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regshoe ([personal profile] regshoe) wrote2020-06-04 08:08 pm

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] luzula 2020-06-04 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay for your book! Looking forward to the review. That things about not getting a first edition when you are expecting one happened to me, too (with Almond, Wild Almond). But I kept it because shipping it back would have cost me more than the refund. Ah well.

Funny with the flour and eggs--Sweden had a brief period where the flour was picked out on the shelves, but after that we've been pretty much fine.

I have started another Flight of the Heron fic, wahey.

*cheers you on*