I have been making a lot of entries about fandom lately, and here's yet another... I have been thinking about wandering back into Bleach fandom, albeit for different characters. I'm bored of the Hitsugaya demi-fandom YES I JUST MADE UP A WORD. SHUT UP., if only because there's such a short list of worthwhile writers and participants. I'm friends ( Read more... )

The human being is a storytelling animal, or, actually, the storytelling animal, the only creature on Earth that tells itself stories in order to understand what sort of creature it is. Some of these stories are immense, the so-called "grand narratives" of nation, race, and faith, and others are small: family stories, and stories of elective ( Read more... )

The books I want, in no particular order. Suggest more!

Crush by Richard Siken - Glorious poetry. Look up either "Scheherezade," or "A primer for the small weird loves," which you will feel in your stomach.

Something by Salman Rushdie: I'm thinking East, West which is his collection of short stories. We read one of these in class.

The Kite ( Read more... )

This afternoon, Chad and I accompanied Sara Tomedi to Barnes and Noble for Starbucks and journals. Chad and I had promised one another that we'd buy ourselves new journals with our first theatre paychecks. As it is, I never bothered turning in the paperwork for theatre so I never actually got paid (as if I went enough to earn more than about ten ( Read more... )

Why Chick Lit Is Hurting America is an interesting article. The title is rather self explanatory. I found the link courtesty of a community I just joined called booksalon, and the article is posted in a well known literary blog called Bookslut ( Read more... )