Avengers to the Winter Soldier. Steve wants Bucky back and will stop at nothing to make that happen. Everyone else helps however they can.
Notes: Asexual character (Clint). Aromantic character (Natasha). Asexual relationship. Sibling relationships. Fix-it. Teamwork. Canon-typical violence. BAMF!Avengers. Bucky!whump. Vulgar language. Drama. Rescue. Hurt/Comfort. Emotional whump. Survivor guilt. Friendship. Confusion. Mind control. Memory loss. Slow recovery. Nick Fury makes stupid-ass decisions. Fear of loss. Arc reactor. Fluff. Nonsexual ageplay. Making up for lost time. Tony Stark has a heart. Games. Trust issues. Safety and security. Howard Stark's A+ parenting. Obadiah Stane's A+ parenting. Food issues. Multiplicity/Plurality. Sleep issues. Non-sexual touching and intimacy. Yoga. Personal growth. Family of choice. ALL THE FEELS. #coulsonlives.

Begin with Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26, Part 27, Part 28, Part 29,Part 30, Part 31, Part 32, Part 33, Part 34, Part 35, Part 36, Part 37, Part 38.

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jhameia

Made my first pair of panties since taking the class last year, and it turned out rather well, I think!

Here are some pics of the process on Tumblr:
Gusset sewn in, still no elastics (I actually tried sewing it on last night and it went wrong)
Photos of elastic, elastic pinned in for the first round of sewing, then after it's folded over again with a straight stitch and the side seams
Finished product! With butts!

Am so glad the elastics came in when they did because my oven had a meltdown and I was freaking out and had to calm down by resolutely telling myself, "keep calm and finish the underwear" which I worked on while the workman was making his way over to my place with a replacement burner.

ysabetwordsmith

June has no set theme. Story Commentary invites you to learn the author's thoughts on an excerpt of your choice. June 2013 Raffle gives you a chance to earn story chunks; enter with comments, links, or credits.

Fiction: The Fae World: Kalinia: Aeron: Creating the Dragons (part 4) features an ethical conundrum.
The World Walkers: Taithmarin: Luna: The Book Portal (part 3) distinguishes people based on their mode of arrival.
The Donor House: Nick: Waiting for Alice (part 3) shows how some relationships are just inherently conflicted.

The World Walkers: Quiar; The Case of the Counterfeit Enchantments (part 8, 32nd continuation) talks about spirit races, tigers, and individuality vs. group identity.
The World Walkers: Quiar: The Case of the Counterfeit Enchantments (part 8, 33rd continuation) explores the fae and possible solutions for people harmed by counterfeits.

Other Fiction: The World Walkers: Labyrinth: Lance: Landing in Labyrinth (part 3)
The Fae World: Kristen: Waking Up (part 5)
The ‘Astral World’: Rae: No Escape (part 2)
The World Walkers: Aerith: Guinevere: Walking Into A Trap (part 4)

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oyceter

Note to self: Do not read this before going to bed, as it has narrative drive like whoa, and you will also be afraid to go to sleep for fear of APOCALYPSE.

( Mildly spoilery note about amount of bug content )

( Spoilers will see you in the future )

Anyway, if people couldn't tell, I am very much into this now and rec it for those of you looking for good post-apocalyptic stories! I think people who want something like the Hunger Games could just read volumes 7-9, though of course I encourage reading everything. It's not light and fluffy reading by any means, but as apocalypses go, this one is very good.

Does anyone else have links to 7 Seeds reviews? Hook me up!

Crossposts: http://oyceter.livejournal.com/1018796.html

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dw_maintenance

The payment system is back online. It was my fault; I was moving it to our new hardware, but I didn't realize there is a code change that I have to make. (For the details curious, the underlying SSL module we use was upgraded, and it now requires you to add some more options when you use it.)

I have cleared out the pending queue of payments, so that we shouldn't have charged for anything in the past 24 hours, and that should mean there are no doubled (or more) payments. Please, of course, let us know if that's the case though, and we'll take care of it!

Sorry for the trouble!

jarandhel

New article on Dreamhart.org - http://dreamhart.org/2013/06/synchronicity/

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dw_maintenance

The backend system that runs payments is temporarily unavailable, and will be fixed as soon as possible. If you've tried to make a payment at any time between last night & now and gotten an endless wait, your payment is almost certainly in the queue to be processed as soon as the backend is back up & running -- you don't need to submit it again.

If you wind up getting multiple charges when it comes back up (for instance, if you re-submitted the form, thinking that your internet connection was to blame) you can open a support request (in the Account Payments category) after the payment is processed and I'll issue a refund to your card for the extra charges.

We're really sorry about the downtime!

ysabetwordsmith

You can now read the story "Cat's in the Cradle" by

chanter_greenie. This is the latest Orange!Verse story in Schrodinger's Heroes, about Kendra's early explorations with illicit radio broadcasts.

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ysabetwordsmith

Sun halo.

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ysabetwordsmith

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ysabetwordsmith

This is the freebie for the June 2013 Crowdfunding Creative Jam. It was inspired by a prompt from

elizabethconall, who wanted to read about "La Amistad in space." It also fills the Whipping/Flogging square in my card for the

hc_bingo fest and the #7 Scintillate slot in the

rainbowfic Moonlight list.

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ysabetwordsmith

My partner Doug sent me this essay about writing. To which I will add ...

1) A writer is someone who writes. If you are writing, then you are a writer. No conviction required there, just the determination to put words on paper.

2) And sometimes, there you are with a chair in one hand and a flaming hoop in the other, hoping the lion doesn't eat your face.

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catherineldf

I was home sick last night so I finally got around to reading the things I picked up at the MN Comic Book Association's Spring Con. I went last month with a friend who's not a comics fan, but who also wanted to go hear the amazing Trina Robbins (feminist comics historian and longtime comics writer). Robbins was doing a panel with Amy Reeder and Elizabeth Berube, which was pretty interesting. In the course of perambulation about the building, I picked up the following:
- "Impure Blood," a steampunk comic that started on the web. http://impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/store.html
Nice artwork, interesting characters and compelling story line, so I look forward to more of this one. Action scenes are a tad murky and hard to follow, at least in the graphic novel version, so hopefully that improves over time.
- The Womanthology Sketchbook. http://womanthology.blogspot.com/2013/06/womanthology-space.html?m=1
This is a collection of drafts and sketches by some of the artists in the original anthology. It whetted my interest so I'll need to track down the book.
- 2 copies of Trina Robbin's "Honey West" comics (same ocelot-owning female detective protagonist from the 1960s TV show). Artwork is pretty, story didn't completely grab me. http://www.trinarobbins.com/Trina_Robbins/Honey_West.html
- "Halloween Eve" drawn by Amy Reeder. http://www.imagecomics.com/news/225/
On the one hand, yay for an African-American female protagonist, on the other, the storyline is something of a head scratcher. This should be at least another book for development. The art kicks ass though.

I also talked my friend into picking up Robbin's exquisite "Brinkley Girls", Theo Nicole Lorenz's "Fat Ladies in Spaaaaace!" Coloring Book (http://nicolelorenz.com/coloringbooks/) and some work by Darla Ecklund and the "Godseeker" graphic novel (http://godseekercomic.com/about/).

And I polished off the rest of "Digger" last night and want there to be more. There is an Kickstarter out here for the omnibus version, BTW -http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1234535943/digger-omnibus
And seriously, if you read indie comics, you should be reading this one because it is awesome.

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ysabetwordsmith

Scientists have discovered what made ancient Roman concrete so strong. Cool.

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