Three Truths

[saitaina]

There were always three truths I knew growing up:

1. My mother would die while I was young (she passed away while I was 29).

2. My grandmother would outlive every doctor's words when he said "you won't live out the year" (she has been told this five times in my life, the last one four years ago).

3. I would die before I turned thirty.

Today I turn thirty-one (yes, I'm not really five, I'm just immature), and while I did make that one false, it almost wasn't, after mum passed.

I'm so glad I turned thirty-one, instead of another year in the grave.

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[sheryll.livejournal.com]

Hee, my LJ turns 10 this year, too! We're still around the people who gave us codes aren't. Go figure.

What are you reading these days? I'm always curious as to what direction people went in after Harry Potter.

[saitaina]

I'm currently reading Arsene Lupin and Sherlock Holmes (along with other Victorian/Edwardian classics), though mostly these days I read manga as I don't have time for novels.

[sheryll.livejournal.com]

You know, I've never read any Sherlock Holmes. I'll get to it eventually, as I've got some on my e-reader. So many books, so little time!

I'm mostly still into the fantasy genre, fed nicely with recommendations from the folks that do the Sirens conferece. It's a women and fantasy event, done by the same ladies who did the Witching Hour, Terminus and Phoenix RisingHarry Potter conferences. Asuming I make it there this year, it'll be my (and their) 4th year of Sirens. This year it's moved out of Colorado and up near Portland. Probably be a bitch for the cost of airfare, but beats taking the bus on that one!

[saitaina]

Portland, OR or Portland, Maine?

Yeah, I've dropped out of the fantasy world for a bit until the dragon craze dies down. Nothing against them, just not interested. and I'm definetely staying away from my main genre of vampires until You-Know-Who stops writing. It's sad, there are no decent vampire writers these days (then again, my own WiP contains incest and violence against the church as well as screwing with religion so there you go, people will probably say the same about me).

I've also been into Dan Brown lately. Granted, his works are utter rubbish in terms of facts, but he does tell a decent story, and I like a decent mystery with a bit of conspiricy (the loonier the better).

I would recommend arsene Lupin over Sherlock Holmes, much more fun. But if you do choose Sherlock, a good one is Hounds of Baskerville.

[sheryll.livejournal.com]

Portland, OR. Maine would be a snap for me to get to and would give me a choice of bus or flying. The cool thing about Sirens is that each year has a theme and things center around that. The first year it was warriors, then faeries, last year was monsters and this year is tales re-told. There have been so many retellings of various fairy and folktales that I'm really interested in seeing what the program will look like. There are usually some good writers workshops, which is why Amanda (from HPFGU) brings her daughter Kasia, the budding author. The guest speakers don't just show up and do a presentation. They're there all weekend and, depending on the author, generally hanging about with the rest of the attendees.

I'm not big into the dragon stories, with the exception of Naomi Novik's Temeraire series. I can't recall how I ended up reading the first one, but I've made through the third and they're quite appealing. Maybe because they're more historical military stories, set during the Mapoleonic war, with the military using dragons. No fluff or magic involved, really.

I read the first of the Twilight series and it made my eyes and my brain bleed. I wanted to go through the book again with a red pen, but that would have meant reading it twice and I wasn't willing to torture myself any further. :) You WiP sounds much better.

I've read a couple Dan Brown. I have the Lost Symbol on the e-reader and I'll get to eventually. Thanks for the tip on reading Lupin and Holmes.

[saitaina]

Geeze, four more hours and you could visit me in Riddle *grins*

I just never seem to have time to really read anymore...or write. Then again, everything I DO write I end up deleting so maybe there are other issues going on in my head, but they haven't made themselves known to my concious thought so who knows *shrugs*

[sheryll.livejournal.com]

If I had the time, I'd love to. I am considering flying to Vegas and then on to Portland, depending on the fares. Sometimes when I check it's cheaper to do that. I've also considered flying to Vegas and taking Greyhound to Portland. I guess it will all depend on how much time/money I have at the time and how much airfares are.