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1. I have commenced my Master's thesis on slash fanfiction. I'm going to make a bigger, public post about that later to throw out some ideas, hopefully get some feedback, maybe some methodological advice.
I am simultaneously working on that, the Chaucer paper I never got written and a paper about comic book superheroes & lyric poetry. My mind is a thicket of overlapping excitements. I vacillate between panic and feeling like a teenage ninja driving around in a giant robotic dinosaur.
I've agreed with myself that as soon as I get the superhero poetry paper done, I get to:
(a) read the Paige/Jubilee Generation X story that Maggie wrote, like, 100 days ago, oh my god, please
(b) watch Inception, which I still haven't seen, everyone loves it
(c) drive to the beach before winter sets in
If I got to do all those things some Saturday, I don't even fucking know-- what would happen--
2. I heart this Dinosaur Comics guest comic by Lore Sjöberg, although it must be hard to write a funny comic when the regular writer has taken a leave of absence for a death in the family.
3. And I triple-heart this rebuttal to a tumblr list of why it's a great idea to date writers.
1. Writers will romance you with words. We probably won't. We write for ourselves or for money and by the time we're done we're sick of it. If we have to write you something there's a good chance it'll take us two days and we'll be really snippy and grumpy about the process.
2. Writers will write about you. You don't want this. Trust me.
6. Writers will offer you an interesting perspective on things. Yes. Constantly. While you're trying to watch TV or take a shower. You will have to listen to observations all day long, in addition to being asked to read the observations we wrote about when you were at work and unavailable for bothering. It will be almost as annoying as dating a stand-up comedian, except if you don't find these observations scintillating we will think you're dumb, instead of uptight.
9. Writers can think through their feelings. So don't start an argument unless you're ready for a very, very lengthy explication of our position, our feelings about your position, and what scenes from our recent fiction the whole thing is reminding us of.
And my favorite:
12. Writers wear their hearts on their sleeves. Serious advice: if you meet a writer who's actually demonstrative, be careful.
I am simultaneously working on that, the Chaucer paper I never got written and a paper about comic book superheroes & lyric poetry. My mind is a thicket of overlapping excitements. I vacillate between panic and feeling like a teenage ninja driving around in a giant robotic dinosaur.
I've agreed with myself that as soon as I get the superhero poetry paper done, I get to:
(a) read the Paige/Jubilee Generation X story that Maggie wrote, like, 100 days ago, oh my god, please
(b) watch Inception, which I still haven't seen, everyone loves it
(c) drive to the beach before winter sets in
If I got to do all those things some Saturday, I don't even fucking know-- what would happen--
2. I heart this Dinosaur Comics guest comic by Lore Sjöberg, although it must be hard to write a funny comic when the regular writer has taken a leave of absence for a death in the family.
3. And I triple-heart this rebuttal to a tumblr list of why it's a great idea to date writers.
1. Writers will romance you with words. We probably won't. We write for ourselves or for money and by the time we're done we're sick of it. If we have to write you something there's a good chance it'll take us two days and we'll be really snippy and grumpy about the process.
2. Writers will write about you. You don't want this. Trust me.
6. Writers will offer you an interesting perspective on things. Yes. Constantly. While you're trying to watch TV or take a shower. You will have to listen to observations all day long, in addition to being asked to read the observations we wrote about when you were at work and unavailable for bothering. It will be almost as annoying as dating a stand-up comedian, except if you don't find these observations scintillating we will think you're dumb, instead of uptight.
9. Writers can think through their feelings. So don't start an argument unless you're ready for a very, very lengthy explication of our position, our feelings about your position, and what scenes from our recent fiction the whole thing is reminding us of.
And my favorite:
12. Writers wear their hearts on their sleeves. Serious advice: if you meet a writer who's actually demonstrative, be careful.