Just posting a bit-of-an-essay response to a slightly aggressive FB conversation in which a friend argued that he hated how everyone who opposes marriage equality is labelled a homophobe, and it's become a witch hunt ( Read more... )

The following is a response to Jeff Bercovici's article "Amazon Unlocks the Value of Fan Fiction with 'Kindle Worlds'", at Forbes.com
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2013/05/22/amazon-unlocks-the-value-of-fan-fiction-with-kindle-worlds/It’s interesting to consider whether slash relationships that do not contain any sex scenes will not be ( Read more... )

Oh my god, guys ( Read more... )

Ok, it's totally not excessive.  There is no upper limit to the amount of ranting about this book that is appropriate.

There are manifold problems with this book.  To say that that is an understatement is an understatement.  I have ranted to friends, to family, to bookshop colleagues, to Amazon customer reviews, and to Random House Australia.   ( Read more... )

Some form of Harry Potter slash fic, because I don't read anything else, really.

All I can remember was that there was a lot of mind theory and mind-fuckery, and occlumency and legilimency, and at one point Harry had constructed "his mind" like a sprawling forest.  I think there were issues that his mind kept growing because it didn't have definite ( Read more... )

More specifically, anyone who has or is currently reading 50 Shades of Grey. I'm currently reading this book and would LOVE to hear other people's opinions of it. If you loved it, if you hated it, if you have strong criticisms of the reality it portrays (me!), or not -- I want to know. I am also interested in finding out if people's opinions differ ( Read more... )

Hello flist,
My 21st birthday is coming up in a few months, and I've decided to have a medium-sized party at home, but I have no idea about a theme.  Every website that lists party theme ideas either doesn't address 21st birthdays, or focuses on the fact that in America, 21 = alcohol and casinos.  Which doesn't help me much because I live in ( Read more... )

So, initially Wikipedia was saying the clue would be up between 12 noon and 4pm BST, which is 8:30pm - 12:30am where I am. Nearly three hours into the refresh-a-thon, someone else told me that they'd changed the time to between 2pm and 6pm BST, so I was despairing I'd have to wait hours longer. Then, lo-and-behold, only half an hour later at about ( Read more... )

Hokkai, so there is this really good fic... Only I can't remember for the life of me what it was called or the author. Here is what I remember ( Read more... )

Ok, so this might sound a bit of an odd request, but I'm really stuck atm. After reading Rolf and Ranger's Falls Chance Ranch series, which features a 5 man polyamorous relationship, and domestic discipline, I really want to read more along the same vein. However, I've stumbled into a fairly niche subject (domestic discipline rather than D/s or ( Read more... )