Wikipedia entries to read in the dark
More Wikipedia entries to read in the dark

Plot bunnies galore. :)

I never mean for the radio silences to stretch on so long, but that seems to be the way of things now. I keep my head down, try not to think too much, and try to get through the day. It's warm and humid out, with the occasional thunderstorm blowing through. I made Cherry Limeade popsicles as an antidote to summer and they were pretty good but maybe ( Read more... )

Fandom is abuzz with the news about Amazon's Kindle Worlds, which lets you publish and earn royalties for certain fandoms. So far, the list of permitted fandoms is short: Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and The Vampire Diaries. This feels weird on so many levels, really. People already license media tie-ins of selected properties (like all the ( Read more... )

For people who savor the snark, get out the popcorn 'cause fantasy author Scott Lynch did a breath-taking job of tearing someone a new one when they complained about how one of his characters was a middle-aged black female pirate with kids. It was magnificent. Call it schadenfreude, but I really, really enjoy seeing someone deserving get their butt ( Read more... )

Advice to aspiring artists ( Read more... )

Via quietselkie, here's a very applicable comic about what it's like to be a person who creates things. Not only do I recognize my personal philosophy ("Fuck you I put on pants yesterday": a motto for life!) but I particularly liked the bit about ideas and where they come from ( Read more... )

Courtesy of scatteredlogic, a good breakdown of the many, many things that can go wrong with characterization...

25 Reasons I Hate Your Main Character, by Chuck Wendig ( Read more... )

grace_draven (the author of Master of Crows) has a guest post up on The Bookpushers blog: A God with Clay Feet - World Building and how Dungeons and Dragons taught me about keepin’ it real. It's an interesting discussion about keeping your world both fantastical and grounded in reality ( Read more... )

"The more you can lard on the consequence and connection, the tighter your fiction will feel. It’s a much better way to create structure than by nailing some shopworn hugger-mugger plot onto the side. A story can be arbitrary when you first make it up, as long as it pleases you; but when you turn it into fiction, the arbitrariness has to go away, ( Read more... )

Summer disappeared overnight. While I don't miss the 90+ degree days, I can't help but feel a sense of dismay that it's already getting fairly dark by 8:30pm. Firefly season is over, and it's been rainy and chilly for the past couple days. And dammit, I am just so tired. I wish I could sleep for days and wake up refreshed again ( Read more... )