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Cat conversation
Feb. 18th, 2010 09:38 amThe best part was watching our 2 y.o., Shakir, peeking behind the monitor to see where the cats were.
Feb. 18th, 2010
The best part was watching our 2 y.o., Shakir, peeking behind the monitor to see where the cats were.
Reader feedback on HASTUR LORD
Feb. 18th, 2010 11:56 amHere, with the permission of the writer, is one of the most touching letters I've received. This is one of the reasons I'm hoping the book will find a readership beyond Darkover fandom. Any help promoting it to other readerships will be appreciated.
I just finished The Hastur Lord.
Deborah, thank you!! As a gay man who has had to live in the closet from much of my early adult life, I wasn't sure how the lives of Regis, Danilo, and Linnea would find their ways to peace, harmony, beauty, and honor. Your caring for these people is more than I could have hoped for. I always loved the way Marion gave primacy of love and honesty, no matter the culture or the perceived taboo. You have honored that tradition and reinforced the power of honesty and honor in love with your own compassion and insight.
Those of us in the Midwest (and other places), who have lived under the harsh lash of religious zeal, ideological repression, and the resulting personal constraint, cherish your ability to portray living honestly, openly, self confidently, at peace with ourselves. We know the cost, the loss, and the gain. And you have not shied away from the struggles to achieve that peace. It is hard won. But you have shown that the determination of caring people like Regis, Danilo, and Linnea (among the long history of others in Marion's pantheon) can make committed lives blend together beautifully, forging a family, while at the same time allowing each to express their own individual truest selves. Thank you for carrying on Marion's vision and for touching me deeply.
I just finished The Hastur Lord.
Deborah, thank you!! As a gay man who has had to live in the closet from much of my early adult life, I wasn't sure how the lives of Regis, Danilo, and Linnea would find their ways to peace, harmony, beauty, and honor. Your caring for these people is more than I could have hoped for. I always loved the way Marion gave primacy of love and honesty, no matter the culture or the perceived taboo. You have honored that tradition and reinforced the power of honesty and honor in love with your own compassion and insight.
Those of us in the Midwest (and other places), who have lived under the harsh lash of religious zeal, ideological repression, and the resulting personal constraint, cherish your ability to portray living honestly, openly, self confidently, at peace with ourselves. We know the cost, the loss, and the gain. And you have not shied away from the struggles to achieve that peace. It is hard won. But you have shown that the determination of caring people like Regis, Danilo, and Linnea (among the long history of others in Marion's pantheon) can make committed lives blend together beautifully, forging a family, while at the same time allowing each to express their own individual truest selves. Thank you for carrying on Marion's vision and for touching me deeply.