I haven't been writing as much as I would like to in the last few months. Granted, there are perfectly good reasons for this. Between chemo robbing me of half of my weekends and more work than ever, I haven't had that much time to write. Plus, I've been posting on this LJ more, and those posts can take time, too. It's a miracle I managed to get one ( Read more... )

Yesterday, on Twitter, noelct proposed an idea for an Elseworlds story ("Elseworld" being a term of a story set in an alternate version of DC Comics' shared universe),

@ chaoticrambler @ eso_si_que @ queenanthai What if baby Clark had been found by the Waynes, whose son died in the alley instead of them.
- Noel Thingvall (@NoelCT) September 12, 2012

CC pointed ( Read more... )

So, a few days ago, I had an idea for a science fiction story that would parody the Star Trek franchise. My high concept was to do to Kirk what the new Battlestar Galactica did to Starbuck - make him female while preserving most of his character ( a change that put his personality traits in the whole new light ( which led to predicable whining from ( Read more... )

Every writer has an Unused Concept Vault - a place where they write down ideas that might someday develop into actual stories,. For now, either the inspiration isn't there or the author has no idea where to take it. Strugatsky Brothers were particularly notorious for carefully sneaking significant portions of the said concept vault into one of ( Read more... )