1) This birdy knows it's pretty and wants to show off for you, and this dog welcomes entertainment.

2) Curious what others think of this debate about present vs past tense writing? It seemed odd to me that fanfiction was cited as an influence since I see very little of it. There was a Reddit thread debating it in fanfic but what jumped out at me ( Read more... )

1) I usually write and post meta here on DW first before moving it over to AO3, but while reviewing an old meta I realized it could use an update, and went ahead and drafted a new post there. It's titled What's in a Word? about variations in what is called fanfic.

2) Speaking of meta, adding to the signal boost of this very relevant post: "that ( Read more... )

1) Hummingbird feeds her babies while humans make use of a cat nanny.

2) We finished off three seasons in one night. I finally saw the end of Ted Lasso, which was nice enough but to me the real peak of the season was in the previous episode. It seemed well designed in case it was a one season show, so I am kind of curious where S2 will go. It ( Read more... )

1) You can take your horse for a stroll if you get a speed boost, but a duck has a turbo waddle. At the other end of the spectrum you have Hobbiton for cats. Also I am amused by these two cats baffled by fish images . Lastly, you only wish you could dance this well.

2) I decided to resubscribe to Disney+ now instead of May because Mike's viewing ( Read more... )

1) Animals like spa days too: horses and cats and dogs and hedgehogs. Also, a cat discovers a glass table is…not quite as it remembered.

Also, utterly loved this Halloween display.

2) I tried out Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Mycroft and Sherlock mysteries. I was not taken with the first novel. Not that ACD did not himself write improbable and less than ( Read more... )

1) The final prompt for the
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1) I don't know how anyone played video games before YouTube or Twitch were available because, even following a written guide, I'll find I can't make something happen that it's telling me should be happening. It's always such a relief to be able to see someone else's gameplay or explanation of how something should be done ( Read more... )

1) Chances are that most people reading this will have been around during this time and thus would be less surprised by fairestcat's post about the OTW and WisCon. But it's still a bit eye opening to think about how much has happened in 10 years.

2) An article about multiauthored works raised some points about writing that one rarely sees. (Use ( Read more... )

1) I was reminded of my recent Author's Notes poll when I saw this: On Epigraphs and Epilogues. The fact that so many people also cited the pro forma baby epilogues reminded me of yet another conversation on that as well.

2) Came across two articles of interest about music fandom recently - the growth of Bohemian Rhapsody fandom and an Interview ( Read more... )

1) I saw that Smart Bitches was asking readers what social media platforms they use. Reading the responses reminded me that I so rarely see people talk about how Dreamwidth being an RSS feed reader is an enormous benefit! I read content here from standalone blogs, news services, LJ, Tumblr, AO3, and so on, all in one place. It made me curious -- ( Read more... )