Sure! People who are fans of both shows seem few and far between in the circles in which I travel; I'm mostly still at the stage of incoherent, nonverbal flailing with The Wire (probably not helped by how my pain medication tends to kick in during the evening, when I've watched the show), but I'm happy to friend.
A friend of mine who's not on LJ followed a similar path: she used to be a journalist, but quit to write a YA novella. Hats off to you and your ongoing labors!
If you don't have much free time, "In the Land of Pleasant Living" and "The Birthday Girl" are under three pages each, and "Five-Finger Discount" (linked in my second comment of recs) is under two pages, so those are quick reads. (And if anyone reads this comment and is thinking about getting into Homicide, the first two stories contain no spoilers, and "Five-Finger Discount"—which is actually set in season 5; my typo earlier—includes one general spoiler for the end of S4. "Shell Casing" has three spoilers through early S5.)
Ooh, I would totally read a Stringer Bell character study.
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Re: rant for the win! (part 1)
Date: 2009-03-27 04:42 am (UTC)A friend of mine who's not on LJ followed a similar path: she used to be a journalist, but quit to write a YA novella. Hats off to you and your ongoing labors!
If you don't have much free time, "In the Land of Pleasant Living" and "The Birthday Girl" are under three pages each, and "Five-Finger Discount" (linked in my second comment of recs) is under two pages, so those are quick reads. (And if anyone reads this comment and is thinking about getting into Homicide, the first two stories contain no spoilers, and "Five-Finger Discount"—which is actually set in season 5; my typo earlier—includes one general spoiler for the end of S4. "Shell Casing" has three spoilers through early S5.)
Ooh, I would totally read a Stringer Bell character study.
Thanks for the conversation!