(Un)sung genius and Ivory Towers

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While cleaning up my favorites bar on Firefox I came across two gems who have been stewing there a while. I dimly remember wanting to post them sooner but alas, life [and my lazyness] have a way of getting between me and things that need to be done.
As we all know LKH lives in an Ivory Tower - or well, a Gothic Mansion because I doubt she would want to live somewhere with lots of light and white but that is neither here nor there - and more or less recently two authors I have a habit of reading wrote about Ivory Towers re:living in them.

The first one is Mitzi Szereto and her post is titled 'Aren´t we just precious? Writers Who Live in Ivory Towers' and the second one is by Elizabeth Bear on storytellersunplugged titled 'Your genius (sung or otherwise)'

Merry Gentry Alternatives?

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I think it's quite easy to find Anita-like alternative reading material in this day and age (I can't spit without hitting a book about some girl dealing with vampires/werewolves), but I was wondering if anyone has stumbled across some quality urban fantasy material about faeries? I'm almost completely clueless.

The only one that immediately comes to mind is War for the Oaks (highly recommended).

Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm without any books lined up to read right now and it's kinda freaking me out.

Chapter Two of Swallowing Doyle's Darkity-Dark Peenie

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Apparently this is the second chapter of Swallowing Bile At The Mention of That Porn Title. While not quite as offensive as the previous chapter, this one basically bashes on little old ladies who have minds of their own rather than deciding that Laumerita is ALWAYS right and you should do what she wants.

http://darkese.livejournal.com/2008/09/14/

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