Catching Up: Or, Random Link Day

[alanajoli]

I get a few days behind on everyone else's blogs from time to time, and realize I miss all sorts of interesting stuff. For example, blackholly posted an update on the situation at Tara, the spiritual center of Ireland now being threatened with destruction-by-highway. Protesters gathered, forming the shape of a harp as seen from above--the pictures are great. The link to the protest is here, while the movement itself is at SaveTara.com.

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The League of Reluctant Adults is still three days ahead of me in their blog, but I can't link directly to mdhenry's excellent entry about what to do before submitting your manuscript. I can just direct you to the Wednesday entry and hope you get a giggle out of his advice.

Edit: Thanks to dmoonfire, the direct link is here.

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I just finished reading volume 1 of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis for the first time--something I've been meaning to do for years. As you may have guessed from reading this, I'm not normally a big fan of the autobiographical comics, but this one blew me away. At the end I was literally blinking away tears from the emotion of the last chapter. Just gorgeously done.

Comments

[dmoonfire.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you want to read it, but I finished your book and actually wrote up a little thing on my opinions of it.

The link is: http://www.leagueofreluctantadults.com/2007/09/you-with-pen-step-away-from-ledge.html

If you get the RSS feed, it gives you the actual link to the full-page version. Or just look at the atom feed, but its fairly easy to get.

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

Great comments--thanks so much! I'll link to that on my blog, as well, if you don't mind. You're not the only person who felt that way about the dwarf; he makes a small reappearance in the second book, and in the third book I tried to give him some actual depth, which I hope reflects backwards well. I'm glad you're planning to pick up the second book as well! ;)

Oh, and thank for the link edit. I should have thought to use the rss.

[dmoonfire.livejournal.com]

Feel free to share it, it's on my blog so I consider it pretty much being as public as you can get. Links that aim the world toward me are always appreciated. :)

Oh, yeah, I'm looking forward to finishing that series.

[mdhenry.livejournal.com]

I read Persepolis back in June and loved it. It started this feverish interest in Iran and the revolution. I've got to remember to check P2 out from the library.

*skitters off to library site*

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

If only my to-read pile were a little smaller, I'd do the same! :) (It may have to wait 'til November.)

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

I can't fathom it myself.

I'm surprised you hadn't seen this before. Kitty put it up sometime last year, and I'd sort of hoped that it would be stopped by now...