la_marquise: (Marquise)
la_marquise ([personal profile] la_marquise) wrote2010-04-19 07:06 pm
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Alarm! Alarm!

Something must be wrong with me.
I just went out of my way to use 'brisk masculine prose' rather than an appropriate Latinate word. My head has been invaded.*

I'm back to The Drowning Kings. Any tips for stopping myself thinking of it as 'the bl**dy Celtic book' gratefully received. It really isn't constructive. It's not an academic treatise. it's mean to be fun.


* 'make it worse' instead of 'exacerbate'. Owain doesn't strike me as an 'exacerbate' kind of guy.

[identity profile] sartorias.livejournal.com 2010-04-19 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh, another Stalky fan!

[identity profile] desperance.livejournal.com 2010-04-19 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh lordy, yes. How not? Kipling is one of my touchstones, and Stalky is a core text. I go back and back to it.

[identity profile] sartorias.livejournal.com 2010-04-19 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Me too.