Man, it's been a while since I posted about Quidditch.

I know all colleges look alike, but can someone who went there tell me if this file photo is from where we went to school? Because I swear, I know the spot it was taken from.

I love short stories. Six, seven pages, you chow through them on your lunch break, you're done. You know what's even quicker? Descriptions of short stories. And better still? Descriptions of bad short stories.

That's why I got such a kick out of Strange Horizons' fiction we've seen a million times and horror fiction we've seen a million times ( Read more... )

You know what, I just really love beta-reading people's original novels. In the past year or so I've done four fulls and two partials, and I really get a kick out of it.

Tonight I'm having my car inspected, so I'll get to spend some time in Wendy's reading my sister's ARC of Freaks: Alive, On the Inside!. That's pretty fun so far ( Read more... )

The older I get, the funnier it is when someone in the mainstream media discovers fan fictionThis one was interesting because it touches on the difference between US and Canadian copyright law, which I'd never seen; most of these articles are US-based ( Read more... )

I've been kind of hankering for Harry Potter lately, and I couldn't figure out why until I realized that it's summer: my heart says it's time for a new volume, and my brain has to tell it, sadly, not to expect one anymore.

Boy, has it been a while since I made a Harry Potter post ( Read more... )

Holy crap, someone left reviews on two of the SSA stories. Awesome forever. That's such a pleasant surprise these days.

New Summary Executions! I love mctabby so much for doing these, and fear the fandom so very, very much.

Well, you know, I said there wouldn't be any more Harry Potter posts until tomorrow, but seriously, I'm dying of anticipation here, it's like Christmas. I finished HBP tonight--the only one I never analyzed inside and out--and I'm just like, UGH. Be Saturday already ( Read more... )

Okay folks, this is going to be my only Harry Potter post before Deathly Hallows comes out.

I've been kicking around this idea for a while, and finally think I know how to do it and still keep spoiler-free. Therefore: I hereby declare this post to be the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Hall of Prophecy. Post in the comments your predictions ( Read more... )