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regshoe ([personal profile] regshoe) wrote2020-06-04 08:08 pm
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A few random things

My copy of Sir Isumbras at the Ford arrived today—a first edition, with the original owner's name from 1919 written on the flyleaf! I'm very pleased (the last time the website I ordered from told me I was getting a first edition—of Flight of the Heron, in fact—it turned out not to be, and although getting a full refund means I now have a free extra copy of FotH I wasn't getting my hopes up for this one, but no, it's exactly as advertised), and am looking forward to diving straight into it as soon as I've finished the very lovely Miss Read book I'm currently reading.

I had a very successful shopping trip today, as a result of which I have both flour and eggs in the house for the first time in many weeks. I shall be doing some baking this weekend...

I have started another Flight of the Heron fic, wahey. Unusually for me, I've decided to start writing without knowing exactly where the story is going, because the concept is a bit open-ended and I feel like it's still missing a few pieces, but hopefully it'll work out later on. I've written more than 800 words in one go tonight, which seems like a good sign, in any case.
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[personal profile] theseatheseatheopensea 2020-06-04 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay!! I'm so glad you could get it, in spite of the current state of the world making postal-related stuff so difficult! I hope you enjoy it, and of course I look forward to reading your thoughts about it! And oh! a first edition sounds lovely! (I have the Penguin 1937 one, by the way :D )

Also, having multiple copies of a book you love is never a bad thing, am I right? <3 Hurrah for websites doing right by their customers!

Yay shopping and baking and fic! You are very impressive! :D

Unusually for me, I've decided to start writing without knowing exactly where the story is going, because the concept is a bit open-ended and I feel like it's still missing a few pieces, but hopefully it'll work out later on.

You've pretty much described what my writing process is like most of the time. But whatever works, right? If words are happening, then it's a good thing! *cheers you on very selflessly*
regshoe: Redwing, a brown bird with a red wing patch, perched in a tree (Default)

[personal profile] regshoe 2020-06-05 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a very attractive book, blue with a fleur-de-lys pattern on the cover (because of the terribly romantic French royalist characters, I presume :D).

Also, having multiple copies of a book you love is never a bad thing, am I right? <3 Hurrah for websites doing right by their customers!

Oh, absolutely :D And yes, it was at least good customer service—definitely going to keep buying books there in future!

But whatever works, right? If words are happening, then it's a good thing! *cheers you on very selflessly*

Hehe, thank you! And it certainly is a good thing.
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