Things

[romanajo123]

 1.   I'm currently in Myrtle Beach (SC).   Staying in  my aunt's house,  she is on a trip to Australia so we're house sitting.  And it is WAY too hot here !!  :/

2.   Went to BAM !  (Books a Million ) yesterday and had to ... actually stop myself from buying about 10 books and a POP! figure of Elsa from Frozen.   I settled on 5 books all from this series I've been looking forward to.  :  https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/a-twisted-tale
Thanks to shivver  I've been inspired to read Pride and Prejudice recently... which unfortunately was one I put back. 

3.   I've discovered two new comms thanks to thisbluespirit that are both OUAT on here!! One actually informed me about a deleted scene that I now wish was left in.  

4.  Beignets.   I tried some today for the first time and actually got a takeout order of them.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beignet   Basically they taste like little donuts or funnelcake.  :) 

5.  Writing has been... interesting? lately.   I'm currently in an online class on Advanced Fiction Writing.  With the same teacher I had in my last class (Write Fiction Like a pro).   And the last time he used the Wizard of Oz as an example.  This class? Beauty and the Beast.  And given my current interests,  ... I'm starting to wonder if he's just trying to tease me/ get me to unintentionally squee!  I did do a Drabble a few days ago and am about to start on my gift for Just Married.  (DW,  not sure if it's going to be 10/Donna or 11/River) 

6.  If anyone is following Big Finish's Once and Future,  the third release just came out: A Genius for War.  And as of now I haven't listened to it/

Comments

[lurking_latinist]

I think your writing teacher might just have great taste in stories! :D You never know, he might be a fan.

Have you learnt anything interesting from the class? That sounds like a really cool class to take.

I haven’t been listening to Once and Future, and I don’t generally like how BF does big splashy ‘event’ releases all that much, but I have to admit the concept is really tempting me…

[romanajo123]

Yeah I do think it's unintentional. A lot of his examples are movies , or books that most people kind of know. Still...

Yes! The last lesson was about character creating ( flaws, sympathy, antipathy, etc).

Yeah... Once and Future has been a mixed bag so far. Past Lives I didn't finish and it had a good premise but wasn't interesting. I really enjoyed Artist at the End of Time but I could be biase due to Five being one of my Doctors and Doctor's Daughter being the first ep I ever watched. But I can see it not being for everyone. This one is Seven and Davros I think in or near the Time War.

[lurking_latinist]

Sounds cool!

Oh, I saw that someone on Tumblr was thinking about doing a “Pride and Prejudice Daily” Substack. That might be fun!

[romanajo123]

Really?

I wasn’t into the Dracula one or … was there a couple more? But that’s kind of neat

[liadt]

I don't think 'Pride and Prejudice' will go out of print anytime soon so maybe next time?

Tiny donuts sound nice!

Ha, ha, enjoy your writing class going all OUAT!

[romanajo123]

Probably. I think it might be public domain anyway. And it's not hard to find.

They are! I figure you can't really ruin fried dough topped with powdered sugar. :P

I know it's probably not intentional but still...

[liadt]

I think 'P&P' came as a free book when I got my e-reader so definitely public domain.

[shivver]

I totally forgot about the website Republic of Pemberley. They have all of Austen's works on their site - here's P&P, without having to download an eBook or anything, just read it in your browser and you can zoom it as much as you want.

https://pemberley.com/etext/PandP/index.html

We listened to A Genius for War and loved it! It's full of Davros-deviousness and Doctor-deviousness, and Nicholas Briggs shouting orders at himself. This audio focused on the story - what is Davros doing (because you know he's got an ulterior motive) and more importantly, why? I think that the previous two Once and Future failed because they were more about the Doctor interacting with the guest companions and the stories were incidental. As thisbluespirit implied, they were too fanservicey, while this one felt more like a special Monthly Range.

[romanajo123]

I just started the audio. And am I the only one who’s not a fan of the “ For the love of stories” slogan? I know it’s been about a year now, but it’s still weird.

Okay now I’m interested!!

BAM! had a box set of all her books for about $70 and the standalone book for $9. But I’ll get it later

[shivver]

Yeah, I don't like the new slogan. :(