communicator 2006-11-02: Moving back to novels again: "It seems that a medium or a genre will suit a person. And if it suits you, you are quite tolerant of the less-good bits of it. Anyone can like a few arias, but only an opera buff can tolerate the twiddly bits in between 'em. "

bibliophile20 in fandom_psych 2006-10-25: Harmonians: " So, then, as for the topic of this post, it is the actions and attitudes of that small subset of the fandom known as the Harmonians in the Harry Potter fandom."

cupidsbow 2006-11-03: The Liberation of Form: "This is why I'm a structuralist: because those old farts were right. Until you know the rules, until you've deliberately broken them to see what happens, you aren't in control of what you are writing or the effect it has on your readers. "

reddwarfer 2006-11-02: Fandom Question: "Do you find it easier or harder to write television based characters versus text based characters? "

paradox_dragon 2006-11-01: In which I say a few things about fandom incest: "3. I do not, and will never, agree with limiting the subjects of my or anyone else's fiction for the purposes of morality policing. Never, ever, and I will spoon out my own eyeballs before I do. That does not mean that I do not feel a personal dislike (or even revulsion) for people who write positively about, say, queer-bashing or racism or Bush (and the three are the same thing, right?), but to say, "This is wrong, so you can't write about it" or even "You can't glorify it in your writing" pushes all my bad buttons. "

jadelennox in struwwelpoacher 2006-11-03: Mary Sues, the pleasure of reading, and learning to: "In the new Horn Book Magazine, Lelac Almagor writes about "The Mary Sue Project", wherein she teaches fifth-grade girls to read and write. A few moments really stood out for me:// ... Since these thoughts are interesting, and since someone (besides us!) is really talking about fanfiction and children's literature sharing their terminologies, I'd love to hear what thoughts people have about these issues. "

tkp 2006-11-03: Big Pimpin' Pity Party: "1a. Post a link to that story.
1b. Why’d you think it’d get more fb? What did you expect to appeal to and didn’t? Don’t be embarrassed to say how badass it was.
1c. Why d’you think it didn’t get that fb? Don’t be too proud to whine, complain, or feel sorry for yourself. Happens to the best of us, baby. "

thefourthvine 2006-10-28: Poll: Yuletide! Yay!: "And if any of you have friends listers who are also doing Yuletide, I'd love it if you'd point 'em over here, 'cause I don't know how many of my own friends listers are.// ... Do you Yuletide? " [POLL]