Yay Bujold! I've never seen anyone else who could pull off character-driven space opera (though the Vorkosigan series certainly doesn't confine itself to that genre). Her recent fantasies are also rather good, even if I do rather miss Miles. Also, i really like her that her stated way of coming up with plots (ask, "What's the worst thing that could happen to this character?") doesn't make her stories into morasses of angst.

Oh, and hi. *waves* I've been stalking your journal out of love for Apartment Manager (which I am sort of both happy and sad to hear is almost done), though the original stories you've posted here are also very interesting.