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[pensnest]

First and most importantly, via Lance's Twitter:

Tentacle Hair

and

Ah, my heart, she is happy


There is a British Heart Foundation shop in town which sells furniture and electrical goods, an admirable idea, though sadly we failed to find a bed we wanted when we were re-doing the Boy's room. I did find a cassette player, though, and thus for the moment I am able to access my library of books on tape again.

So I spent a soul-satisfying day and a half in the conservatory, putting cards together and listening to "Murder Must Advertise". And, really, some of it is so oddly like fanfic... the entire cricket match, which goes on for *ages*, might as easily have been written by a fan in love with Lord Peter in his whites as by The Author. I mean, yes, we do learn that Talboy can hit a man on the head with a scarab from a catapult wicket from the far extremity of the cricket pitch, and that Lord Peter's identity is exposed by his elegant cutting, but it takes an awfu' long time and is basically DLS fangirling her hero. I love it, but then, I'm a natural fanfic writer*. And it amuses me rather, as I bet Sayers would have been full of contempt for us non-professionals.



* I say writer, but I don't seem to be able to do that any more.

Comments

[turps]

Lance has been providing some excellent photos recently.

[pensnest]

He is a Useful Chap. I'm very pleased with him.

[chalcopyrite]

I do love Murder Must Advertise, but you make a good point about the fangirling. :) Don't forget the sequence of Harlequin diving off the fountain, too!

Excellent Lance pictures. Yay.

[pensnest]

I don't like the jumping off the fountain scene as much, but yes, that's another one. MMA is my favourite of her books despite the lack of Bunter and the almost total absence of Harriet.

Lance is pretty good about providing us with photos. Sweet boy.

[antisoppist]

the almost total absence of Harriet
I did gain an insight into geographical Harriet subtext when I went for a walk round Bloomsbury earlier this year.

[antisoppist]

I bet Sayers would have been full of contempt for us non-professionals
I recently found a piece Sayers wrote about the writing of Gaudy Night in which she complains about Peter fans not liking Harriet and Harriet fans not liking Peter. Then there are other people complaining that seeing Peter on stage in Busman's Honeymoon has ruined their mental image of him and she basically thinks they should get over themselves.

However, as she wrote a radio play in which a Peter Wimsey as a boy visits Sherlock Holmes to ask about a missing kitten as well as Holmes meta I don't think she's really got a leg to stand on when it comes to fans doing their fannish thing.

[rikes]

That picture of the three of them at Justin's concert. <3333333

[jacie3.livejournal.com]

That first picture? Looks like a dog got a hold of Justin's hair piece and shook it really hard, then brought it over to Lance! LOL

[pensnest]

*giggles* It does!

[morgana-st.livejournal.com]

Am I imagining that I read somewhere that JC was at that concert too? (asking since he wasn't in the picture)

I wasn't planning to watch the VMAs, but I set my DVR to record. Just in case. (Do you suppose that Justin is irritated now because people will be let down if he's the only one who shows up on stage?)

[pensnest]

I think I read that, too, but it turned out that JC was in LA instead.

I really don't know whether to hope for a reunion or not—so many ways it could be Horribly WRONG. But, aha, yes, I'd guess Justin would be pretty peeved...

[zebraljb.livejournal.com]

I feel the same way about my own writing...how long has it been since I started that bang marry kill story and I cannot get inspired to finish it!

[pensnest]

I have a little waiting list of stories I *know* I want to write, but... eh. Writing. Seems to be 'what I used to do', and it makes me sad.