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xnamkradLeave a comment and I will
a) tell you why I friended you,
b) associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc.,
c) tell you something I like about you,
d) tell you a memory I have of you,
e) ask something I've always wanted to know about you,
f) tell you my favorite user pic of yours,
g) in return, you must post this in your LJ.
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b) Apart from demonic cats (!), probably images like the High Chaporal or Gunsmoke thanks to Prarie Silver.
c) You are never afraid to speak you mind. :D
d) Well there was that one incident with a certain someone who shall remain nameless and a sort of smack down situation (or two).
e) What was the inspiration for Prarie Silver?
f) The cat! The cat!
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b-Dusy, dusty, dusty.
c-That's because my brain doesn't have lips...
d-Food for thought. I might ask someone in common more about THAT fallout.
e-Wanting a fantasy with elements other than Celtic/Arthurian background.
f-Is sleeping.
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b) Gosh, the whole Irish SF scene at this stage! :D
c) Your strength, determination and organising a fantastic convention.
d) I was nervous as hell going to the con on my own that first day, and you were so welcoming!
e) How did you get involved in all this?
f) The shadow cat logo - it rocks.
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b) wow, thats a lot :-)
c) thanks
d) the pleasure was mine
e) have been involved with this since the mid 90's in one way or another. In 2006 I was asked if I'd take over the running of P-Con. so P-Con IV and V are actually the only cons (I wish there was another name for these) I've run.
f) I had it done for my website (you know about the site?) by a professional some years ago.
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b) Wolves (of course), fairies, and the weird idea that you are somehow all unknowing, closely related to my friend Lindsey.
c) You are open, friendly and so supportive.
d) Having never met in person, you came up to me at Pcon and whispered "I'm theladywolf" and went "What's Lindsey doing here?" then realised you weren't Lindsey! :D
e) Are you in fact Lindsey? :D Ok, no seriously, I think you're a teacher - what do you teach?
f) the fairies one above.
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I'm a primary teacher and a few years ago I moved from teaching mainstream into Learning Support and Resource, all now referred to as S.E.T.
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a) When did we first start critiquing? It has been a very long time, so when you arrived here I had to.
b) Military fantasy, suits of armour and Sutton Hoo because of that av you had on Notebored/Liberty Hall.
c) You're Dude! What's not to like? And you've never given up on my Holtlands stories.
d) That Lizzies story. I loved that story. (ok, technically not you but...)
e) This is a tough one. Em... Where did the inspiration for Osha come from?
f) The Sutton Hoo mask isn't on Lj so I can't pick that I guess so the one above. But if you happen to load the mask/helmety thing on, it would be that one.
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The actual character of Osha came about from a documentary I saw years ago. I can't remember the name of it, but it was on the BBC and hosted by some English dude. Anyway it was one of those history shows that reenacted scenes from the past. This particular episode showed how peasants lived in a medieval village. They were depicted as living a simple lifestyle unencumbered with the prudish ideals of society, basically they had nothing and couldn't afford the ideals of their overlords--That's how I wanted to depict Osha.
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b) Now? Hot pink hair!
c) You go after what you want and have turned an unpleasant situation right around.
d) I'm still jealous that you met John Barrowman twice.
e) Where did you get the name enticing_thorn from?
f) Fizgig. Has to be Fizgig!
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b) Easter mythology and those cranes.
c) Your creativity and your critiques are always insightful and helpful
d) Vying for position with you an Aliette in The Biggest Reject (until you two started selling everything! Talk about a cop out! :D)
e) Where did the name tchernabyelo come from? Why eastern mythology? (Yes, that's two)
f) The cranes, or herons, or whatever the birdies are. (Wait! Those aren't the birds you're going to kill, are they? I like them!)
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d) I'm not selling everything - I'm still top of The Biggest Reject so far this year. The best way of getting the sale is to sub as much as possible, after all... pure scattershot theory!
e) Tchernabyelo is a coined mock-slavic word from the root words for black and white. Before Yi Qin took over, much of what I wrote was set in a Slavic milieu that has yet to see the publishing light of day (there's only one story doing the rounds).
Eastern mythology is a very good question. I wrote a handful of Chinese pieces a long time ago (as in over 20 years - one of them, admittedly polished since, is the one that's in Fictitious Force issue 5), but nothing more until 2005. I grew up loving "The Water Margin", and the recent wuxia films like "Crouching Tiger" and (particularly) "Hero" are just wonderful. For a while I had an idea to do a story about someone who was called just "Walker", who would be going around a vast Chinese-style country tracking down reincarnations of ancient heroes and villains (that was a Water Margin riff, coupled with the idea of someone who walked everywhere to keep in connection with the Earth, Antaeus-style). When I started writing, something in this mutated and, out of nowhere I can consciously recall, Yi Qin and her dead twin sister turned up.
The rest is (ongoing) history. About 2/3 of the stories I've sold have been Yi Qin or that milieu, and several have sold first time out. I have clearly stumbled on something, so I'm damned well going to stick with it.
f) I don't kill birds. Though a time may come when I make an exception for chickens.