Topics for talk-February

22/2/26 23:10
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Topics for talk

How to Improve My Life:

I know this will sound weird, but I'm happy with my life. I don't know that I would change anything. I'm happy, content and thrilled to be alive. Great family and friends. Like I said, I'm happy. Would I be happier if I had more money? I have no idea. Some people that have money are sad and alone. I'd rather stay the way I am.

How about you?
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2026 60 questions meme.

22/2/26 23:08
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2026 60 questions meme.
What role does love play in your life?

Love is big in our family. Hubby and I still find time to spend together and have fun. We love our family and friends too. We share everything. Okay, not everything. I tell him about a story I'm working on, and he says he doesn't want to hear it. He knows I write slash, but he doesn't want to hear about it. LOL. He's so cute. I truly love him and his quirky ways. 😁
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Not quite 365 days questions February

22/2/26 23:05
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Not quite a 365-day questions meme.

23. Do you own many mirrors?

One in each bathroom, one in the spare bedroom, and one in our bedroom. I don't like the way I look; they aren't my good friends. If I lost 50 pounds, I wouldn't mind looking in a mirror every day. I'm doing chair aerobics every night, but it's coming off very slowly. I always get sidetracked and end up talking about something that has nothing to do with the question. Sorry about that. My dad used to call me Rambling Rose. Now you know why.
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Recipe Dessert

22/2/26 23:03
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Recipe Dessert

Cheesecake Crescent Rolls Casserole

Ingredients
* 2 cans of refrigerated crescent roll dough
* 2 - 8 ounce blocks of cream cheese, softened to room temperature
* 1 cup of granulated sugar
* 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
* 1/4 cup of melted butter
* 1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon
* 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar

Instructions

Preheat the Oven and Prepare the Baking Dish
* Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish to ensure the casserole does not stick.
First Layer of Crescent Roll Dough
* Unroll one can of crescent roll dough and spread it evenly across the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Press the seams together to create a uniform layer.
Prepare the Cream Cheese Filling
* In a large mixing bowl, beat the softened cream cheese together with 1 cup of granulated sugar and the vanilla extract. Mix until the ingredients are smooth and well combined.
Spread the Cream Cheese Mixture
* Evenly distribute the cream cheese mixture over the layer of crescent roll dough in the baking dish, ensuring a consistent layer.
Second Layer of Crescent Roll Dough
* Unroll the second can of crescent roll dough and carefully place it over the cream cheese layer. Press the seams together to create a smooth top layer.
Apply the Butter and Cinnamon-Sugar Mixture
* Brush the melted butter evenly over the top layer of crescent roll dough. In a small bowl, combine the ground cinnamon and the remaining 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar. Sprinkle this mixture generously over the buttered dough.
Bake the Casserole
* Place the baking dish in the preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes, or until the top is crisp and golden brown.
Cool and Serve
* Allow the casserole to cool for at least 20 minutes before slicing it into squares and serving. Optionally, drizzle with honey for added sweetness.
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Recipe Vegetable

22/2/26 23:01
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Cheesy baked asparagus

🥦 RECIPE: Cheesy Baked Asparagus 🧀
Based on the text provided, here is the complete recipe for this simple, elegant side dish. Since the text mentions only 6 ingredients and a "creamy cheese sauce" effect, this recipe uses a combination of melting cheeses and garlic to create that rich coating without a heavy flour-based sauce.

🛒 Ingredients
The Asparagus

1½ lbs (680g) Fresh asparagus, woody ends snapped off

2 tbsp Olive oil

Salt & Black pepper, to taste

The Cheesy Topping

1 cup Shredded Mozzarella cheese (for the creamy melt)

½ cup Grated Parmesan cheese (for the sharp, savory flavor)

2 cloves Garlic, minced (or ½ tsp garlic powder)

Optional: Red pepper flakes or lemon zest for a kick

👩‍🍳 Instructions
Preheat & Prep: Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C). Lightly grease a baking sheet or baking dish.

Prep Tip: To remove the woody ends, bend the thick end of the asparagus spear until it naturally snaps off. Discard the tough bottom part.

Season: Place the asparagus on the baking sheet.

Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Toss with your hands to coat evenly, then arrange them in a single layer.

Roast: Bake for 10–15 minutes, depending on the thickness of the spears.

They should be tender-crisp (pierced easily with a fork but not mushy).

The Cheesy Finish: Remove from the oven.

Sprinkle the minced garlic, Mozzarella, and Parmesan evenly over the stalks.

Melt: Return to the oven (or switch to Broil) for 3–5 minutes.

Watch closely! You want the cheese bubbly and golden brown, but not burnt.

