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2019-08-27 09:54 am

Alex

Hi everyone, it's Andrea/write_out.

Alex died this morning.

Thank you all so much for your lovely words of support for Alex (and for me and for all of us who care for her). I know she felt the love that surrounded her.

All I can say at the moment is that she was a most fantastic person and that the world will be a little less bright without her in it.

My love to you all.
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2019-08-12 06:25 pm

update

Hi all, this is Andrea/write_out posting for Splix.

Alex has asked me to post an apology on her behalf; she intended to respond to all of the lovely comments you have left for her, but she isn't able to now. I know each one has meant so much to her and she has felt the love you've all been sending her way.

I don't know if she'll write here again. Words are failing me at the moment- I'm not as eloquent as our dear Alex- but I'll do my best to keep everyone updated. Please continue to send all the love and light you can to her.
splix: (Default)
2019-07-27 01:47 pm

(no subject)

I plan to answer all comments from the last post but am in a lot of pain right now (my back; long and stupid story) so please bear with me. 💕💕💕
splix: (desert skies)
2019-07-17 03:49 pm
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(no subject)

Hiya all.

A LOT has been happening. I just got back from hosting [personal profile] write_out in Albuquerque where we watched some good TV [Good Omens - v. enjoyable! and Chernobyl - horrible but so gripping we watched the whole thing in one day] and went to some kick-ass restaurants. We discovered Duran Pharmacy [in the same sense that Christopher Columbus discovered America] and had the MOST amazing, biggest goddamn burritos I've ever had in my whole life. Yum.

Then we went to Con*Strict from Thursday to Sunday. It was so great to see familiar faces - and familiar faces that I haven't seen in freakin' AGES. I didn't go to many panels but enjoyed the ones I did attend, and on Saturday night I played a game with a bunch of folks and had a grand time. It involved giving three answers to a question in five seconds. NOT easy [except for Write_Out who seems to have a knack for quick thinking on the fly]. Fun though! The vid show was also really good this year and I plan to seek a couple of shows out based on what I saw. It was a good time.

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Now my other news. I'm going to be leaving my job in two weeks to begin home hospice care. I had a CT scan a couple of weeks ago and met with my oncologist today. We agreed that every possible protocol has been attempted and that at this point, comfort care is the best option. She has given me a timeline of two to six months, while admitting six months might be a bit on the generous side given the rate of tumor growth.

It's a little surreal, but on the other hand, I've been low-key preparing for this for the better part of the year. Right now, I'm okay with it. I'm tired, you know? I want to hang with my dog, read some books, watch some stuff I never got around to watching. I had been planning to go back to New Orleans at Christmas, but that's not going to be a viable option, so I'm just going to be quiet and nesty. I am going to try to get rid of almost everything I own - clothes and whatnot. Maybe I should have a yard sale. Eh, too much effort.

Right now I am going through mountains of HR paperwork. It's complicated to die! But at least I should be financially comfortable given my access to catastrophic leave and disability. Funny - I've always been in a fiscal state of broke or close to it, and now I don't really have to worry about anything. C'est la vie, I guess. I told my boss and the dean, and word seems to be getting out because I've been getting a lot of people stopping by to give hugs and such. Better than me telling people myself, honestly. I don't mind people knowing, but I don't want a goodbye party or anything fussy. I'll see myself out, thank you. Tomorrow I meet with the hospice folks to discuss how everything is going to go down.

I can't think of anything more to say about it, really. I'm happy to answer any questions if you're curious about anything. I should probably also say, in case I forget later, that you all are fantastic folks and it's been a privilege to know you. Some of us go back twenty years - a long damn time.

Okay, that's it for now. I hope everyone is having a swell day and night.
splix: curt and brian velvet goldmine (curt and brian)
2017-04-19 09:31 pm
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Hardly a Substitute

I finally threw all my Trainspotting fics onto AO3, as a whole set of linked ficlets in a single piece since they're nothing but PWPs.

Hardly A Substitute


So that's done!

