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It still hurts. Not the gaping wound it once was, not the agony of helplessness and loss... but it hurts, an aching emptiness. Still. Always.

I was there. I stood witness. I still stand witness.

Absent friends, absent family. For the ones we never met & in gratitude for the ones the universe spared.



...There's holy pictures of our children
Dancin' in a sky filled with light...


(@ Bruce Springsteen, "The Rising")

Q for the LJ-mind...

Preparing to give a workshop tomorrow on blending genres. Trying to find sterling examples of blendings that work (romcoms, SF adventure, etc) and more importantly perhaps, ones that don't.

[note: I'm well read/viewed int he fireld, but I'm looking for stuff that I might be overlooking, or not thinking of as a 'blend' per se. And yes, 3-genre blends are okay but after that it becomes more of a stew than a specific blend...)


Anyone got suggestions to toss into the hat? Books preferred, but movies are good, too.