NGC 2841 is a beautiful example of a flocculent spiral galaxy – a type with discontinuous, featherlike, and patchy arms. A bright cusp of starlight distinguishes the galaxy’s center from the dust lanes that outline the group of almost white middle-aged stars. The far younger blue stars trace the spiral arms.
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Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration; Acknowledgment: M. Crockett and S. Kaviraj (Oxford University, UK), R. O'Connell (University of Virginia), B. Whitmore (STScI), and the WFC3 Scientific Oversight Committee
I’m fuckin melting in London (heat wave is killing me!) and I can’t sleep, so I’m drawing doodles/speed painting stuff, it’s fast and dirty and definitely flawed all over the place, but I’m just painting until I collapse LOL.
Thought I’d start with THE fic and a humble little vision of those two in my head :) A smiliar version of this Sherlock was roughly drawn on an aborted TTOBB art, but I thought I could just paint around it and see where I was going.
(L-R: “Tiddles”, John H. Watson MD / FBCS / RAMC, Mr Sherlock Holmes, Eponymous T. Sabertooth, some passing author who’s just again been dumped into the middle of a project she wasn’t expecting, the King of Arlen, his long-suffering boyfriend)
I know that you have written so, so much more than Star Trek novels, but when I was a teenager I lived through those paperbacks, through those worlds they created and extended to me. Fast forward about 30 years and countless moves across states and countries and I only own two Star Trek books: Uhura's Song and your wonderful, brilliant Doctor's Orders. I've dropped that book while reading in the bathtub more times than I can count, stolen egregiously from it as a dungeon master, and incorporated its most random details into my language and thinking. (Not infrequently I catch myself muttering "Greet. Greet, greet," to friends without explanation.) It's wild to be writing to The Diane Duane on Tumblr of all places, but I just want to say *thank you*. You wrote creatures and worlds that still live in my heart, and in a sky full of stars, I can always find Flyspeck.
You are completely welcome. :) I’m delighted (as I always am when this comes up…) that the books were there for you!
shout out to the mutuals ive never spoken to. i am sitting in the same room as you doing my arts and craft while you read your book. we are vibing and chilling.
The writer: 40 years in print, 50+ novels, assorted TV and movie work, the NYT Bestseller List a few times, blah blah blah. Best known for: the Young Wizards series (1983-2020 and beyond), the Middle Kingdoms LGBTQ epic fantasy series (1979-2019), and a whole lot of work for Star Trek.
Long postings mostly go at my main blog at DianeDuane.com. Short stuff goes here: links, images, video, random thoughts... things that tickle my fancy, move me, or seem to need sharing. Also appearing: scraps of what I'm working on, recipes, fangirling, and other mental/emotional incunabulae. Almost everything interests me, so beware.
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