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Details are here. Enjoy, all!
- Mood:
cheerful
(...Fic first. Recipe after.)
Mycroft... knows that power, especially when it leans so close to the absolute, must be constantly tested to prove that its foundations are sound. Its bearer's weak points must be laid bare, examined, reinforced, then stress-tested again. And for Mycroft, cake is a weak point. It would be irrational to deny it.( Read more... )
So when it comes time for him to do the quarterly assessment of his strengths and his ability to manage his weaknesses, not just any cake will do. He requires something truly dangerous, a veritable Moriarty among cakes... so that his mettle can be tested, and proven not wanting, at the highest possible level. And finding the worthy antagonist for such tests has occasionally proven as much fun as the test itself...
- Mood:Gluttonous
For no particular reason whatsoever, we're doing a quickie sale on March 26 / 27.
From now until 23:59 Hawaiian time on March 27th, everything in the store will be 60% off.
All you have to do to obtain the discount is use the discount code / coupon code FLASHSALE during the checkout process. (Instructions about how and when to put the code in are here.)
Thanks for visiting!
There it is: right now possibly one of the most familiar images in the TV-fannish regions of the Intarwebz, one which is routinely greeted by many of those who recognize it with miserable sighs, in some cases with weeping and wailing, and (in many forums and online havens) with the gnashing of teeth and anguished cries of “MOFFAAAAAT!!” ...
...For a decade or so now, Peter and I have had the privilege and constant delight of being friends with a very gifted German screenwriter by the name of Torsten Dewi. Torsten worked closely with us on the miniseries Die Niebelungen (which aired in the US on SyFy under the title Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King), and was the source of endless good advice and encouragement all through what turned into kind of a crazed process.
In more recent years, besides his continuing TV and film work (he was, in particular, the man who introduced the telenovela concept to Germany with Lotta in Love), Torsten has become a most popular and prolific blogger on TV, film, and media in general. Some weeks ago he let us know that he and his Very Significant Other, the beautiful Britta, were going to be taking a holiday this month; and rather than let his blog at Wortvogel.de go quiet, or do a bunch of canned postings, he asked me (among various others) whether I'd like to do a guest piece for him. I immediately said yes, and almost as immediately knew what I wanted to do for him: for "The Reichenbach Fall" had just aired.Here, then, is a link to what I wrote for Torsten -- a general overview of Sherlock, and some notes about issues that have developed over the past two seasons, and particularly in the wake of the most recent episode. Please note that this blog is absolutely overrun with detailed spoilers for everything in series 1 & 2 up to and including exact specifics of events in "The Reichenbach Fall." So you've been warned.
Otherwise: enjoy!- Mood:
thoughtful
On this day twenty-five years ago, I got married (for the first time*) to the coolest man on Earth.
There he is in a pic I took of him some months previously, by the boathouse on Central Park Lake. That afternoon seems like about ten minutes ago, some ways. And even after two and a half decades spent being with this man and learning his complexities, the experience never gets old. My life and my work would be utterly empty without him: his presence and his gifts inform everything I do.
He contains multitudes. Hotshot novelist, gourmet cook, indefatigable researcher ("Are you still on TV Tropes??"), crazed modeller, retrotech geek, artist, sound effects specialist, raconteur, friend of all cats (especially big ones) and softie about all cute things, eagle-eyed pilot, militaria expert, swordsman and screenwriter, connoisseur of fountain pens and typewriters, sex god, ever-understanding confidant, protector and defender, best friend, kindly and incisive critic, Calvin to my Susie: he is all of these and more... way more.
Peter, I love you.
Bring on the next twenty-five years. :)
*There were two weddings: one in LA to get the paperwork handled, and the second on in Boston so that the maximum number of friends could be there.
LJ friends: I tried to mirror this post here, but LJ can't handle the Scrippet formatting: so please pop over here to see the post. Thanks!
- Mood:reflective
I’m not a wild fan of any kind of football. The sport that some people call soccer is okay — I can take it or leave it — but US football leaves me completely cold. Maybe I’m missing a gene or something.
Around this time every year, a huge fooforaw starts up surrounding the end of the US football season. Mostly the recurrence of this particular event simply makes me sigh with relief, as it means that the beginning of baseball season now isn’t too far away, and the start of Spring Training is just over the horizon.
That said, I don’t see why I shouldn’t spread around this slight but welcome lightening of the local mood. For those of you who’re interested, and those of you who’d rather curl up with a good ebook instead of watching a bunch of guys in pads and helments rush fruitlessly up- and downfield, the Ebooks Direct store will be offering a discount on everything in the place this weekend. (Actually, until midnight Hawai’ian time on February 7th, as some people may want something to read to counteract the sighs and groans of nearby football fans whose team lost.)
Just stop by the store and use the discount code NOSUPERBOWLHERE to get 25% off anything you buy. The full 9-volume set of Young Wizards International Edition ebooks is there, along with Peter’s Tales of Old Russia series and the newish anthology Uptown Local and Other Interventions: not to mention much other stuff. (Details on how to use coupon codes at our store are here.)
So enjoy! (And I’m going to enjoy sitting by the fire reading on Sunday, and paying the cataclysmic event in Indianapolis no further attention whatsoever.)
- Mood:
lethargic
