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The comm showed up on my network page a little while ago and I decided that after so many months of working over the same novel, I could use the fun of playing around with some short stories just for me.
First priority is the novel, though. I was working on it tonight but I fell asleep.
*I finished a pair of socks! Wool socks are SO WARM LOVE. I think they are about 85% responsible for the improvement in my condition. My next project is making toe-up socks, which I think are a good alternative to making the legs as short as possible out of fear that my massive feet will use up all the yarn.
*I am almost done with Mockingjay but unfortunately find myself agreeing withrachelmanija's review. I can love a grim book, but have the grimness be in service to something real and important. Have it strike right to the heart. I don't want Katniss to get a happy ending by authorial fiat. In a world where she's being manipulated by everybody, where the only real question is whether her image is being used by good people or bad ones, I want her to somehow strike a blow for authenticity, for a gloriously messy truth, not just to decide between one boy and another boy. And if your point is that there's no such thing as authenticity, okay, I'll buy that, but don't make me believe that a world without authenticity is okay because you picked the right boy.
origfic_bingo!Here is my card.
The comm showed up on my network page a little while ago and I decided that after so many months of working over the same novel, I could use the fun of playing around with some short stories just for me.
First priority is the novel, though. I was working on it tonight but I fell asleep.
*I finished a pair of socks! Wool socks are SO WARM LOVE. I think they are about 85% responsible for the improvement in my condition. My next project is making toe-up socks, which I think are a good alternative to making the legs as short as possible out of fear that my massive feet will use up all the yarn.
*I am almost done with Mockingjay but unfortunately find myself agreeing with
rachelmanija's review. I can love a grim book, but have the grimness be in service to something real and important. Have it strike right to the heart. I don't want Katniss to get a happy ending by authorial fiat. In a world where she's being manipulated by everybody, where the only real question is whether her image is being used by good people or bad ones, I want her to somehow strike a blow for authenticity, for a gloriously messy truth, not just to decide between one boy and another boy. And if your point is that there's no such thing as authenticity, okay, I'll buy that, but don't make me believe that a world without authenticity is okay because you picked the right boy.Tags:
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2/10/10 04:27 (UTC)I also thought that Prim's death underscored the fact that Prim was always destined to die (as were most of the kids in their town, through hunger or untreated illness/injury or through an eventual mine collapse/explosion). If Katniss hadn't taken her place, Prim would have been sent to the Hunger Games in the first place, and most likely would not have survived; although whether she survived or not, SHE would have been the mockingjay, the symbol of rebellion, not Katniss.