Serve: Serve immediately while the cheese is gooey.
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22/2/26 20:59
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Okay, so the sleep-fixing didn't really happen and neither did most of the rest of what I wanted to do this weekend, lol. Kinda figured it might not but at least it wasn't a total loss. I'll keep working on getting my sleep fixed this coming week and see if it helps. I can only imagine it will, at least a little.

Writerly Ways

22/2/26 23:14
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Last week I wrestled with a tough emotion to portray in fiction and here's another one, grief/mourning. this might be one of the most personalized of emotions. It's freaking tidal, coming and going with whatever moon your mind is following. I think the difficulty of this emotion is just how different it can be person from person, from all the various lived experiences out there. It's not even necessarily the same within one person.

Take me for example. Within a year I lost my last two uncles (the only two I was related to by blood) and the grief hits different for both of them. Uncle S died suddenly, unexpectedly, of a heart attack. He was, without a doubt, the more gregarious of my uncles, the 'fun one.' The fourth of July last year was hard because the family always went to his lake house. Mom and I had also been at a rock/gem show the day he died and when that rolled around, neither of us wanted to return so that is a shared bit of grief that maybe in a story might not make sense.

Uncle D was the shy uncle, the introvert who really should have been helped more in school with his learning issues but that wasn't the done thing in the 50s and 60s. The first anniversary of his death is coming in the next few weeks and yet oddly there is a lack of grief when I think about it. It's not that I didn't like this uncle but it is different. Maybe it was the lack of a funeral. Maybe it was how much he pulled away almost as if afraid he had nothing to talk about with me because he wasn't 'smart enough' (no, I know he feared that.)

Even yesterday, I finally decided to stop being a jackass and answer my 3 month back log of emails/blog comments. I had at least a dozen in there that I owed [personal profile] spikedluv. There is so much regret in that, an emotion that doesn't go with grief alone but it is a big part of it. There is, of course, nothing I can do about that but I am determined to get the rest of the owed comments out in the next few days. I'm avoiding future regret, right? And avoidance is definitely one sign of grief.

I think in many ways, grief isn't necessarily hard to write but the way others perceive it i s where it gets sticky.

For example, I think I wrote grief well in These Haunted Hills but the book fell flat (though I did just find a great review by someone I'm not sure I know on GR) Ah well (but that's a heart break for another time)

How do you handle grief in fiction?


Open Calls


Story Unlikely This mag pays well BUT you have to subscribe which is free but if you get a paid sub your pay as an author goes up and that, while I understand it, doesn't necessarily sit well with me.

Horror Library Volume 10 Original, thoughtful horror-centric short stories

Folded Space Podcast Science fiction, exploring new worlds, future possibilities, and the enduring human spirit

The Whumpy Printing Press is looking novelette, novella, novel, short story collection, and graphic novel submissions Novelette, novella, novel, short story collection, and graphic novels that fall into the whump genre (i.e. a character needs to be hurt). We’re looking for strong stories with a balance between whump and plot. Ideally science fiction or fantasy (is it possible I DO NOT have a whump story?!?)

Street Magic III Magic. Hiding right under our unsuspecting noses, or swirling around all around us. When we’re talking about Street Magic, it’s probably closer than you think.

SciFi To Go: Food For Thought Funny short stories in the areas of science fiction, fantasy, and horror

86 Opportunities for Historically Underrepresented Writers (February 2026) many of these include LGBT and women in general





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How the Page Thinks: Spatial Intelligence in Writing


The Four-Act Structure and the Circular Shape of Story

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From Betty


How to Create a Simple Language

How to Use Story Structure in Non-Narrative Writing

Six Rape Tropes and How to Replace Them

Reconciling Character Choices With Your Plot

How to Make Your Dark Event Pay Off

Using Contradictions to Create Masterful Microtension – Part 2

Setting the Stage with Powerful Description

Fix Flat Deep POV: 7 Probing Questions for Better Immersion

How to Turn Feedback into Action: Understanding Editorial Letters

Why Writers Fear and Resist Change (and Characters Do, Too)

YouTube for Writers, Part 6: Building Your Author Brand on YouTube

Why Every Writer Needs a Critique Group (and the Six Relationships That Shape Your Career) Okay this one is something I have been saying forever. Ignoring the whole God bit (which fine if you're religious great but otherwise I don't feel like it needs to be in this article. This is not for everyone). I do still wish I could get more people into my critique group.


Email List Segmentation for Authors: How to Reach Readers and Increase Sales

A BREAKTHROUGH Program for Writers of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror This is like a college class in a way complete with application fees. It is NOT a cheap opportunity by any means.
  • Mood thoughtful
  • Music Tournament of Champions
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Onward

22/2/26 20:52
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Did I have a resolution to go to be at a reasonable hour more regularly? Because today will not be that day.