Ugh, I have to remember how to do HTML tags again? I guess LJ spoiled me. :-/
splix: (sherlock sepia by govi20)
2017-04-13 09:13 am
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FIC: Heirs and Assigns [1/1]

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warnings: Major Character Death/No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: Gen

Fandom: Sherlock - Fandom

Relationships: Mycroft Holmes & Uncle Rudy / Eurus Holmes & Mycroft Holmes

Characters: Mycroft Holmes,Uncle Rudy (Sherlock),Eurus Holmes

Additional Tags: Terminal Illnesses, child psychopathy

Language: English

Summary: Uncle Rudy sits Mycroft down for tea and a chat.

Heirs and Assigns
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2017-04-05 09:53 am

LJ: last entry

Account Created on 22 January 2002 (#447316)


I am lazy, selfish, and sentimental.

I hate change, and I hate being inconvenienced even more. And as you can see from the above, I've been here on LJ for more than fifteen years. Nearly my entire fannish life has been spent here. I've made and strengthened friendships, indulged in pleasures, engaged in lively and sometimes heated conversation, and suffered losses [Govi and Mooms <3 <3 <3].

And I've told stories. Some fictional, some quotidian, some ranty, some from the deepest crevasses of my heart. In response to those stories, I've received great love and support in return - never more than when I was sick to the point of nearly dying [though those stories were often brief and full of horror]. Thank you for that. Thank you.

I never, ever wanted to leave here, even if the place was damn near moribund.

But this, for me, is untenable. Particularly the clauses pertaining to political activity and activities not in concordance with the laws of the Russian Federation. Now, they may not affect me directly at the moment. But I am a queer woman. And given the slippery language [not valid in English, you'll note; only in Russian], I have little doubt that the TOS will at some point directly affect my brothers and sisters in Russia and its surrounding states. Even now, police in Chechnya are murdering gay men in fascistic cleansing operations. And this persecution isn't news in Russia either.

[As an aside, I have a deep love of Russian culture and the language. Some day, I would like to visit - but not now, in this climate, not for years and years.]

So, knowing this, I can't in good conscience remain.

I'm migrating fully to Dreamwidth. You can find me there, same name.
If you want to say hi, please do. If you stay here, I'll miss you for sure, and no hard feelings at all. I'll let this journal lie dormant for a little while, then delete altogether.

Take care, everyone.

Love,

Alex
splix: (dior maquillage)
2017-03-07 09:54 am

Eee.



My book is now available at Amazon for 4.99 USD or comparable prices internationally. [ebook only - you can get a free Kindle app for any device]

You can also check me out at alexsorel.com. My nom de plume is in honor of my favorite literary hero. Sort of hero anyway. :D I am thinking of posting essay-type stuff there, the more thoughtful, meandery stuff I used to post here. We shall see. I have a couple of ideas brewing.

Whoo, this has been a long time in the making! It's been consuming most of my free time and thought as well, but it's finally done, yay. I feel like I can breathe again!

My next project is a Cabin Pressure fic for Sundayduck for Fandom Trumps Hate. We've been batting ideas around and I'm excited to start writing for her. I haven't written Cabin Pressure in a long time.
splix: (cumberbatch YES by verbal_judo)
2017-01-11 09:12 pm

signal boost for Fandom Trumps Hate

My offering is up.

Even if you don't bid on my work, have a look at the other contributors and consider bidding to raise money for any one of a number of very worthy causes!
splix: (sherlock oh hell)
2016-12-30 09:40 pm

Fucking god damn.

So who's leaving, who's staying?

I don't want to go. I've been here for almost fifteen years. But if nobody else is going to be here it hardly seems worth it. :(

Oh, and I spent two hours at urgent care tonight. I have a UTI. Yay. Feels swell.

I'd say what else can happen this year but we still have a day to go. Fuck.
splix: (dior maquillage)
2016-12-28 09:52 pm
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luminous being



All the celebrity deaths this year, and two made me cry: David Bowie, and Carrie Fisher.

I said this on the Book of Faces: Of all the princesses of my childhood, she was the bravest, the cleverest, the strongest, the most beautiful.

That was about Leia, of course. But Ms. Fisher was never anything but wittily gracious about her inadvertent and unexpected icon status. She dealt with addiction and mental illness for most of her life, and was the first person I ever knew of to meet mental illness head-on, with humor and grit and determination, instead of treating it like a dirty secret. That alone makes her a hero.

