Feedback required:

If you are reading a book, and a character who is an alien is referred to only by a tag that makes it evident what animal it reminds the humans of, would you find that annoying?

(So what I'm saying is that the text would be "Blah blah blah," said the animal, for example. Or, The animal cautiously shifted the book in its arms). (It is an it because its race doesn't have genders, btw, not me being excessively lazy or whatever).

I know some people don't like this sort of thing. I don't mind it myself, but some of the Goodreads reviews of Alif The Unseen brought the one character up (I think she's called the convert?) as annoying because it was as though the author couldn't be arsed to give her a name. Anyway, that's what this was making me think of as I was writing it.

(I spent two hours writing on Monday evening! I wasn't even going to write at all! Especially not the abominations! It was amazing!)

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I started transcribing some music, and it is slow going (aside from the fact that I rarely have occasions where the computer's on and it's quiet. Also my ear is...not good for this. I could do with my friend's brother who could play stuff by ear). I'm working from Cold Blue Light, although sometimes I listen to the other versions as well.

I keep getting frustrated, because it's a really simple tune, and it's less than two minutes long. I know it's just because I'm not better. I'll get there, eventually. (And then, like all things, I'll look back at this and wonder what I thought was so hard in the first place).