this is a non-writing related one but it is something that fandom taught me. Fandom is rife with drama, not as much as other communities, but still drama is pretty much lurking around the corner of any kind of fandom space. There will always be someone ready and willing to tell you why you are an awful/discussing/wrong person for liking that ( Read more... )

Every fandom and every pairing has its tropes. Things that for one reason or another just really work so the vast majority of people write it that way. That in and of itself can be fun but every once in a while I get an idea that's just incredible and I totally am all about doing but it is well ... weird.

There is this point when I write something a ( Read more... )

This might seem like a weird one but I've had two separate run-ins recently, online and in person, with people who were dead set against ebooks and Kindles and other ereaders ( Read more... )

So many people who write and never publish do so because they are trying to write that perfect work.

The next best seller
The next literary classic 
The kind of book that wins awards and gets taught in English class for generations to come

I know back as an early teen trying to write original fiction not only did I try to write above my skill level ( Read more... )

so does anyone know of any good Reboot!Sarek/Amanda fics? Particularly about how they met?

I know I read het about as often as it rains fish but for some reasons over the last few days I've been wanting to read about these two, go figure. 

When we talk about learning from feedback we usually talk about constructive criticism, where people explain in a well thought out not intentionally hurtful way what they didn't like about the story. I've received my fair share of criticism both constructive and not and I've learned from both ( Read more... )

one of the first things I discovered when I started writing fanfiction was that I needed to set word limits for myself ( Read more... )

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So my journal has a new look. I felt like it was time. Besides the old one I picked back at the beginning of my dry spell and I figure changing it up might get rid of some of the bed voodoo or whatever has been keeping me from updating here.

Anyhow I want to say thank you to all you LJ users who continue to read my fanfiction whether for the first ( Read more... )

I have a confession to make. Back when I was an young teen, what we now refer to as 'tween' I fell in love with Edgar Rice Burroughs' entire Mars series. The Mars books totally amazed and captivated me. Here was stories about sword-wielding heroes fighting giant aliens, only to befriend other giant aliens. There were beautiful women who kicked ass ( Read more... )