[Her mother, Debbie Reynolds, died today as well. The blows keep coming.]

She was funny. Oh lord was she funny. Here are 37 examples.

And as a kid, I idolized her. I was a major, major Leia fangirl, but I fangirled Carrie too. I'd get all excited over every mention of her I saw in newspapers or magazines or anything I'd see on TV. In the first grade, my mother made me a beautiful Leia costume for Halloween, boots and belt and all. My hair was down to my butt, long enough to do the cinnamon buns. My brothers loaned me a laser pistol. I was the bomb. I happily played Leia in the neighborhood Star Wars games with my friends Mark and Jeff [in costume, of course, until the thing didn't fit any more]. You can diss George Lucas for a lot of things, but Leia was no shrinking flower - she was a fantastic role model for little girls.

And Carrie Fisher was every bit as strong and brave and clever and beautiful as the princess she embodied, and I am so glad I was privileged to share the planet with her for a time.

Goodbye, bright star, you luminous being. I'll miss you.
splix: (winter)
2016-12-24 10:20 pm
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Happy Holidays!

A merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate, and a good day to everyone else.



Nina and me, giving kissy faces to everyone. :D

Well, I was going to try to do some writing, but I got a sore, tickly throat on Monday morning, started sneezing Monday afternoon, and had a full-blown head cold by Monday night. What a suckfest. It's pretty much run its course, but it made writing impossible. :( And I don't get sick often; it always feels like my body hates me [such a drama queen]. I pumped myself full of echinacea and vitamin C and tried to get as much sleep as I could. Not too much of a surprise - I was run down from work and not eating enough fruits and veg and there was crud going around anyway. BAH.

But I left work with a clean slate and a clean conscience and a bunch of gifts to be opened tomorrow evening when I get home from the family celebration. That's nice. :D

Yesterday I went to see Rogue One with my sister. Mostly, I really enjoyed it. Expandminor spoilery remarks )

I want to see Hidden Figures and Manchester by the Sea, also Arrival. On TV I plan to watch Black Mirror and The Crown. This week while I was ill I watched Big Eyes with Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz and was genuinely confused by Christoph Waltz's performance. Was he trying to chew the scenery that hard, or...? Anyway, I liked it all right. Sort of mundane for a Tim Burton movie except that the film sort of dances around Margaret Keane's true reason for painting those creepy-kitschy big-eyed kids. I also watched the documentary Minimalism and enjoyed it. I'm no minimalist myself, not with my attachment to possessions, but I do try to consume thoughtfully for the most part.

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Today I caught up on chores - laundry and cleaning. I baked some chicken for the week as well. Still didn't feel tip-top, so didn't take Miss Nina for a walk. Poor thing, I've been neglecting her exercise. It's a good thing she goes to my sister's during the week and runs about, otherwise she'd just be lying around all day. :(

Now the house is clean, I've watched It's a Wonderful Life and MST3K's Santa Claus and The Lion in Winter - it's time to crack open the bottle of Rogue Cow Cookies and Cream liqueur I got from one of the profs and catch up on tumblr, then fold a little laundry and head to bed with a book. Tomorrow it's dinner and presents at my sister's house.

So long, and happy holidays. :)
splix: (cumberbatch jamie jim bw)
2014-12-24 12:43 am
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tiny christmas fic

Hiya all,

I haven't checked LJ or tumblr yet because I'm here in PA and having a fantastic time, but I did write a tiny little Jamie/Jim [sort of] Christmas fic, and here it is:

A Letter Home

Best wishes to all!
splix: (ewan curt)
2014-04-08 11:04 pm

FIC: A Colder Blood Than You Possess

ollacurt

FIC: A Colder Blood Than You Possess
Author: Alex
Fandom: Crossover: Only Lovers Left Alive/Velvet Goldmine
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Adam/Curt Wild
Disclaimer: Neither film's concepts nor characters belong to me.
Summary: Kit Marlowe has a tale to tell.
Warnings: Blood drinking.

READ THE STORY HERE AT AO3.
splix: (cumberbatch benny martin by thblack)
2014-01-26 11:28 am
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FIC: Method Act [3/?]

Chapter 3 of Method Act is here. Please leave comments at AO3.