"Miller take me, miller grind me / scatter my bones on the wild green tide"

[larryhammer]

First off, my poem "Psyche, at Midnight, in the Dark" is live at the current issue of Goblin Fruit, where I am, to put it mildly, in very good company -- including sovay, rachelmanija, and shweta_narayan. Lots of dark, delicious faeryfruits on the vine.

ETA: Oy -- I completely forgot to give beth_bernobich a shout-out for her helpful beta-read on "Psyche".

Then some last bits of Yuletide business: recs for Ash the Stablehand, a gender-swapped Cinderella done perfectly and on point, and the novella Lord Wolfe and the Ape-Leader, which has the tags "Little Red Riding Hood/Beauty and the Beast, Fairytale crossover, Regency Bath, do highwaymen have boils?, insufferable yet handsome noblemen, winking! always winking!, awesome women, the dangers of ha-has, shocking behaviour, fopdoodles abound, a tête-à-tête with a potted plant, wolves committing improprieties, a deadly attack with a fan!, warning: this fic contains ninny-hammers, unladylike sprinting, an Hideous Hussar’s Hat, immodest plans, just like in a Mrs Radcliffe novel, the author of this fic rather likes Georgette Heyer and Jane Austen, warning: this fic contains a dreadful pun, arrroooooo!" From these I believe you can judge whether it is for you. It is not so much a Regency Romance as an affectionate parody of sub-Heyeresque Regencies with a few brisk nods to, especially, Northanger Abbey. Clearly we need more fanfic tagged "arrroooooo!"

Finally, I hate it when my 12-story building falls over.

---L.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I truly adore your poem. I love everything about it. It's the story, but also where it takes my thoughts. Usually the story reads for me like any fairy tale, but in your poem, it's also about trust, faith, and love in a deeper way. I love where you end it, too. I love your choice of words; I love your rhymes. It's just beautiful.

I'm going to save it. Thanks for writing it.

[larryhammer]

No, thank you for your kind words.

---L.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

It was just so beautiful. The last lines broke my heart!

And, conceptually, this was just lovely:

He didn't look -- he just was. His own truth.

You captured what it's like to discover your lover is a god. --but that's not all; there's just so much in your poem.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

ARGH! That horrible white on black! How can I make that readable?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I hate that too, but what you can do is choose the option "view in own style"

It should appear in the little strip at the top of the page.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

I just scoured the top, and there is no choice in this version of firefox, curse it.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Oh dang, that's right; it's because it's the Goblin Fruit webpage, not LJ!

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

Yeah, agreed. For stuff like that I click once, then leave. Obviously, they don't want me to read it.

...However. Are you using Firefox? The "Stylish" plugin can be used to force websites to be readable, no matter what the soi-disant "web designers" think.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Where do you find this plugin, and how do you make it work?

[larryhammer]

Available here. Click the green button to get started, but I don't know how to use it myself.

---L.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_twilight_/]

Highlight it prior to reading it.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Well that's embarrassingly easy.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_twilight_/]

It works for many bad color combos. In cases where that's not enough, cutting and pasting into a blank word document, then altering the color/size will often work.

[pdlloyd.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, Larry. It's a lovely, evocative poem.

[larryhammer]

Thankee.

---L.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Oh, very nice. Congrats.

[larryhammer]

Thanks.

---L.

[oracne.livejournal.com]

Yay sale!

[larryhammer]

Yay!

---L.

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[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thought you'd appreciate this comment that cobaltika left in my journal, about your poem:

that was the most amazing poem i have read in a long time.

[larryhammer]

Eeeeee.

---L.