Speaking of books and reading, I also recommend this post by Rainbow Rowell about reading addiction. I certainly identify with it, but I've never seen anyone else talk about the upsides/downsides of being a reading fanatic in quite that way ( Read more... )

This editor-guy from U of Chicago press came to my dissertation prospectus writing practicum (say that 5 times fast!) today. He was talking to us about how to envision transforming our dissertations into books, the generic differences between the two, etc.

And, one of the things he said was that we needed to find a way to think of ourselves as ( Read more... )

I would like to write a book like [this one]. Or, [this one]. Maybe even [this one].

I want to write a smart book that is also beautiful. And brave.

I am in the library, forthwith to be researching a bibliography of Feminist Film Theory from the 1970s, but first I am compelled to babble some about the pain and joy of writing, and vaguely poke at that "porn vs. erotica" thing...sort of.

Randomly: At breakfast this morning (or perhaps in the car), I observed to eyesofmyeyes that all of my friends who have ( Read more... )

Okay, so I'm going to natter a bit here and then (hopefully) there may be radio silence from me for a bit while I work myself silly over the next week. Which means NO MORE random Sadie stories for awhile. Priorities = getting this Big Project out of the way, then my lynnevitational fic, then poisontaster's Daddy!Sam fic. And of course my MA exams next month.I kind of ( Read more... )

Happy 2007, El Jay! This morning/afternoon I seem to be incapable of getting out of my nighty, even though I am supposed to be eventually motivating to go over to my friend E's place to watch Angel DVDs. This is kind of ridiculous because she only lives a few blocks from me.

I have been drinking tea and watching Joan of Arcadia and also going ( Read more... )

So I am adjusting the two versions of the "year in fic" meme that I've seen going around because a) This forces me to organize my tags in a way that is at all useful. b) I am only one paper-edit away from being done with the quarter but I took a final this morning and that makes me feel more "done" than I in fact am. c) I was curious (read: self- ( Read more... )

As many of you probably already know, Henry Jenkins, author of the book Textual Poachers, made a Blog Post a few days ago about the phenomenon of fanvids being posted on You Tube without the vidder's permission and spread throughout the rest of the "Mundane" internet world. The specific vid that he discusses is a Kirk/Spock vid set to NIN's " ( Read more... )

I'm in a really good mood. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get the classes I want and not a single one of them starts before noon and I only have to go to school Mon-Weds. (Which means, greenapricot, that we can go to winchestercon early, btw. We'll talk soon ( Read more... )

*bites knuckles ( Read more... )