I had originally intended to do a discussion piece about the mythos of some of my favorite different vampire series, but that will have to wait until another day. Instead I want to revisit a topic that Megsly discussed quite awhile back on the blog. Her column, entitled “To write or not write,” discussed how we should...
read moreA couple of months ago, guest blogger KariAnn wrote a column entitled “Why women are their own worst enemies.” In it, she discussed the double standard that seems to be rampant based on the reviews authors get for controversial chapters of different fics. Another friend of mine was on the receiving end of some of the...
read moreTwo of my close friends have digital eReaders. Saluki has a Sony eReader and Megsly has a Kindle. I am the jealous type and have wanted one ever since my grubby little hands fondled Saluki’s Sony back in January. Then I got to play with Megsly’s Kindle when she came to visit me in April. I am confident that if I...
read moreToday is a very odd day for my column. Normally I try to keep my column dedicated to the genre or fan fiction or something of the sort. Today I’m going in a different direction and doing a tribute. My grandmother, Stella, is probably the most amazing woman I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. This woman lived through...
read moreI am going to admit something here. Please go easy on me. I didn’t want to read Twilight at first. *ducks to avoid flying tomatoes* Wait, actually I’d love a garden ripe tomato right about now… Yes, it’s true. I’ve always enjoyed the vampire/paranormal genre but for whatever reason, when my friend...
read moreWell, not everything. I did learn some stuff about creative writing in high school, but that feels like eons ago, and I learned very quickly that my skills weren’t up to snuff when I first ventured into the world of Twific. In the last eighteen months, I’ve written two novel-length stories, three chapters of a...
read moreLast week I posted my review of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which at the time I found a little lackluster. I took in a repeat viewing of it this weekend, and I’m happy to say I enjoyed it much more the second time around. I think with all of the heavy expectations out of the way, it was much more fun to just sit and get...
read moreMost of you who read this column (all three of you *waves*!) know that I write Finding Forever. If you didn’t know that, I’m usually pretty quick to talk about it, because it’s my baby. Yes it’s a fan fic, and yes it’s based on Stephenie Meyer’s creation, but this story is so off center and so...
read moreI had originally planned to write today’s column on the aspect of fantasy in writing fanfic, and I actually wrote the piece a week ago. It was intensely personal, and in the end I decided I wasn’t quite ready to divulge that much of myself yet. It also had a great deal to do with Charlie Bewley, and I’ve noticed...
read moreI have been in the Twilight fandom for a little over a year. I’m basing this on an approximation of when I first discovered Twilight Fanfiction, which was in January of 2009. It’s been a roller coaster ride since, as I have gone from fanfiction reader and reviewer, to writer and beta, to fansite staff member, to website...
read moreI have some pretty amazing friends, I must say. This past weekend, Megsly flew in from North Carolina to spend the weekend with me, and Saluki drove down for the girls weekend. We met up with some more of our friends and had a pretty great time. It was so much fun to lounge around and talk about fanfic (and whatever else came...
read moreWe have had sort of a running “series” of blog posts going the past week or so about different things that plague readers and writers. Meesh talked about how editing can sometimes take away the enjoyment of reading; Jules talked about tips for dealing with inspiration when it strikes at odd times; and Saluki talked...
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