Bloody Hell, they'll publish any old sh*t these days...

http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=New-Book-Craze-Hic-Lit

Pass the abs, Stan. I'm feeling motivated by cash inspired...

Chapter One: I'm not stoned, but THEY are ( Read more... )

...and leave it for others to take it elsewhere and mull over, should they wish.

Cory Doctorow's theoretical justification for fan fiction:

So it's only natural that readers will haul off and write a story -- or even a whole novel -- about the characters whose adventures they enjoy. Those "people" have taken up residence in the minds of the ( Read more... )

However first up, my good wishes to perpetua54 - travel safely, and have a holiday break filled with adventures! (And I trust that you won't get caught up in any of this malarkey: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7155147.stm)

Also, a hearty hello to phable. Welcome to the "late- ( Read more... )

...about the founder's "motivational book" on the subject, it all began to make grim, terrible sense ( Read more... )

Shouldn't he be dancing on the ceiling instead, or something?

*Spectacles on.*

Oh.

Lori Ritchie.

Sorry.

http://www.writersdigest.com/articles/fill_page_one.asp (Via notebookism.)

Nigel Kneale - creator of Professor Bernard Quatermass - died last Sunday, at the ripe old age of 84 ( Read more... )