anacronyms

In which the Dark World is encountered
I’ve been drawn into the fringes of the fanfiction world.
It’s an odd place. It’s not the dark and seedy corner that it’s been painted as in most articles that I’ve read. It has structure (complex), rules (arcane), and conventions, both literal and literary. It has jargon. It has [...]

In which Progress on a Novel is reported and Mused Upon, and a Rant appears unbidden
Today’s word count: 37 and change. That means that I’ve written 20,000 words since I started the rewrite. This version is better; much better, I think. It’s tighter, more focused, and it moves along better. I’m still only a third [...]

In which admissions of Carnal Lust are made
My belovedest beloved love has revived an old custom, that of the list. This is a list of those persons (usually, I believe, ‘celebrities’) with which one could sleep without being subject to partnerly retaliation.
I haven’t thought about this in some years. Not since meeting the sxKitten, I [...]

In which a Late Posting is made
This was written Friday, but I forgot to post it. So I’m posting it now, even though it’s short and worthless.
The airconditioning is broken here at Death Central, and it’s getting toasty. Thank someone-or-other that it’s overcast. Even with the cloud cover, it’s warm in here, probably 28 degrees [...]

In which a Strange, Odd, Bizarre, Overwrought, and mostly Badly Written world is Encountered, and your Humble Author does not escape entirely Unscathed
I’ve made reference to the fanfic wars at Lee Goldberg’s blog. I’m on the fence: in some ways, fanfic is a tribute to an author/creator. In other ways, though, it is an invasion.
So [...]

In which the Author makes a Trip down memory lane
I don’t remember my first kiss, if that is defined as the first time I kissed a female on the lips for possibly sexual purposes. Most of us played dumb bottle-spinning and closet-hiding games as kids, and I did some too in spite of being a [...]

In which the Realities of Life are confronted
Today’s word count: 30 thousand and some. I didn’t count before I left. I wrote some, but events got in the way of the morning routine.
The time has arrived. Our beloved, crazy old dog had a massive stroke some time after I let him out this [...]

In which one of the sxKitten’s Talents is mentioned, and some detailed Discussion thereof Appears, and a Race is Entered Into, and won Handily, and the Conjunction ‘and’ is Used too many Times
Slashfic: there’s been an ongoing discussion/war on this topic going on at Lee Goldberg’s blog for the last long while. My opinion on [...]

In which Children’s Literature is discussed, at some Length
I’ve read the first five Harry Potter books. The sxKitten and HouseApe 2.0 are into them, and in fact the sxKitten read them to her as bedtime stories1.
The books were around, I read them. I can’t say that I’m a fan, though. For all the magic in [...]

In which Fracas de Cafe, the French character actor, appears
I am drinking Milk 2 Go (don’t worry, Chris, love, it’s 1%). In English, this particular flavour is ‘Coffee Commotion’. In French, it’s ‘Fracas de Cafe’. I rather like that. It would make a great name for a character.
I’m officially fat. I went to see the [...]