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[katsaris]

Three new books today -- "The Wee Free Men" and "A Hat Full of Sky" by Terry Pratchett, and the "Rachel & Leah" book by Orson Scott Card. Coolness. Getting right into them.

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Anyone at all interested in me doing the "DVD commentary" thingy for my own stories? To understand what I'm talking about go see what e.g. gehayi has been recently doing with her own stories.

To tell the truth I can't think that that many people would be interested (I'm neither as prolific, nor as widely-read as *most* people doing this, I think). And it'd feel even more like wanking than usual to do this "dvd commentary" without anyone at all being interested in it.

*g* But eh, if people really are interested, please reply with which of my stories I should do this thing first. Comments of generic support without such a stated preference I will appreciate but not treat as indications of *real* interest. Sorry about that! :-)

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On a different matter, I think I'll get myself a more proper blog for the *politics*-related posts. Livejournal doesn't feel like the best available medium -- it lacks trackback and other such functions that would allow me to be a more integrated part of the blogosphere. Plus, ofcourse, having fandom, politics and personal issues all in the same journal of mine probably bores the hell out of those friends of mine that wouldn't give a damn for two-out-three of these things. :-)

I'm gonna go check out some blog services, to see what's the best available around...

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And yeah, I'm looking forward to "Googlepages" becoming available to everyone. Wanna move out of Angelfire too, and don't want to again become dependent on my ISP (Otenet), since I may soon want to switch away from there.

Comments

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

Awww. Thanks.

I vote for Reticient Confessions, Names and Forms and Narn Hathaldir (whose name I am abbreviating). I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the anime fandom.

[skaly.livejournal.com]

Have you read the other books in Card's Genesis series? I think the one you mentioned is the third or so.

I've considered doing DVD-style commentary for my own stories as well, mostly for self-indulgent purposes, but if people are actually interested, I don't see why you shouldn't go right on ahead. I, for one, love talking about writing, and I also love seeing other writers talk about writing.

(Incidentally, Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski is doing that very thing. He has started a column at http://www.newsarama.com called "Words, Words, Words." Comics are usually the subject, but writing is at the core of it all.)

[katsaris.livejournal.com]

Have you read the other books in Card's Genesis series? I think the one you mentioned is the third or so.

Yes, I have. Quite good books on the whole.

Though I'm not sure I could recommend them without reservation: I'm always aware when reading them that I'm observing the perspective of a modern Mormon, not that of ancient Hebrews...

[skaly.livejournal.com]

I think what bothers me more about "revisionistic" writing (writing that re-imagines historical events and contexts) is when the writer projects present-day values into a time, place, and person that wouldn't think of things that way. (There was a reference early on in "Sarah" about one female character maintaining her "independence," which I'm kinda sure didn't mean the same thing back then as it does today. I'm not even certain people thought in those terms.)