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Family vacation is over, which here means vacation from the family. So after two and a half weeks of blessed silence, there are people here; walking, breathing, drinking tea, being related to me. When I come to power this shall be outlawed.

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Although, somewhat cheeringly, I got the most brilliant fic for femslash11. Remember when I was watching Game of Thrones and said I was shipping Dany and her handmaiden, well I wasn't kidding and now I have a lovely story about them to read.

The Republic of Heaven by lastwingedthing (GoT; Daenerys/Doreah)
It's just the loveliest expansion of Doreah's character, and no book spoilers at all.

Other things I have enjoyed.

a small and graceless child (now grown) by ambyr (Queen's Thief; Helen/Irene)
Every Yuletide I hope that someone will have written an Irene/Helen story expanding on those little hints of backstory and friendship that are dropped here and there, and now someone has, and it is perfect.

Openings by thingswithwings (Deep Space Nine; Kira/Ziyal, Kira/Jadzia, Kira/Keiko, Kira/Intendant)
All the Kira femslash pairings I have ever wanted and a pitch perfect Kira voice, this fic makes me a very happy girl.

The Next Adventure by such_heights (Doctor Who; River Song/Christina de Souza)
This fic is just bursting with fun, charm and dubious legality.

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Here is a meme, only if you fancy it, because I have never quite got it into my head that the internet doesn't exist only to entertain me as I sit in of a thursday evening reading a book about carnivorous unicorns. You know, as you do.

If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
— Alfred Hitchcock

When I write a story, what do readers immediately look for?