tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316 being chiefly about the written word marycatelli 2026-05-28T04:24:59Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1924344 2026-05-28T04:24:59Z 2026-05-28T04:24:59Z public 0 After revising -- realizing what you meant to do in the first place, and how you eliminated the necessary support structure. <br /><br /><i>sigh</i><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1924344" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1923892 2026-05-27T20:34:11Z 2026-05-27T20:34:11Z public 0 <i>Sinister Syndicate of Space</i> by John C. Wright<br /><br />Book 8 of Starquest.<br /><br />Plots thicken -- and converge. Spoilers ahead for the earlier works.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://marycatelli.dreamwidth.org/1923892.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1923892" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1923664 2026-05-25T04:20:01Z 2026-05-25T04:20:01Z public 0 &nbsp;<img src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/50/05/48/5005480f862c3ed9921011c899d0b98b.jpg" alt="This may contain: the sun is setting and it looks like they are looking at something in the sky" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1923664" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1923466 2026-05-25T04:13:52Z 2026-05-25T04:13:52Z public 0 God bless America,<br />Land that I love.<br />Stand beside her, and guide her<br />Thru the night with a light from above.<br />From the mountains, to the prairies,<br />To the oceans, white with foam<br />God bless America, My home sweet home.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1923466" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1923121 2026-05-25T03:08:34Z 2026-05-25T03:08:34Z public 0 transition, transition, transition. From one bit to the next.<br /><br />This first draft is not smooth at all.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1923121" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1922995 2026-05-25T02:41:35Z 2026-05-25T02:41:35Z public 0 <i>Kill the Villainess, Vol. 6</i> by Haegi and Your Your April<br /> <br />Spoilers ahead for the earlier volumes.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://marycatelli.dreamwidth.org/1922995.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1922995" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1922694 2026-05-24T15:26:55Z 2026-05-24T15:26:55Z public 3 This week's prompt is:<br /><b>observe</b> 🤔<br /><br />Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1922694" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1922507 2026-05-24T15:24:54Z 2026-05-24T15:24:54Z public 0 Love divine, all loves excelling,<br />Joy of heaven, to earth come down,<br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://marycatelli.dreamwidth.org/1922507.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1922507" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1922269 2026-05-24T15:19:52Z 2026-05-24T15:19:52Z public 0 &nbsp;<img src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ad/84/32/ad8432bd9446059b84e792c4bd72dceb.jpg" alt="This may contain: an icon depicting the birth of jesus" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1922269" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1921844 2026-05-23T02:47:36Z 2026-05-26T00:03:17Z public 0 <i>Pirate King of Star Patrol</i> by John C. Wright<br /><br />Starquest book seven. Spoilers ahead for the earlier volumes<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://marycatelli.dreamwidth.org/1921844.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1921844" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1921646 2026-05-20T02:50:12Z 2026-05-20T02:50:12Z public 0 <a href="https://sluggoonthestreet.tumblr.com/post/817044023545069568/graham-has-searched-seven-barrels-so-far-and-found"><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/8646c56a66c383c9c0e85ff0ebbfa1b0/8060fc06d5fa65ea-39/s500x750/92921e22a28a01074ec2c60f0f79d173a7bd4238.jpg" alt="image" /></a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1921646" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1921503 2026-05-19T20:40:52Z 2026-05-19T20:40:52Z public 0 <i>Spaceman In The Iron Mask</i> by John C. Wright<br /><br />Starquest Book 6. Spoilers ahead for the earlier books<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://marycatelli.dreamwidth.org/1921503.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1921503" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1921125 2026-05-17T15:35:57Z 2026-05-17T15:35:57Z public 4 This week's prompt is:<br /><b>muddled</b> 😕<br /><br />Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1921125" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1920788 2026-05-17T15:26:52Z 2026-05-17T15:27:12Z public 0 &nbsp;<img src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/5e/bd/e4/5ebde4ffb42626ff9659326304eed403.jpg" alt="Story pin image" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1920788" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1920597 2026-05-17T15:25:53Z 2026-05-17T15:25:53Z public 0 Crown him with many crowns,<br />the Lamb upon his throne.<br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://marycatelli.dreamwidth.org/1920597.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1920597" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1920511 2026-05-17T03:28:53Z 2026-05-17T03:28:53Z public 0 <a href="https://sluggoonthestreet.tumblr.com/post/816586242766585857/nadines-botanical-t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte"><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/90fc6494b8ef56b0b00944a66de3c389/01e60f22f5fc1d6c-dd/s500x750/390e8276d77fcec6fa7bc525e528b9ddf1ea9a8b.jpg" alt="image" /></a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1920511" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1920070 2026-05-16T17:02:25Z 2026-05-16T17:02:25Z public 0 <i>What You Are Looking for Is in the Library</i> by Michiko Aoyama<br /><br />A short-story cycle, with delicate threads weaving it together past the main connection, which is that, in every story, someone comes to the library while troubled at heart.<br /><br />The librarian gives recommendations for books, one of which is off-the-wall, and also a felted object such as a plane. In each story, the character finds this cryptic, but reads the book.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1920070" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1919916 2026-05-14T16:34:35Z 2026-05-14T16:34:35Z public 0 &nbsp;<img src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/40/6b/bd/406bbdd674a918637003186140dcaf30.jpg" alt="This may contain: an image of jesus ascending from the sky" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1919916" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1919624 2026-05-14T16:13:39Z 2026-05-14T16:13:39Z public 0 Alleluia! sing to Jesus!<br />His the scepter, his the throne.<br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://marycatelli.dreamwidth.org/1919624.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1919624" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1919374 2026-05-14T04:29:51Z 2026-05-14T04:29:51Z public 0 Realized that the revisions I was putting about the event officially opening meant that the previous scene had to go after it because the heroine hasn't got the motivation yet. Give her some conflict about it that.<br /><br />Ah, revision<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1919374" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1919139 2026-05-14T03:59:54Z 2026-05-14T03:59:54Z public 0 <i>Right of Vengeance</i> by Thomas Doscher<br /><br />Book 7 of The Vixen War Bride Series. Spoilers for the earlier ones ahead.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://marycatelli.dreamwidth.org/1919139.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1919139" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1918949 2026-05-13T19:23:49Z 2026-05-13T20:42:59Z public 0 <i>Witch's Daughter</i> by Sarah A. Hoyt<br /><br />Book 2 of Magical Empires, but it does shift to new characters and fill you in the relevant first book knowledge. (Spoilers for the first book, though.)<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://marycatelli.dreamwidth.org/1918949.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1918949" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1918606 2026-05-11T22:17:35Z 2026-05-11T22:17:35Z public 0 No, no, don't say that, it's stupid. Because it was logical to shift anything of substance back in story time.<br /><br />But the characters do have to talk about something. Idle and pointless from their viewpoint, perhaps, but obviously needing to be relevant to the tale. The scene has something else that must remain, but I have to give them something to say.<br /><br />Not that the characters will tell me what.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1918606" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1918437 2026-05-10T15:00:26Z 2026-05-10T15:00:26Z public 4 This week's prompt is:<br /><b>magnificent</b> 🦚<br /><br />Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1918437" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-06:2875316:1918173 2026-05-10T14:53:58Z 2026-05-10T14:53:58Z public 0 &nbsp;<img src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c6/3b/f6/c63bf6d4a1a7d026985018c5afcac681.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=marycatelli&ditemid=1918173" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments