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Account name: Password (OpenID?) (Forgot it?) Remember Me You're viewing maculategiraffe 's journal Create a Dreamwidth Account Learn More Interest Region Site and Account FAQ Email IM Info Reload page in style: light maculategiraffe Recent Entries inner -- Previous 20 inner -- (no subject) May . 9th , 2011 08:12 pm Thank you very much to everyone who commented on the new chapter of Intake Counselor. :) What can I say, I'm here to write slavefic and explore psychosocial dynamics, and I'm all out of slavery. ( lyrics to Fiona Apple's A Mistake, theme song for that chapter ) And here's the song for this one. ( The Mother, chapter 6 ) Current Music: Cage the Elephant, "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" Tags: awesome music , daughterverse , fiction , matriarchy , the mother Link 0 comments Reply Intake Counselor, chapter 10 May . 7th , 2011 08:43 pm ( mrrrrr ) Current Music: Fiona Apple, "A Mistake" Tags: alix , fiction , intake counselor Link 2 comments Reply The Mother, chapter five Dec . 13th , 2010 07:51 pm Short chapter this time. ( Chapter five ) Current Music: Frente!, "Dangerous" Tags: daughterverse , fiction , matriarchy , the mother Link 1 comment Reply The Mother, chapter four Dec . 10th , 2010 08:28 pm Chapter three went up yesterday ( And chapter four ) Current Music: Andrew Bird, "A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left" Tags: daughterverse , fiction , matriarchy , the mother Link 1 comment Reply The Mother, chapter three Dec . 9th , 2010 07:22 pm ( Chapter three ) Current Music: The White Stripes, "Effect and Cause" Tags: daughterverse , fiction , matriarchy , the mother Link 0 comments Reply wooo Dec . 1st , 2010 07:56 pm Well, this took longer than I thought, but hopefully those of you who voted for "something involving Lee and Andrei and Jer [and possibly Mona]" will enjoy it. Takes place somewhere in that logistically eventful period between chapters 49 and 50 of "Lee." ( I just got back into town. ) Current Music: Dar Williams, "Iowa (Travelling III)" Tags: fiction Link 0 comments Reply Daughterverse thingy part two Nov . 26th , 2010 02:05 pm I'm working on a SB 'verse thingy-- besides Intake Counselor I mean-- and polishing the next couple chapters of The Mother, but it felt right to put this up before the next chapters. Read this first. Thank you so much for all your kind comments and good wishes. It means a lot. ( I'd like to say a few things at this juncture. ) Current Music: Andrew Bird, "Masterfade" Tags: daughterverse , fiction , matriarchy , the mother Link 0 comments Reply Babysitter of Themyscira, chapter 11 Nov . 22nd , 2010 05:26 pm ( You're kind of out of my league. ) Current Music: Pete Yorn, "Just Another" Tags: babysitter of themyscira , fanfic , wonder girl Link 0 comments Reply Intake Counselor, chapter 9 Nov . 19th , 2010 07:58 pm With a very special guest star. ( I'm sorry. Have we met? ) Current Music: Cowboy Junkies, "Come Calling" Tags: intake counselor , the slave breakers Link 0 comments Reply Er, hi there. Nov . 18th , 2010 03:23 pm Well gosh. It's been a while. I've been working through a lot of personal stuff, with my grief counselor and on my own, and it's been somewhat rocky going, internally speaking. (You guys aren't the only ones I dropped off the map for-- I've gotten some "uh, so, it would be nice to know you're alive" messages from RL friends too.) But I'm alive and healthy and gainfully employed (as a barista at Starbucks! And I kind of love it!) and a couple of days ago I cracked open the word processor and was like "oh hey, that's right, I really really like to write." So, I've got some stuff that will be going up soon, I expect, new chapters of The Mother and such-- I've got like two proper chapters and then the next installment in that Scheherezade thing-- but while I'm trying to get the engine to turn over, anybody who wants to give me a jump by suggesting a quick piece they'd like me to write would be much appreciated, and I'll do my best. Missed y'all. Current Music: Andrew Bird, "Fake Palindromes" Tags: appy polly loggies , i aten't dead , personal life , writing Link 0 comments Reply The Mother, chapter two Jul . 