Books! 40-42

42) Sackett's Land by Louis L'Amour. When you pick up a Louis L'Amour audio book, you don't really expect a Yorkshire voice... I didn't read the blurb. Instead of a Western, I got a tale Elizabethan intrigue, pirates and a voyage to the new world. I love Louis. He writes kinda like I do, tossing too-cool-to-leave-out bits of trivia into the story every so often.

41) Men in Uniform ed. M. Rode (out of print). Everything from chef's whites to a dog catcher uniform to an Imperial officer fill these pages. Sexy wicked men, wearing and removing uniforms. Some of the stories are just smut, others come with plots. (cheating as one of these stories is mine)

40) Flipped Fables ed. S.A. Clements. Nine fables get a twist from Torquere authors. Kiernan Kelly's "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf" is the best, in my opinion. GS Wiley's "Court and Country" is a close second. The rest aren't bad either.

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Movies

The P/F is whether it passes or fails the Bechdel Test 1) there must be 2 female characters, 2)who talk to each other, 3) about something besides a man.

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33) Another Dawn. B&W. When the colonel brings his bride back to Dubik, their marriage of convenient affection is challenged by the presence of a hadnsome young captain. Sappy period piece. (p)

34) Gentleman Jim. B&W. Jim Corbett rises from bank clerk to world champion prize fighter. Entertaining, some running gags. Notable for the amont of time Flynn spends with his shirt off, and also for the fact he suffered a heart attack while filming this. (f. 2)

35) The Incredibles. In a world where superheros have been forcibly retired, Mr. Incredible leaves his boring job for new adventures. How on earth they missed casting Mark Hamill as the voice of Syndrome is beyond me... (p)

36) Santa Clause 2. Santa has to find a Mrs. Claus before Christmas Eve. Complicating this are his delinquent son and the runaway robot Santa he builds to take his place. Predictable, but cute. (f. 3)

37) The Sea Hawk. Elizabethan privateers fight the Spanish Armada. Nominated for four Oscars, and recycled costumes from Elizabeth and Essex. (p, the women plot together)

Final count

26,000 / 50,000 (52.0%)

I got Shell-Shocked done, after a year of whining about it. It may not be good yet, but by Herne it's DONE.

I expanded Yellowstone. It's now a novella.

I wrote my story for the Dark Roast Christmas anthology. Sweet, romantic het. No smut. Tanis and Steven's first Christmas together.

All in all, I didn't have a bad month.
And I have 26000 more words, and three more finished objects than I did a month ago.