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*rushes in at the last minute*

*comes to a screeching halt*

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y , [livejournal.com profile] melusin79! ! !

Hope you've had a wonderful day!

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Happy Birthday, [livejournal.com profile] dreamy_dragon73!

Have a wonderful day and year, and much Lucius love!!!


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I have written 3,321 of however many words it takes.
Judging by the plot, I figure I'm about roughly one third done.

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After hitting Total Panic Stage nearly a week ago, from which [livejournal.com profile] machshefa and [livejournal.com profile] pyjamapants rescued me with kind words and constructive advice, I've finally been making some real progress. Then I realised that something was missing, and when I was eventually able to pinpoint what it was, things kinda started looking up. I'm not sure yet how well it'll turn out, but it certainly has been a very interesting learning experience. One thing I've learned is that I'll never again assume it'll be a "straight-forward" fic to write. I don't think I can do straight-forward. At all. Ever.
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LMHG Exchange:

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I have written 1,532 of an as yet unknown number of words.
I have now made progress!

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There, that's more like it. I really have no clue how long this will be. I find it quite a refreshing challenge because not only have I never written Lucius with just Hermione but the genre is one I've never really read except for a short span during my teenage years. No doubt there will be panic at some stage.

Does anyone know of any Lucius icons that are free for the taking? I'm ashamed to admit that I do not have a single one.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, [livejournal.com profile] ofenjen

May this wonderful day be the first of many this year!

lady_karelia: (shutup)
It's a start, and it should look better by the end of today.

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I have written 408 of 10,000 words.
I am now 4.08% done!

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lady_karelia: (piano)
Admining a fic today had me really upset. Like, seriously upset. The author's response, which was ignorant at best, and certainly defiant, made it worse. I don't know, maybe I'm just burnt out. I want to write, and as much as I love mentoring authors to the point of validation, sometimes, I just feel overwhelmed. Like today. So, yeah, I'm hopelessly behind with betas right now. I had, until tonight, not written a word in about four days. We're extremely short in the admin department this week, and for some reason, there were loads of really long chapters in the queue.

Thankfully, tonight Lucius suggested a hot bath, which was a brilliant idea, since I went to Lush yesterday. And wow, did that bath help the Muse. About 350 words written for the LMHG exchange. Not a lot, but it's a start, and what's more, I have the entire outline. So, yeah, I'm feeling better now. But I still wish people would apply brains before uploading fic. Anyways, Lucius, with the help of Mozart and Sibelius, fixed my mood.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY,

[livejournal.com profile] hogwartshoney

and

[livejournal.com profile] inspired_ideas!

Here's hoping you've had a wonderful day!

lady_karelia: (lk_sheet_music)
Good heavens, what a voice!

lady_karelia: (careful)
*waves you past* Just posting for records.

Hermione Big Bang (obviously not posted yet)

8155 / 20000 words. 41% done!
Not sure if it's misleading or not. I write frantically, have been since sometime in March, but alas. Very mixed feelings. Not about the plot. Oh, I love the plot like I've never loved the plot, and Lucius does, too. I need to rid myself of the ego and stop feeling hurt at the lack of cheerleading. My beta approves, my friend who issued the prompt approves, and my other friend whose opinion I value approves. And all have been giving valuable input, which hopefully makes it better. Maybe better news on the ego issue next week. Meanwhile, I'll continue writing like whoa.

LMHG Exchange (obviously not posted yet)

0 / 8000 words. 0% done!
That's totally misleading, really. I have an outline, in fact a very outspoken outline, and I need to sit down and write it. I can see a lot more progress in a week's time.

Supersekkrit shit (posted or not)
No bar here. I'm in two minds over it and might or might not pull it. I'll continue to write it, no doubt about that, but right now, there is very little incentive except writing it for myself and completing it for myself. So that might be on the backburner for a couple of weeks.

All of the above might explain why I've not managed to produce even one drabble lately *sighs*
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, [livejournal.com profile] moreteadk!!!

Hope you're having a great day, and may the coming year be the best yet!

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Enjoying a very quiet time in Little Rock after a visit to the local mall. It's bliss tonight, and I'm hoping to write lots. Amazing what a change of scenery does to the Muse.

Fic Rec

Apr. 18th, 2009 03:58 pm
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If you want to be absorbed in the happenings of behind the scenes of ren faires, don't miss Faire Game. Go, read.

Aaaaargh

Apr. 17th, 2009 03:09 am
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So, the hymn of St John the Baptist... Ut Re Mi Fa So La, yeah, that one. The sheet music is on wikipedia, and it clearly shows ut as c, re as d, mi as e, etc. Makes perfect sense. Until I came across the Solfeggio frequencies, which are based on the hymn. 396 hz? That's not ut, that's close to today's g (392hz). And lo and behold, Horowitz in his Healing Codes for the Biological Apocalypse lists them as 396 = g. It kind of makes sense, but boy, did it take me some thinking. He mentioned on one occasion that the combination of mi and sol is destructive, and my first thought was, what a fuckwit. I mean, seriously, e and g as destructive??? Get rid of all the classical compositions then. *snrk* But nooooooo, that's not at all what he meant. C followed by the next higher f-sharp. Yeah, definitely destructive. But hell, how am I gonna figure out how C moved to G??? *iz lost* Cuz I'm sure I'm missing something. C4 is pretty close to Mozarts idea of 256 (258), A440 is of course utterly out of place, but then, yeah, no surprise there. Anyone can shed any light on this transformation from ut=c to ut=g? Cuz, really, I'm utterly lost.
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H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y , [livejournal.com profile] rdholmantx! ! !

Have a wonderful day, and may the coming year be your best one yet!


Baaaaa

Apr. 14th, 2009 11:59 pm
lady_karelia: (Default)
Cuz Ari did

Way too many answers to way too many questions )

There. That was a sheepish thing to do. LOL.
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Serviettenknödel (bread dumpling in a napkin)

300 g (roughly 10 ounces) of day-old rolls or white bread, cut into small cubes
2 shallots or small onions, very finely chopped
40 g (1.5 oz) butter
2 medium eggs
1/3 l (1/6 of a pint) warm milk
1/4 of a bunch parsley, either straight or curled, very finely chopped
1 tsp salt
heavy-handed pinch of freshly grated nutmeg

Pour the warm milk over the bread cubes and mix thoroughly. Heat the butter over just medium heat, add the shallots and fry until glassy (not brown). Add to the bread/milk mix, mix thoroughly. Add salt and nutmeg and eggs, mix again. Last add parsley and mix again, then let dough stand for an hour at room temperature.

Bring lightly salted water in large pot to boiling. Shape dough into bread loaf shape and wrap in a cotton cloth. Twist either end to prevent it from opening. Tie each end around the handle of a pot to suspend the dough over boiling water. Let softly boil (over medium heat) for 30 minutes. Untie cotton, put dumpling on a plate, let rest for 10 minutes and then cut into half-inch thick slices.

This is typically served with gulash or beef roast, but I don't eat meat, so I'm having it with baby spinach in roquefort sauce and a quorn roast basted in truffle oil, rosemary and thyme. ;)

And this is how my meal looked tonight:
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Amazon Rank? WTF? Go vote.
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H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y , [livejournal.com profile] notsosaintly! ! !

Have a wonderful day, and may the coming year be an infinitive improvement on the previous!
lady_karelia: (lk_sheet_music)
It's a Sibelius sort of day around here, and who am I to withhold ear candy. :D



So, yeah, the violin is about to appear in Chapter 4. I'm surprised at this, but Lucius usually knows what he's doing, and I trust him.

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