The fact that Amazon wants to monetize fanfiction isn't that surprising -- they want to monetize everything. But what's interesting about today's announcement isn't *just* that it's a really terrible deal for fic writers, as many people have noticed. It's also who their launch partner is: Alloy ( Read more... )

With LJ being very hinky lately, several people are warning that it'd be a good idea to make sure you have any random commentfic or challengefic that only lives on LJ backed up someplace ( Read more... )

I spent this weekend recovering from surgery, which meant that I was incredibly bored and had a lot of time on my hands. Fandom is my usual go-to in such situations, but this was the weekend of The Avengers and pretty much nothing else was happening. (I mean, Quinto and Pegg tweeted pics of each other out with Cumberbatch, and fandom barely even ( Read more... )

Everyone knows about the star-studded gay marriage play, right? And has already watched it? If not, you have until the end of Saturday, west coast U.S. time. Aside from the whole worthy cause, etc. (it's a dramatization of the Prop 8 trial in California), this is truly the video for all (OK, many) fandoms ( Read more... )

First, a warning to
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I didn't sign up for
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Overheard, while waiting for the curtain to rise on "Next to Normal", from the row behind me ( Read more... )

first, want an invite code for Dreamwidth or Archive of Our Own? I have a ton of the former and one of the latter ( Read more... )

I haven't posted in forever, but this meme caught my eye. Hat tip to
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sophieisgod reads "10 Years Later", one of my Peep Show Yuletide fics, here.

Go, listen, marvel. :)