No, this is not a Tokyopop-bashing entry. On the contrary, actually. A few days ago, I've been put into a situation that reminded me quite a bit of what they must have faced when trying to localize the Slayers novels.

( Read on to find out how I gave in to the insidious temptation! )

The fifth chapter of my fic is almost ready (currently in beta), and I am facing an issue which I'm sure all people noticed who post stories on fanfiction.net: for reasons I cannot truly understand, the site recently started swallowing all double/triple punctuation marks except for the ellipsis. What this means is that things like "?!", "!?" or ( Read more... )

Copied from dqbunny , who in turn got it from haro:

I think it would be fun to talk about stories, but the usual memes are like, "What happens next?" "Tell me about Character A?" Which isn't so much talking about stories as it is writing more of a story. But you know how sometimes you read something and you're like, "I got ___ out of this story, I wonder ( Read more... )

Stolen from dqbunny. :) I find the result interesting, although for such a seemingly in-depth analysis there actually were very few possible outcomes. (Test available here: www.okcupid.com/tests/the-fan-fiction-personality-test )

Your result for The Fan Fiction Personality Test ...

The Mindgamer

Everything is possible, nothing is ever really ( Read more... )

Despite my efforts to do the opposite, this might become somewhat rant-ish. You have been warned.

( Cut - if you don't like sad stories, Dragonball or, well, me )

Well, it has been a while since I posted something here, but I was kinda busy in the past month... that isn't the real reason of course, but it sure sounds nice enough. ;P

Why was I busy, you ask? I just finished chapter 1 of my latest, greatest fanfiction project! :D Not that I had too many, especially in English to begin with... Let's elaborate on ( Read more... )