(Archived from a Tumblr post at http://shinelikethunder.tumblr.com/post/105932488971/the-pie-initiative-shinelikethunder-moreMore musings on writing advice ( Read more... )

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1. Ford's Theatre was short of ushers for 1776 last night, so
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Helloooo, LJ. I have been so neglectful of you. This is not because I have nothing to say, more that I do not have much to say that's conducive to regular LJ updates; real life is largely boring, and my fandom engagement is split between quick bite-size hits (i.e. Tumblr, black hole of the internet) and fucking gigantic undertakings like DW ( Read more... )

( Things that happened at Dragoncon, under a cut 'cause it's massive )

Offff to Dragon*Con with ariastar and srevans! Weeping angel costume... okay, not finished, I still need to do a bit of glove-sewing and paint minor bits and bobs, but the wings and wing harness are totally redone and look awesome. Slightly nervous, as this will be my first big con, but v. excited! Backup/non-pain-in-the-ass-to-wear costume is the Master again ( Read more... )

Things I have done in the past couple of days:

1. Took my little brother to get his eyebrow pierced.

2. Saw Thor3. Gave myself a haircut, then decided it was Drag Tiemz and made myself fake sideburns out of the trimmed hair and glued them on with hair gel, then looked in the mirror and did a fucking spit-take and went to see if there was any way ( Read more... )

I was roped into watching Doctor Who last night. Yes, it was geekily awesome; no, I have not drunk the kool-aid yet. It seems like everyone and his brother is trying to drag me into the Who fandom, both online and real life, and it really puts you off it, you know? The show was fun, but it would've been a lot more fun if I didn't have a bunch of ( Read more... )

I raised my eyebrows at LJ's handling of strikethrough07, but assumed it was a horribly abortive attempt to cover their asses and rolled my eyes at the great majority of the fandom outrage that continued after the explanation posts. Striketwo, however, is just plain shitty customer service, and any attempt to go into more detail about the many ( Read more... )

Two links, both from metafandom. I'd expound upon them, but I already have in the comments. ;)

1. On the nature of Sues - "Mary Sue, I hold, is the phenomenon that results when an author(broadly construed) writes one or more characters in such a way that the author and that character deny other characters the right to be central to their own ( Read more... )