Archive for December, 2011
Merry Christmas!
It’s December the 25th! Now, I’ve written this a few days ago and scheduled it to post now. So, depending when you’re reading this, I am: A) Doing last minute wrapping. B) Sleeping C) Opening presents D) Eating breakfast/Watching the Disney Christmas Parade E) At my grandmother’s/eating dinner F) Watching the Doctor Who Christmas Special […]
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Tags: announcement, Christmas, greeting, holiday
Rewrites!
A writer’s harshest critic is usually themselves. Trust me, I know this firsthand. Recently, I was going through my Fanfiction.net profile. I had usually kept my past stories up to show how I had grown as a writer. But I decided it was time take the embarrassing stories down. Especially my “Phantom of the Opera” […]
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Tags: back story, characters, choices, Elaborate Lives, rewrites
Song fics. Oh boy, song fics. What is a song fic, you ask? Why, it’s a fanfic that incorporates a song. The most common example is this: –>Song lyric –>Line of story. Why is this so bad? It’s boring. It’s usually just the author showing off her favorite song. The line of story is something […]
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Tags: singing, song fics, songs
Fanfiction: A Response
I’m reading Diana Gabaldon’s “Outlander” series. I admittedly am a little late to the “Outlander” series party and I’m still trying to play catch up. What does that mean? It means that I’ve been Googling Ms. Gabaldon. And when I did so, I was surprised to see her name linked with Fanwank. I’ve gone there […]
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Tags: characters, Diana Gabaldon, response
Fanfiction for Dummies 