Just a quiet, down day

[matrixrefugee]

I'd thought about going for a walk today/running some errands downtown, but I realize I just need a day to goof off and relax. write/type some fic, catch up on RP tags, read, that sort of thing. I've got two short Gormenghast fics waiting to be typed up, and which likely will show up later on, courtesy of Write or Die. One of them is a reply to a comment_fic prompt, and I hope it's slashy enough for the OP: the pairing is Steerpike/Titus, and I personally find that pairing to be somewhat "Mmmm... no, not likely". Jonathan Rhys-Meyers notwithstanding, I don't see SP as a very sexual being to begin with, never mind one that would be conducive to slash-ficcage (*cough-cough*Freudian Excuse*cough-cough*). That and if it's BBC mini-series canon, that makes the pairing a bit squicky to those who take note of the "SP as a Groan bastard" element that's in play and who, like me, aren't big on that sort of thing, unless it's handled like Greek tragedy.

Now reading the first of Naomi Novak's "Temeraire" novels (Iskierka's canon to the carpe_ho_ras crowd); the reviewers who compare it to Christopher Paolini sort of need their heads checked, as the writing is a lot better and considerably less derivative, though I had to smile when someone compared it to Jane Austen. If I was to compare it to anything, I'd say Ms. Novak did with dragons what Susannah Clarke (she of "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell) did with wizards.

Comments

[poelaramont.livejournal.com]

I love the Temeraire books. I think the first one is the best, but I still enjoy the rest.

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

Mmm! I'm utterly enjoying it: she's clearly thought out everything on this world she's created, and there's none of the "okay, must insert :: Name of fantasy trope:: here" feeling I got when reading Paolini. Don't get me wrong, the kid has the chops to write good fantasy, he just needs to hone his craft a bit to be a *really good* writer.