This more than likely won't matter to anyone but me, but I've FINALLY made progress on an original character I've created. I say character because at the moment she crosses into several story ideas I have so I haven't quite nailed her down to just one. Anyway...

...for years now I've wanted to create a Black female saint.

In the last decade or two ( Read more... )

Oh. My. God.

That was my first reaction to learning that Amazon, the big online behemoth that rules our national retail habit or at least casts a HUGE shadow over it, has struck a deal with one of the big media companies that will allow fan fiction to generate a profit.

Let me say this again: fan fiction will generate a profitDid you just feel ( Read more... )

It's my first BBC Sherlock fan fic, it's my first slash fic, and it's DEFINITELY not safe for FFnet. I'm currently waiting for my invite from Archive of My Own so I can post it in safety ( Read more... )

...as usual I start fulfilling one deadline while running from another. Details to remain undisclosed. However, I think the story idea is actually allowing me to pick my way back to chapter 4 of Confessions of a Cornwall Grad. I desperately needed another linkage and now I think I've got one in a minor character I created in For the Price of My ( Read more... )

...as bits and pieces of info from Pottermore come out. Cokeworth, eh? Unh huh... Well then. Guess I'll just have to get off my duff, now that I HAVE a duff to get off of, and see what's this all about then ( Read more... )

That's right SCAM Fic...

The always smart and insightful Kelly Chambliss has pointed out that many publishing/academic/literary folks don't seem to understand what fan fic is and confuse it with plagiarism - which it is NOT.

I couldn't understand how they could do that - until I heard this week's episode of NPR's On the Media which focuses on the ( Read more... )

...Really? Seriously?

There is a post  http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/68332629.html?mode=reply that includes a list of authors who comment on how they feel about fan fiction. It includes J.K. Rowling who, whatever her failings, is okay with it as long as it remains PG-rated ( oh bless your heart J.K. that ship has SOOOOO sailed ) and Anne Rice ( Read more... )

...or they might just gather some matches and strap me to the stake. It's kind of a judgement call!

The point is, after all the sturm und drang of naming my Hogwarts chaplain ( thanks again everyone who participated ), I do believe I've finally come up with the name of my wizard church.

I'm calling it The Apostolic Church of the Redeemed, Faithful, ( Read more... )

All right, all right ( Read more... )

...so we've got

Eltanin
Eucherius
Elfenstone / Elphinstone
Emile
Eridanus

With surname suggestions of LaPlante, Bourgeon, Aubergine (eggplant)? Duplantier (from the tree plantation)? Eppinette (thorn or prickle)?

Espaillat (to winnow; i.e., separate the wheat from the chaff)? Gadbois (wasted forest)? Gagnier (cultivator)? Grillon (cricket)? Haricot (bean ( Read more... )