sundries

[rm]

- pounding headache

- sick as hell

- paypal is being stupid

- work

- I am writing a fantasy/mannerpunk lesbian werewolf story. Someone is going to give me money for this. It rather boggles the mind.

Comments

[torenheksje.livejournal.com]

Okay, I have to ask. What is mannerpunk?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Note I am entirely stealing from Ellen Kushner's explanation at a reading a few days ago. The phrase got coined as a reaction to the cyberpunk thing, because cyberpunk was cool so it was a way to term something else in a similar manner. There was steampunk too, of course, and mannerpunk became what you called stuff that wasn't steampunk but was very much about hierarchy and manners and witty dialogue.

[dipping_sauce]

I am writing a fantasy/mannerpunk lesbian werewolf story. Someone is going to give me money for this. It rather boggles the mind.

OooooOOooh. I like the sound of that.

[torenheksje.livejournal.com]

Ah, I think I get it. Sounds *very* interesting. I like the formal aspects of Victorian-era steampunk, i.e. the restrictive and precise manners, the well-educated dialog; but am not so interested in the "steam" bits, for instance. Is that close?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yeah, no science, and not necessarily Victorian. Like my two novel projects are non-victorian eras (one is Regency-esque and the cowritten one is sort of Regency + Ancient Rome) and this story seems to be Baroque.

Sorry to see you go! It wasn't deserved.

[lacombe.livejournal.com]

Now that this is over, we're both out, and I can't possibly have an ulterior motive, want to be friends?

Re: Sorry to see you go! It wasn't deserved.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Hahahah, sure. And seriously, I am not avoiding you. I just sort of deal with time the way most of America has credit card debt.

Re: Sorry to see you go! It wasn't deserved.

[lacombe.livejournal.com]

Well, that's good. I wasn't entirely sure- I chalked it up to you distancing yourself from the competition, since there'd seemed to be some manipulation attempts made in the past.

[heron61.livejournal.com]

As do I, I'll definely want to see it when it comes out.

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

*grins and whistles innocently*