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...apparently reading group is the way to get lots of comments quickly?

Re: Yuletide Nominations, Redux

Date: 2020-09-23 12:54 pm (UTC)
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In haste: that is a great promo post! The mountains are calling, so it would be fabulous if Mildred could do the one for our enlightenment crowd (and their love triangles, quadrangles, and other geometric forms *g*). To get people curious about Émilie, I'd like maybe to some of the YouTube vids starring her, say, the trailer and excerpts from "The Marquise du Chatelet defends her life" which I've linked some posts ago, and I recall there is also a very useful YouTube link explaining why Émilie manages to unite both Newtonian and Leipniz ideas in her approach. Haven't yet looked for Lady Mary vids, but I bet there are some.

Re: Yuletide Nominations, Redux

Date: 2020-09-23 03:30 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] mildred_of_midgard
No, I didn't. It's on my list of things to do after work today. Reason I didn't do it yesterday: I got enough sleep yesterday and decided to do things that require more sleep and put off more mechanical things till today, on the assumption that I would not get enough sleep today, which proved to be an accurate prediction.

On that note, odds of me being up to an Enlightenment write-up today are slim. Sorry. :( But I will do the nomination coordination stuff, and put the Oster bio through the translator!

Man, I hope I get enough sleep to write Yuletide fic. The last time I had solid sleep was October of last year, right before Yuletide started. :/

Re: Yuletide Nominations, Redux

Date: 2020-09-24 12:31 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] mildred_of_midgard
worst thing that happens is I write something that sounds super dumb and you guys edit it :)

...You might have to do that!

Oster uploaded. Let me know if there are any problems accessing it. Lady Mary correspondence volumes 1-3 on their way to USPS, per tracking info updates. Yuletide nomination coordination done.

Reading of Wilhelmine, vol. 1, not quite finished, but hopefully before bed. Ugh, tired.

I hope you get enough sleep to write Yuletide fic too!

Fingers crossed! I should add that the bulk of RMSE writing happened in a brief period when I was getting adequate sleep, only during the day, and writing at night. Since that's not very lucrative, I've switched to being awake during the day, putting in as many hours at work as I can, and hoping my brain gets the message about sleeping at night sooner or later.

Re: Yuletide Nominations, Redux

Date: 2020-09-24 02:00 pm (UTC)
selenak: (Émilie du Chatelet)
From: [personal profile] selenak
Two useful links:


Émilie du Chatelet: ca twelve minutes vid about Émilie and why she's cool, and


Clips from the play about her, "The Marquise du Chatelet defends her life tonight".

Re: Yuletide Nominations, Redux

Date: 2020-09-25 05:57 am (UTC)
selenak: (Émilie du Chatelet)
From: [personal profile] selenak
I did consider "Six Steps of Francesco Algarotti" as an alternative label. :) "Age of Voltaire" - which the Engligthenment is actually referred to in France - might do, BUT I've also just mustered a defense based on precedent and connection for the current label in my reply to Morbane, which also features cross connections for the characters we've nominated, check it out. :)

Re: Yuletide Nominations, Redux

Date: 2020-09-27 03:24 am (UTC)
mildred_of_midgard: (Default)
From: [personal profile] mildred_of_midgard
Do you think your body finds daytime a better time to sleep?

Somewhat, but I feel like that's the least of the problems. The biggest of my many sleep problems is that once my sleep gets disrupted, it stays disrupted for a very long time. Naturally, it also gets disrupted extremely easily. :/

I have to say, as much fun as it was being online at the same time, it's *way* better for my sleep for you not to be leaving comments right when I'm trying to go to bed. My willpower isn't that strong! Tell your kids they have my permission to stay up late. :P

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