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Jul. 14th, 2025 05:12 pm
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Point of Sighs by Melissa Scott:

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Point of Hearts by Melissa Scott:

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Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones:

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Jul. 14th, 2025 09:00 am
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As of yesterday I have a complete Andy/Quynh The Old Guard vid! I submitted it to DC-Slash vidshow, since I hadn't sent in a premiere yet (I didn't get a confirmation email from the form, so I'm hoping it went through).

It was very exciting to see Seven Seas' July survey gauging interest in The Beauty's Blade and asking what other baihe novels they should license!

On the other hand, I'm a bit irritated about the changes to Seven Seas' danmei page (it's no longer a separate webpage with detailed info about the series. I'm most irritated because the books' section on the main site have lower resolution cover art for the volumes and doesn't include planned volume counts for in progress releases).

I finished the two most recent Astreiant volumes the other day and am a bit sad I've run out of books in the series (Melissa Scott does have a Patreon with a bunch of short stories, so I'm going to check that out next).

A bunch of books I've read lately

Jul. 9th, 2025 10:27 pm
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A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft:

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A Treachery of Swans by A.B. Poranek:

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I'd heard of Melissa Scott's Astreiant novels, but hadn't gotten to them until recently. I like the combination of plotty mysteries and slowburn romance. It reminded me of Swordspoint at times, although with more magic and a matriarchal-ish society (it was interesting to notice 'she' being used as default pronoun for an unknown person the way 'he' sometimes used to be, iirc). I'm very fond of the main characters, but I would really like to read something like this with a f/f main couple. More on specific books (I have two more left in the series to read) below.


Point of Hopes by Melissa Scott & Lisa A. Barnett:

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Point of Knives by Melissa Scott:

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Point of Dreams by Melissa Scott & Lisa A. Barnett:

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Fairs' Point by Melissa Scott:

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Jul. 4th, 2025 11:38 pm
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I'm at the annoying vidding stage where I have an idea but not a song yet (and all the potential ones I've listened to feel not quite right).

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