Yesterday's Entry
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eredienThis was yesterday's entry. However, I am too lazy to backdate it. So there. ;)
Today went to the library. They did not have any of the books I went to get: I'd already read all of LeGuin's work that they had, save for the short story collection which, though in the database, was nowhere to be found on the shelves; the Tai Chi books were loaned out; and they had to order Diane Duane's "So You Want to be a Wizard" from another library. It should arrive in several days. However, I did not go away empty-handed:Tomorrow I will read Connie Willis' Passage and tonight read a lovely and poignant biography of the celebrated English illustrator Arthur Rackham, whose work I greatly admire. I also got a volume of Orson Scott Card's "Alvin Maker" series, which unfortunately is the fourth in the series - and I've only read the first. I think I might have to pass on that until I find volumes two and three. I don't want to spoil the continuity.
It seems like the prose style of the biography might have crept a little into my own tone tonight; but I assure you that this is the 'voice' that I hear in my head when I think: I've always said there's a slight British accent to it, and when I am relaxed and interested in something, this tends to show through more clearly in my writing.
Today went to the library. They did not have any of the books I went to get: I'd already read all of LeGuin's work that they had, save for the short story collection which, though in the database, was nowhere to be found on the shelves; the Tai Chi books were loaned out; and they had to order Diane Duane's "So You Want to be a Wizard" from another library. It should arrive in several days. However, I did not go away empty-handed:Tomorrow I will read Connie Willis' Passage and tonight read a lovely and poignant biography of the celebrated English illustrator Arthur Rackham, whose work I greatly admire. I also got a volume of Orson Scott Card's "Alvin Maker" series, which unfortunately is the fourth in the series - and I've only read the first. I think I might have to pass on that until I find volumes two and three. I don't want to spoil the continuity.
It seems like the prose style of the biography might have crept a little into my own tone tonight; but I assure you that this is the 'voice' that I hear in my head when I think: I've always said there's a slight British accent to it, and when I am relaxed and interested in something, this tends to show through more clearly in my writing.
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28/5/02 08:43 (UTC)you've met my biographical english accented scholar voice (for those who don't follow my train of thought, he is seven feet long, striped, wears a multi-colored vest, a monocle, and has a tail. :)) but i know what you mean. after reading constitutional law (ok, so i'm odd, i read that on vacation) my prose changes to incredibly long sentences with a legal style to them. latin does that too, though that tends to change my syntax...
fun stuff, huh?
-the IW