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Today while reading Les Miserables, I found myself looking up and having the sudden realization that Victor Hugo wrote other things. He wrote some stuff, and then he wrote a 1900 page novel, and then he wrote other stuff. Somehow this just boggles my mind too much to cope with. Like, I can see something like Les Mis being the sum of your life's work, but just tossing it off and then moving on is beyond my comprehension. Possibly this is easier to understand for people who can write more than 500 words in a sitting without collapsing in terror.

Progress: I am now 1/3 of the way through; I've just reached the convent. Then I had to take a break to read some fic and then peruse the kinkmeme while letting out happy little sighs, not at the quality of the contents but just at fandom, you are so charmingly consistent and I do adore you.

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[vass]

Possibly this is easier to understand for people who can write more than 500 words in a sitting without collapsing in terror.

Inorite? This year I made the resolution to practice my fiction-writing by doing the 750words.com thing but only for fiction (original or fanfic, just not blog posts or memoir) and, well, yeah.

I started today and am 4% through - I read the bishop's chapter. I now want a modern AU in which he's Chicago Irish and solves crimes... oh wait.

[anatsuno]

Ha! Yeah. His complete works spread over 53 volumes - about 40 MILLION signs, they say. He's known for his lyric and epic poetry, his novels, his theater, his political and travel writing -- you picked the right person to be all agog over in terms of output, he might well be the most prolific writer I ever heard of.

In a way, that's helpful, bc it definitely makes any comparison downright unreasonable.