Inspired by the comments in this post directly, and many other similar comments indirectly ( Read more... )

On second thought, I am cutting this for potentially triggering content! Discussion of the recent Wincon stuff under the cut.

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I was reading Fandom Wank today and saw that Diana Gabaldon had written a post about how much she hates fanfic. Gabaldon is known for her series Outlander, of which I read the first book on the recommendation of my aunt and grandmother, because they knew I enjoyed cheesy bodice-rippers. The book was, in my honest opinion, mediocre--it's a plottier ( Read more... )

SO HAY DUDES

Because of my MADLY SHITTY DAY I am feeling down enough that I am willing to BEG FOR SHIT. And, really, by "beg for shit" I mean "want fic," so in this post, I'm doing a reverse drabble meme. I was going to do it on longsufferingly, but that made me feel like too much of an asshole, so, whatever ( Read more... )

Why Becky Is a Character I Have Been Waiting My Whole Life For
By Chash, Age 23

( tl;dr, with spoilers for Supernatual season five. )

So, I've been really happy to see how many people are coming together to help Haiti in every way they can, and I'd like to appreciate one more group that was doing that.

Flour Bakery is a phenomenally delicious bakery/cafe, which makes delicious daily specials, pastries, sandwiches--everything I have eaten from them has been amazingly wonderful. beckaandzac ( Read more... )

I meant to do this closer to the start of the year, but I guess January 10 is not actually that late. So I did some friends-trimming, because my flist was getting a little big and I didn't really feel like I was doing that well keeping up. It's not you, it's me! :(d

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Okay, so, when I was bored at work the other day, I started thinking about writing up a few guidelines for writing kidfic. Which makes me feel kind of pretentious, but the truth of the matter is, I see a lot of kids every day. Like, a LOT. And I've had some basic training in child development. Also, I don't actually like kids, which means I ( Read more... )

There is a blog called Not On, Hollywood, where people are writing to the signors of the petition to free Roman Polanski.

I saw it go up, and I thought, This is a great idea, but I don't know if there's anyone on there I care enough about that I can say anything worthwhile.And then I saw Salman Rushdie ( Read more... )