Linky links

matociquala talks about hard fantasy here .

Which relates to limyaael's rant on cultural history here .

Unfortunately, certain characters are using this as an excuse to nag me about figuring out their cultures and magic systems, and I wish they'd leave me alone. (Put your shirt back on, Vainen!)

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In a 5200 word short story, 14 uses of "just" are too many.

I'm just sayin'.

And if I find myself justifying the existance of several paragraphs and they're not even darlings, they should probably just die. Who needs explanations, anyway?

Bookies!

My Amazon box came today (possibly the fastest shipment from them ever) containing lovely books by the lovely matociquala and truepenny. (Or "Kitty and mullet" and "silly floofy shirt", as I introduced them to Steven, but it was said with much affection. I sure I will someday regret teasing my friends' otherwise delightful cover art.)

I don't know what possesses people to make a white hardback, though. Do they really think that dust jacket is going to stay on for more than five minutes after I start reading? Do they not know that my house is full of cats, coffee, and art supplies?

Don't I have library books I need to read first?