[life] writing and friendship and make-outs

I really miss chatting with karenhealey, who is a fantastic friend but has had to take some time away from chatting and such on the internets for health reasons. She is smart and awesome and entertaining, so of course I miss talking to her more regularly.

Imagine my surprise tonight when, in the middle of typing a paragraph(1), an IM from Karen pops up with a link to this Wikipedia article on cervix dilation sequence.

Our brief exchange:

Karen: *shares link and response*
Carla: THIS INTERRUPTED MAKE-OUTS!
Carla: WELL, WRITING MAKE-OUTS!
Karen: I was going to say, the hell are you coming to your computer to answer AIM during MAKEOUTS?
Carla: HAHAHAHA
Carla: I like the internet and talking to you on AIM but NOT THAT MUCH I AM SO SORRY.

My friends, SO AWESOME.

I am going back to writing make-outs now. Writing make-outs to Meat Loaf even!(2)






(1) The paragraph in question, where I had to stop typing: I rose up and reached for him, one hand on his shoulder and the rise of muscle there, the other pressed flat against his stomach. Soft, downy reddish-blond hair started just ben

(2) "The Monster is Loose" mostly. Why yes, these are werewolf make-outs, why do you ask?

[life] writing and friendship and make-outs

I really miss chatting with karenhealey, who is a fantastic friend but has had to take some time away from chatting and such on the internets for health reasons. She is smart and awesome and entertaining, so of course I miss talking to her more regularly.

Imagine my surprise tonight when, in the middle of typing a paragraph(1), an IM from Karen pops up with a link to this Wikipedia article on cervix dilation sequence.

Our brief exchange:

Karen: *shares link and response*
Carla: THIS INTERRUPTED MAKE-OUTS!
Carla: WELL, WRITING MAKE-OUTS!
Karen: I was going to say, the hell are you coming to your computer to answer AIM during MAKEOUTS?
Carla: HAHAHAHA
Carla: I like the internet and talking to you on AIM but NOT THAT MUCH I AM SO SORRY.

My friends, SO AWESOME.

I am going back to writing make-outs now. Writing make-outs to Meat Loaf even!(2)






(1) The paragraph in question, where I had to stop typing: I rose up and reached for him, one hand on his shoulder and the rise of muscle there, the other pressed flat against his stomach. Soft, downy reddish-blond hair started just ben

(2) "The Monster is Loose" mostly. Why yes, these are werewolf make-outs, why do you ask?

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[writing] novels and friends and make-outs

I really miss chatting with Karen Healey, who is a fantastic friend but has had to take some time away from chatting and such on the internets for health reasons. She is smart and awesome and entertaining, so of course I miss talking to her more regularly.

Imagine my surprise tonight when, in the middle of typing a paragraph(1), an IM from Karen pops up with a link to this Wikipedia article on cervix dilation sequence.

Our brief exchange:

Karen: *shares link and response*

Carla: THIS INTERRUPTED MAKE-OUTS!

Carla: WELL, WRITING MAKE-OUTS!

Karen: I was going to say, the hell are you coming to your computer to answer AIM during MAKEOUTS?

Carla: HAHAHAHA

Carla: I like the internet and talking to you on AIM but NOT THAT MUCH I AM SO SORRY.

My friends, SO AWESOME.

I am going back to writing make-outs now. Writing make-outs to Meat Loaf even!(2)

(1) The paragraph in question, where I had to stop typing: I rose up and reached for him, one hand on his shoulder and the rise of muscle there, the other pressed flat against his stomach. Soft, downy reddish-blond hair started just ben

(2) “The Monster is Loose” mostly. Why yes, these are werewolf make-outs, why do you ask?

[Publications] Review of Mansfield Park and Mummies

Earlier this year, I reviewed Mansfield Park and Mummies by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian for Broad Universe's The Broadsheet. You can find the review here.

I'm not really a Jane Austen fan (yeah, any response you have to that I've probably heard from my younger sister), but I did mostly enjoy Mansfield Park and Mummies. I'm also glad to see one of these mashups written by a woman; I have some problems with a guy rewriting these books written by a woman. So often women's contributions to literary canon are ignored or overlooked or flat out denied, and I am really frustrated to see work by one of a high respected and recognized author appropriated by a guy.

But this isn't that, and I really think people will enjoy Mansfield Park and Mummies.

[Publications] Review of Mansfield Park and Mummies

Earlier this year, I reviewed Mansfield Park and Mummies by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian for Broad Universe's The Broadsheet. You can find the review here.

I'm not really a Jane Austen fan (yeah, any response you have to that I've probably heard from my younger sister), but I did mostly enjoy Mansfield Park and Mummies. I'm also glad to see one of these mashups written by a woman; I have some problems with a guy rewriting these books written by a woman. So often women's contributions to literary canon are ignored or overlooked or flat out denied, and I am really frustrated to see work by one of a high respected and recognized author appropriated by a guy.

But this isn't that, and I really think people will enjoy Mansfield Park and Mummies.

This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth.org with comments. Read the original post there. Comment here or there using OpenID.

[publications] Review of Mansfield Park and Mummies

Earlier this year, I reviewed Mansfield Park and Mummies by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian for Broad Universe’s The Broadsheet. You can find the review here.

I’m not really a Jane Austen fan (yeah, any response you have to that I’ve probably heard from my younger sister), but I did mostly enjoy Mansfield Park and Mummies. I’m also glad to see one of these mashups written by a woman; I have some problems with a guy rewriting these books written by a woman. So often women’s contributions to literary canon are ignored or overlooked or flat out denied, and I am really frustrated to see work by a highly respected and recognized author appropriated by a guy.

But this isn’t that, and I really think people will enjoy Mansfield Park and Mummies.