I feel like this has really only become a phenomenon in the last five years or so, probably because of the prevalence of digital images and video which make it easy to make a screen capture of something and stick
Fandom Aspects: Fanart
Fanart is probably the second thing people think of when they think of fandom. As is probably obvious, fanart is when people take (usually) characters from stories, games, movies, etc. and create art around them. Drawings are probably the most
Fandom Aspects: Fanfiction
Well, Squiders, we’ve talked about fandom a bit in the past, but I’ve had a rather worrying bout of it recently. (Not even about anything specific. Just…stuff.) You see, I am going to a con in mid-June and not only
To Word Count or Not to Word Count
So, after last Thursday’s post I got to thinking. And I realized that word count is a major indicator of progress to me. And I also realized that this is probably because I didn’t start finishing novel drafts until I
Now What?
Happy May Day, Squiders! (The expression in of itself amuses me. I am easily amused.) Well, April went quite well. I got all four projects done (including my novel draft which I am apparently still hung up on) and wrote
Twitter Book Clubs
So, a week or so ago, I was talking to Siri, and she mentioned that she and some people she’d been talking to on Twitter were going to read a book I had expressed interest in, and she invited me
Origins and Interlude
Well, squiders, I’m still in sort of a weird mood due to finishing my draft. I get kind of bogged down at the end of a project, and weirdly nostalgic, and I read through all sorts of things–story notes, the
Online Education and Story Research
I’m going to tell you guys about this, because apparently this is a well-kept secret. You can take college-level courses for free on the internet. Kit, I hear you say, what does this have to do with writing and/or reading?
The Foundation Trilogy Readalong: Foundation and Empire
Moving on in our Foundation readalong, today we’re going to discuss the second book, Foundation and Empire. Last time, with Foundation, I speculated about how Asimov had written the book, and the answer was given to me in a forward
When Things You Love Betray You
Have you ever really loved something, only to have that thing/person/band/television show/etc. do something that so completely turns you off you have to just cut them out of your life? And you feel silly about it, because it’s just a