I was going to attempt to sleep in this morning, but my upstairs neighbor must have gotten up early to watch hockey and was treading repeatedly on the squeakiest board in his apartment. It was not worth staying in bed.

Watched the game. It was as good as could be hoped for. A little more physicality than was necessary, but other than that, it hit all the marks. Sadly, our goaltender's stock plummeted with the loss, so we might get a bit less on the trade than I'd originally hoped. And JackHughes got the game winner which was fine with me if USA was going to win.

Went to church. There weren't a lot of people there today. Went and got my car washed after that- it definitely needed it.

Tonight we watched the last two episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise. The penultimate one was sadder than the finale, which I didn't expect. I think if I'd watched it live instead of 20-something years later, I would have been ticked off by the whole thing. And the thing that I knew was going to upset me felt completely out of the blue.

Still haven't written yet today which is a reason to stay up for a bit longer.

That's all for now. See you tomorrow!
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electrified

22/2/26 19:19
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 today has been electric!! first of all USA HOCKEY DO OR DIE!!!! they won gold and of course it was jhuges’ goal!! which he sacrificed teeth for… i’m mad at myself for not waking up at 5am and instead waking up at 1pm (yeah… but in my defense everyone in the house was up till like 3 bc we had a bbq) and so i had to just live vicariously off people celebrating in real time on the tl. but still oh my god so happy and i of course missed txt dream week content. MY FAMILIES

i’m really so happy and pumped and low-key feeling some semblance of patriotism for the first time. it just shows how much of a melting pot this country is and how that’s our biggest strength...as the captain of the us team is mexican american, the game-winning ot scorer is jewish american, and the goaltender is slavic american. like how cool is that? 

how much of a goosebump feeling must it have been for jack and quinn hughes?? to achieve this with your brother. there’s this letter going around from before j hughes was even on the devils where they asked him to write to his future self and like… just read it!? the fact he’s achieved all of this… the pictures and videos of them hugging, draped under one flag, and quinn using this as an excuse to be real about his thoughts on all the scrutiny jack has been under this year from the beat reporters. like that’s big brother!!

i’m just so happy and feel electrified. also they are both so white girl wasted but esp quinn, spamming his insta stories the entire day and night, and i feel like again i’m living vicariously through him as i don’t drink but the feeling is the same!


    


(edit: ok i wrote all of this earlier in the day when i was still running on adrenaline from finding out we won but now all the clips of them partying it up with patel have surfaced…i am no longer feeling patriotic or proud...idk why i'm even surprised, or thought they might be different, when they've proved that they really are just rich white men at the end of the day (even if they are more progressive on other stances)...i kinda wanna delete the prev paragraphs as that's embarrassing...i only feel proud of the women's us team and alysa liu )



now onto txt content… the letters to each other. yeonjun’s to kai’s… that’s his bby! like actually i’m not even being parasocial and looking too much into things for once as yj said it himself!! me and him are never putting that grown ass man down.

and the tyunningism!! love that taehyun says he observes and studies kai like it’s national geographic bc same. i too look at all his mannerisms and catalogue them in my kai-obsessed brain.

and his letter to kai… it has the same parallels to the 2021 birthday letter which low-key made me cry. he loves his best friend so much and just wants kai to be happy. and he is so sweet that it even made my self-proclaimed tyun disliker sister like him! obviously a joke but i think she was just put off by his interview responses in 2020 and it’s just like an inside running joke that she has beef with him. but even she can’t deny how sweet and cutiepie he is.
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  • Music action figure by wayv (for some reason its been playing on loop in my head)
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Caught Up With Witch Hat Atelier

18 22/2/26 19:20

Another Needlepoint Update

22/2/26 18:30
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The throw pillow I needlepointed in the late summer/early fall is now finished!

My Completed Masterpiece:
pillow

I also made ornaments which will be gifts for my friends. Pics under the cut.

( more masterpieces! )
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FUN AND WITTY POST TITLE! [MULTIFANDOM ICONS]

NSFW 22/2/26 16:40

Stuff I Love: Top Ten Edition Challenge 4

22/2/26 13:21
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Challenge #4

Today's challenge is all about favorite ships! Most of these are Sense8 of course, and I could probably include the cluster itself as one big happy found family but I broke it up and did some specifics.

1) Rajan/Kala/Wolfgang from Sense8. This is my OT3 and I cannot get enough of them. Love triangle? No thanks, give us a triangle in love instead. It's messy but somehow just WORKS, and honestly, it cemented all three of them as fave characters once they got together more than they ever were separately.

