Well, I was hoping for prettier pictures in general, but I guess with 365 days they're not all going to be like that! If it stops raining I might find the energy to get out and find some prettier water... *g*
I do agree about O.Yardley's stories - there was always a touch of her voice, and the lads were just a bit too posh, but it wasn't quite enough to make me stop reading. Her more recent fics have just pushed slightly too far away for me to cope with - Two Lovers (the canal zine) and A Lovesome Thing (older lads). If the writing's solid to start with, and the lads are mostly right, even if just a bit off, then I'm okay - but if more specific things strike me and keep striking me, then I'm lost... which is a shame, cos I've liked alot of O.Yardley's older stories, and I wouldn't at all mind more like that... *g*
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Date: Saturday, 2 January 2016 05:12 pm (UTC)I do agree about O.Yardley's stories - there was always a touch of her voice, and the lads were just a bit too posh, but it wasn't quite enough to make me stop reading. Her more recent fics have just pushed slightly too far away for me to cope with - Two Lovers (the canal zine) and A Lovesome Thing (older lads). If the writing's solid to start with, and the lads are mostly right, even if just a bit off, then I'm okay - but if more specific things strike me and keep striking me, then I'm lost... which is a shame, cos I've liked alot of O.Yardley's older stories, and I wouldn't at all mind more like that... *g*