[Jim Brown] 1:07 pm: It has been researched that around only 7% of ( Read more... )

I have to write the synopses for Vicesteed now, and it's terrifying me. I mean, I can get it down to three paragraphs, but anything less than that feels impossible. And I'll definitely need a one-paragraph version and (ack!) a one-sentence pitch ( Read more... )

( On the topic of child abuse. Cut for triggeriness. )

Why transformative sex?[teresawymore] 12:10 pm: yep Joely...and erotica has been limited in it ( Read more... )

More highlights from Coyote Con!

Show what mental illness does and does not
Show the parts of the character that do tie in with mental illness, to make clear that there are other parts that *don't*. Not everything (good or bad) the char does is because of the mental illness.

( Does and does not continued, schizophrenia, and society and mental illness. )

Do not want to have a work project I need to do this weekend. Want to still be asleep. This is not the case. Alas. Well, if I get enough done (I should), I can go out for coffee with friends and then maybe take a nap before birthday party. Although I also have an online writing convention I want to sit in on. (And this is the problem with ( Read more... )

Finding Experts[MeredithHolmes] 8:29 pm: You're so right in never knowing where your ( Read more... )

05/12/10, Wednesday* Finished Critters critique and began MinnSpec one ( Read more... )

Research resources ( Read more... )

This was another really good panel. There were lots of questions raised that could lead to good stories, and once the transcript is posted I'll put it here (my browser kicked me out partway through, so I lost the first half).

Resources[kalcobalt] 3:45 pm: ah! Thanks, Deena.     I should put in a brief plug: my ( Read more... )