I start with a disclaimer. I'm vanilla. So, so, deeply vanilla. I'm uncomfortable with even the mildest of D/s, BDSM, underage or 'cest, never mind anything stronger. But, I'm interested in other views because mine is a grand total of, er, one.

What works for you? Why does it work for you? Do you think the worse of those who aren't comfortable ( Read more... )

suki_blue has posted on the subject of Changing Fandom Tastes and the results have been quite fascinating.

My view is that I roam far and wide, but always come back home to the first, the Buffyverse. A surprising number of people appear to have a home fandom to which they return and which provides a base. That'd be me. *g* Others wander and don't feel ( Read more... )

snowpuppies has come up with a new comm, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Fanfiction. Go, support, fb and write would be good. *g*

On the thinky side, I think - there I go again - writing fanfic is actually harder than writing original. With original, the author sets the characters and scenes, but in fanfic, the onus is to keep the characters real. ( Read more... )

Hey, guys! Hope your week has started as brilliantly as could be.

You all know my groove thang is betaing, right? I'm not big on pimping myself, but I'm quite proud of a meta I wrote for shared_wisdom, at the request of jans_intentions. It's a very good comm which, as the title indicates, aims to help writers do their best work.