More dratted self-awareness, and I caved and got an IJ.

I really hadn't realized quite how much I depend on LJ to keep up with you all until so many people (myself included) found themselves in this state of shock, whether due to LJ in particular or post-DH recovery or particular ugliness that went down that affected some of my friends quite personally. I miss reading your guys' thoughts! RL, the fics you're working on, whether you're suffering malaise or things are going well... rants and/or gushing, or quiet contemplation, I simply hadn't recognized that I look for you all here. I can walk away, of course; there's actual mail through the postal service, which I love to write (and receive!), there's email, phone calls, and visits. That being said, I caved. I now have an insane journal, mostly for the sheer ability to be thevina. I mean, I like Thrihyrne, actually, but until you've typed it out 3,281,754 times, it can be a challenge. Pronunciation is a bit awkward, too. And everybody knows me as Thevina or Thev. Still, don't look for anything here anytime soon, or ever. If absolutely everyone on my flist, or closely thereof, goes, well, I guess I will too. Really, though, I'm here. My stuff is here, my history is here, and while I'm not keen on LJ's changing ToS, I doubt I'd be singled out.

( what I did )

( where I am concerning my own emotional cartography )

( Also, I'm in need of HP assistance. )

I must also plug this post by Callum James, friend and taented writer. He wrote an extended post on his thought processes and the structural/esoteric evolution of the poem he's working on, including pictures of his notebook that show the strikethroughs, the arrows and consideration of various types of meter, and the 'voice' of the author of the poem, etc. I thought it was really insightful, and a treat to be privy to someone else's creative process.