things that are good

My friend J and I went to see a preview for The Jane Austen Book Club, and it was awesome -- a gem of a movie, about women and love and mistakes and books, with an extremely delicious men's auxillary supporting cast. The main cast is amazing also -- Maria Bello is a doll, Amy Brenneman is fabulous, Emily Blunt is lovely -- and I left in high good spirits, totally in love with Karen Joy Fowler (who wrote the book on which the movie is based) and her genius brain. (She writes sci-fi! She writes romantic comedy! Her romantic comedy references sci-fi and women sci-fi writers! She invented the James Tiptree Award!)

Also, I rescued a book from the mid-90s about fanzines from my store's bargain bin today, and just discovered that cat macros have met PostSecret, so really, this has been a pretty good day.

shameless self-promotion

Hey look! My summer_of_giles story, A Choice of Several Deaths (Rupert Giles/Ethan Rayne, NC-17, and no one actually dies in it) has been nominated in The Bodice Ripper Awards, under the categories "Best Use of Magick in a Fic" and "Best Slash Pairing", and you can vote for it!

*scuffs toe* You know, if you feel like it. *doe eyes*

You can also vote for other things -- and btw, margarks, who also writes a lot in the SGA fandom, has work nominated too.