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snapesforte has drawn another fab piece of art. For some reason certain artists draw in a style that I really love, and she's one of them. I love her latest work, Knockturn Alley. I love that she takes the time to draw unusual scenes and that she puts so much effort into visualizing canon scenes/scenery that are rarely illustrated. Her Slythercentric artistic viewpoint is really unique.

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I had a conversation with someone online...I can't remember who it was, though I think it was junediamanti. Anyway, it was about the pitfalls of liking your own characters too much. Today at work my mind was drifting (what a surprise) and I started thinking about tLS and Sarah Tanner and how I really wouldn't want to be friends with her in real life, which reminded me of that conversation.

I think that there are different kinds of liking, too. There is the liking that comes from having created a character that fulfills your requirements. There is the liking from having breathed into the dust and brought out something fine. There is the liking of a character who is likeable. There is the liking of a character because you have an affinity for that sort of character.

I think the difficult kind of liking is the kind that makes you want to protect the character, especially if that protection warps canon/plot unreasonably. I think that too much liking makes your writing weak. If liking a character makes you water down a harsh lesson, or decide against a particularly tricky scenario, then it might be that the character has been compromised.

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I need to start writing stuff down. I had 394867239856 little funny weird things to report in LJ, but I can remember none of them. Though that might be to your relief, as you'd all come back to your flist to find it at skip?=394867239856.

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I think I will be standing in line with rook543 on HBP day, even though I will be getting my copy from somewhere else.

I even have temporary tattoos for us to wear.

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gypsyjolie stopped by and it was so lovely to see her! She is a luminous being.

She's also the source of lots of info about the LotR world, and I'm glad to see that it isn't just the HP fans who are a bit obsessed. *giggle*

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Way too much to accomplish this week. I gave it an admirable start, though, by turning off the computer early last night. Believe it or not.

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Oh, wonderful! Thank you so very much.