2) Wolfgang & Felix from Sense8. My idiot German babiesssssss. They love each other so much. Best Friends FOREVER. I love a loyal bestie, and basically include Felix with all my OT3 fics since he is absolutely part of Wolfgang's life and Wolfgang's relationships. And this gives me a good excuse to use this amazing gif [personal profile] maevedarcy made for me of my German/Indian quartet clasping hands.

Rajan, Kala, Wolfgang and Felix from sense8 holding hands

3) Sun/Mun from Sense8. They're named Sun and Moon for heaven's sake, how cute is that? And he loves being kicked in the head by her. What a man.

4) Lito & Wolfgang from Sense8. Before Lito shows up, Wolfgang has had very little interaction with other members of the cluster (apart from Kala obviously, and the orgy). He's about to get himself shot in the face because his pride won't let him lie to save his own stupid life, and Lito shows up and basically gets his permission to intervene and lkjasdfkljadslkjfadsflk;. Then Wolfgang shows up to help Lito win a fight he was very much losing, and later slides in like an angry German fair godmother to protect him again. Lito sees himself as nothing more than a liar, and Wolfgang sees himself as nothing more than a fighter, and that's exactly what they need from each other. GAH it makes me crazy.

5) Lito/Hernando/Dani from Sense8. I love that this relationship went from the beard that wouldn't leave to a family unit that supported each other through everything. A beautiful example of what family can actually mean.

6) Will/Hannibal from Hannibal (NBC). The original Murder Husbands and my first truly toxic ship. It's so good y'all.

7) Eve/Villanelle from Killing Eve. The yuri version of Hannigram with a soundtrack that doesn't sound like dropping a silverware drawer down a flight of stairs.

8) Claudia/Madeleine from Interview with the Vampire. There are so many ships in this series but they're all so bad for each other it was hard to decide, so I went with the one where they're actually great for each other and don't cause nonstop destruction to everyone and everything around them by being in love. Changing the dynamic from mother & daughter in the book to not yet romantic lovers in the series was yet another stroke of genius on the part of the showrunners.

9) The crew of the Revenge from Our Flag Means Death. This show was so much fun. Every couple/throuple/fwb/whatever they had is worth shipping.

10) I'm going to embarrass myself thoroughly with this last one, but I think it says a lot about me that this was the first het ship ship so that's why I'm including it. Full disclaimer, I have not seen this movie since I was a literal child and do not remember much about it, but I'm going off the vibes that appealed to me and still do. April O'Neil/Casey Jones from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the original 1990 movie. I know. I know. I'm stunned to even be typing that. But here's the thing: Intelligent independent woman/sarcastic badass guy who is actually a wimp IS MY JAM. It's why I loved Buffy/Pike in the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie. It's why I love Lenny/Mace in Strange Days. Make her tough, make him pathetic. I will eat that shit up.

This was so much fun to do post Snowflake Challenge and somehow February is already OVER??? Thank you to [personal profile] dreamersdare for putting on this event and giving me something to squee about each week.
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Three (bad) poems: How do I begin when the roof is ever changing?

18 22/2/26 13:01

Have I mentioned that I hate hospitals?

NSFW 22/2/26 14:27

Telephone MV Ficlet: too many hits off this memory

22/2/26 19:42
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Title: too many hits off this memory
Author:[personal profile] kat_lair
Fandom: Telephone - Lady Gaga ft Beyoncé (Music Video) 
Pairing:  Beyoncé Knowles/Lady Gaga
Tags: Ficlet, Alternate Universe - Serial Killers, Post-Canon, Kissing, Vaginal Fingering 
Rating: M
Word count: 491

Summary: Gaga likes making memories more than she likes revisiting them.

Author notes: Well, in a perfect illustration of 'never say never' here is a surprise new installment of the show me your teeth series after, uhh, over ten years. But a) I heard a rumour of Telephone pt2, and b) [personal profile] luckyzukky's prompt of i took too many hits off this memory (from 'Hold Me Tight Or Don't') at [personal profile] likealighthouse's Fall Out Boy Femslash Febrary Ficathon proved inspiring. This is unbetaed so if you spot a typo/mistake, please do let me know.

too many hits off this memory on AO3

( too many hits off this memory )

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Chuck issues part 2

18 22/2/26 11:25

The curse of immortality...

NSFW 22/2/26 13:16

Crafts update

NSFW 22/2/26 15:58

Weekly summary: Feb. 15 - Feb. 21, 2026

22/2/26 08:53
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It's another rainy Sunday but I'm enjoying the cozy morning vibes at the moment. This past week was busy, so it's been nice to relax this weekend.

Now, onto the usual stuff:

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