Привет! LiveJournal imports may be slow
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dw_maintenanceПривет and welcome to our new Russian friends from LiveJournal! We are happy to offer you a new home. We will not require identification for you to post or comment. We also do not cooperate with Russian government requests for any information about your account unless they go through a United States court first. (And it hasn't happened in 16 years!)
Importing your journal from ЖЖ may be slow. There are a lot of you, with many posts and comments, and we have to limit how fast we download your information from ЖЖ so they don't block us. Please be patient! We have been watching and fixing errors, and we will go back to doing that after the holiday is over.
I am very sorry that we can't translate the site into Russian or offer support in Russian. We are a much, much smaller company than LiveJournal is, and my high school Russian classes were a very long time ago :) But at least we aren't owned by Sberbank!
С Новым Годом, and welcome home!
EDIT: Большое спасибо всем за помощь друг другу в комментариях! Я ценю каждого, кто предоставляет нашим новым соседям информацию, понятную им без необходимости искать её в Google. :) И спасибо вам за терпение к моему русскому переводу с помощью Google Translate! Прошло уже много-много лет со школьных времен!
Thank you also to everyone who's been giving our new neighbors a warm welcome. I love you all ❤️
David's Index for 2025
31/12/25 09:48![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
davidlevineNovel words written: 32,000 (exactly!)
Short fiction words written: 599
Notes, outline, and synopsis words written: 47,757
Blog words written: 10,769
Total words written: 91,125
New stories written: 1
Short fiction submissions sent: 6
Responses received: 7
Rejections: 5
Acceptances: 2 (pro)
Short stories published: 2 (1 pro, 1 translation)
Novel submissions: 2
Rejections: 1
Awaiting response: 1
Agent submissions: 11
Rejections: 4
Non-responses: 6
Acceptances: 1
New agents signed: 1
LARPs attended: 4
Happy new year!
David Levine 2025 awards eligibility
30/12/25 14:38davidlevine"Rust" by David D. Levine is narrated by a genetically enhanced chimp named Alpha, who is trapped with a group of other chimps in an abandoned, underwater research facility, where they were the subjects of secret, illegal study. After stumbling upon the group, a human salvager named Mercy works with the chimps to try to cover up the existence of the station, while also trying to cover up the accidental death of her partner. Despite the grim subject matter, the story is ultimately sweet, and has a strong voice.If you'd like to read it and are not an Analog subscriber, I'd be happy to send you a PDF. Just email me and request a copy.
2025 52 Card Project: Week 51: Rest
26/12/25 12:47pegkerrWe were very quiet together. It occurred to me on Sunday, as we sat together in his living room, drinking coffee and looking out the living room window at the winter landscape, that it was the winter Solstice. A year ago on the winter Solstice, I was hosting a solstice party. If I had been at home, I would have lit all my candles to mark the day. Being with him on that day as he was recovering seemed fitting.
The winter solstice is a time for deep rest and healing, for reflection and resilience.
He is feeling much better now and counts the surgery as a success.
Image description: A window with a winter view outside. A pair of feet clad in red and white striped socks are propped up on the windowsill beside a red mug with a steaming hot beverage. A hand holding a couple of pills hovers above the feet.
Click on the links to see the 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 52 Card Project galleries.
End of Year . . .
26/12/25 05:33sartoriasIt was very quiet here; last night son and I watched the third Knives Out film together. Tightly written, really well acted, but there were plot holes, and not nearly the tightness and humor of the first one.
LOVING the rain, so very needed.
Hoping my daughter can visit today--she had to work yesterday.
So! It's Boxing Day, pretty much uncelebrated here in the US (who has servants???) but! Book View Cafe is having its half off sale!
Giant backlist, and lots of new books since last year's sale. Go and look and if you've got some holiday moulaugh, buy some books! We all need the pennies, heh!
Solstitial
21/12/25 10:03nineweavingAnd to our friends in the antipodes: thank you for sharing.
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2025 52 Card Project: Week 50: Celebrations
20/12/25 16:09pegkerrAs it was December 13, Santa Lucia Day, I also brought lussekatter, for us to have with our coffee as we baked. We spread the cookies out on a long table in my sister's living room. By taking up columns of cookies, we each had a nice mix.
M came along with Alona and Fiona, to the joy of all. Her first cookie baking!
Description: Background: a table covered with rows of Christmas cookies: bottom: a group of women smile at the camera. Top: three lussekatter
Click on the links to see the 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 52 Card Project galleries.
Mini-Play-a-Thon, January 3
20/12/25 10:45davidlevine
Tickets are $10 regular, $15 VIP: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/start-fresh-festival-mini-play-a-thon-2