30th , 2010 09:07 pm ( shortish chapter sorry ) Current Music: Scissor Sisters, "Sex and Violence" Tags: daughterverse , fiction , matriarchy , the mother Link 0 comments Reply "The Mother", chapter one Jul . 27th , 2010 01:40 pm Thank you so much to everybody who commented on the end of The Maiden, and for all your extremely kind comments on my other stories in this interval. Your comments and responses give me such joy and encouragement to continue writing and posting, which obviously has been a difficult thing for me to keep up with lately, though I'm trying hard. Thank you all x a billion. You are wonderful and thoughtful and you make me a very happy writer lady. Here's the first chapter of the sequel (it's called The Mother, natch, though as in The Maiden, you might not find out for a little while who the title actually refers to). It picks up pretty much exactly where The Maiden left off. I tried to work a teeny bit of "previously, in the Daughterverse" into the chapter but I think you probably need to have read The Maiden to make any sense of this. Maybe not, I dunno. Let me go ahead and post before I psych myself out of it again. ( The Mother, chapter one ) Current Music: Arctic Monkeys, "Do Me A Favour" Tags: daughterverse , fiction , matriarchy , the mother Link 1 comment Reply The Maiden, chapter 28 Jul . 22nd , 2010 10:51 pm LAST CHAPTER SUCKAZ (well, until the sequel, coming soon to a livejournal near you) (also don't miss Chapter 27 and The Interlude I just posted yesterday) ( Chapter 28 ) Current Music: Belle & Sebastian, "Sleep The Clock Around" Tags: daughterverse , fiction , last chapter suckaz , matriarchy , the maiden Link 1 comment Reply Maiden interlude: Scheherezade Jul . 22nd , 2010 10:43 am OK, I'm reposting this now, because this is where I decided it comes in the story. It's the exact same thing I posted here . Now with context ! Last chapter up soon, promise! ( Maiden interlude: Scheherezade ) Current Music: The National, "Lemonworld" Tags: daughterverse , fiction , matriarchy , the maiden Link 0 comments Reply The Maiden, chapter 27 Jul . 22nd , 2010 12:10 am Okay, it ain't much for such a long wait, but it's the second-to-last chapter of Maiden, and I think I've got the last chapter worked out, and then quite a bit of the next story written, which is an immediate sequel and really only separated for stylistic purposes. So. (Also, totally unrelated, except that the song I picked to go with this entry is one of the songs on my kickass new workout playlist that is enabling me to do seven miles per workout on the treadmill [impressive for me, okay!] and contract enormous blisters on my feet without even noticing because the music is so kickass,* and another kickass song from the playlist is available as a free mp3 download on Amazon at the moment, so everybody should get it: Shout Out Louds, "Walls" ) *For the record, ( the playlist ) Anyway! ( Maiden chapter 27 ) Current Music: Florence + The Machine, "Dog Days Are Over" Tags: awesome music , daughterverse , fiction , matriarchy , the maiden Link 1 comment Reply I Won't Be No Runaway Jun . 19th , 2010 08:31 pm So I feel guilty about even having written this because I'm like "self, at this moment where you are writing this thing you should be working on The Maiden, or doing LJ housekeeping, or unpacking boxes, or something" and "self, you are never going to get on this whole selling SB thing if you keep writing random follow-up one-shots instead," also I am trying to title things now by ripping off song lyrics which is at least a step in the right direction from never titling anything at all, also I have to go do laundry right now. post-Lee, ~2600 words ( Should I know who that is? ) Current Music: The National, "Runaway" Tags: alix , bran , holden , post-lee , the slave breakers Link 0 comments Re...