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Jan. 24th, 2013 06:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theskritabidesI kind of forgot I had this journal. I completely forgot I had this icon until I logged in just now and was greeted by it. Ah ha ha, why would I ever *not* have this as my default icon?
Anyhow, I'm going to try to get back into the swing of posting over here, although I'll still read over at LJ (which I'm also trying to get back into the swing of doing). I've lost track of so many people over the years and I'm not sure how to find them all now, but maybe this will be a start...
As for me, I'm still working at the porn company, living in Orange County and telecommuting even though I'm no longer house sitting. I feel like this will be a year of Big Changes--or maybe I just feel like it has to be, or I'll be stuck in the rut forever.
Haven't been writing lately but also hope to change that. I've been reading YA fiction in preparation and feeling dismayed/depressed by the romance angle (more prominent in some than in others, but always present). So I don't know if this field interests any of you, but if you a rec for a book that defies the seemingly requisite YA love triangle in any way, please send it my way!
Anyhow, I'm going to try to get back into the swing of posting over here, although I'll still read over at LJ (which I'm also trying to get back into the swing of doing). I've lost track of so many people over the years and I'm not sure how to find them all now, but maybe this will be a start...
As for me, I'm still working at the porn company, living in Orange County and telecommuting even though I'm no longer house sitting. I feel like this will be a year of Big Changes--or maybe I just feel like it has to be, or I'll be stuck in the rut forever.
Haven't been writing lately but also hope to change that. I've been reading YA fiction in preparation and feeling dismayed/depressed by the romance angle (more prominent in some than in others, but always present). So I don't know if this field interests any of you, but if you a rec for a book that defies the seemingly requisite YA love triangle in any way, please send it my way!
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Date: 2013-01-25 03:07 am (UTC)I wish I had recs - I've been trying to read more in general and have been snagging interesting YA stuff but yeah, the romance has been a big turn off for me because it tends to feel awkward and forced. I don't mind it (and even enjoy it) if it feels natural, but finding stories like that are rare (alas).
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Date: 2013-01-25 11:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-26 02:03 am (UTC)She also says that most Diana Wynn Jones books are focused on other things than romance.
And she says the Pseudonymus Bosch (sp?) books definitely not romantic.
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Date: 2020-12-22 05:49 am (UTC)