For those on my flist who may be interested...a new publisher called Belladonna publishing is seeking short story submissions in the dark fairytale genre for an ebook. Submission guidelines are here with more info about what they are looking for here.

The website looks to be interesting too, with a good short article on Red Riding Hood.

I also picked ( Read more... )

A meta, written with so much love in me for the end of the story of Amelia Pond. Looking at: the episode as the final stage of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey; Doctor Who as myth; River Song's role; the use of the X symbol, lightbulbs and eggs; mirroring, looking glasses and metaphors; juxtaposition of opposites; parallels with other stories.

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Some long meta on The Power Of Three, looking at Amy and Rory's choice as a manifestation of the Monomyth/Hero's Journey; Eggs, Christmas and Bulbs (again); what lies on the other side of the Looking Glass; the power of numbers; other recurring motifs and symbolism.

( Over on the other side... )

Some meta on A Town Called Mercy. Looking at: some of the recurring motifs so far this series and exploring how they might link; the idea of the Monster within and Kahler-Jex as a dark mirror of the Doctor; where the Doctor is right now in his life, and what's wrong with that; eye symbolism, and other odds and ends.

( Through the looking glass )

Trickster God
I thought it was interesting that we hear the Doctor characterised by Madge as an angel who has fallen to earth. He was mirrored so much to the monsters in series 6 that i'm curious to see what his role will be now he has destroyed his own myth by dying.

In this episode though, he is very much the Trickster God, or the angel who has ( Read more... )

A couple of days ago i posted some meta on the Pandorica Opens, looking a lot at mythological themes contained within the ep, so this is the shorter follow up looking at how those themes are concluded in the Big Bang.

( Death, Life, Time )

I've just completed a re-watch of Series 5 as a part of a viewing marathon on the Gallifreybase forum looking at myth, imagery and symbolism in Moffat's Who.  Thanks to janie_aire for coordinating this marathon and sharing ideas over on that forum,  and also to the others who post there.

I thought i'd post some meta on The Pandorica Opens going roughly ( Read more... )

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I'm currently doing a rewatch of series 5 as part of a viewing marathon, and I've recently watched The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone. I'd forgotten how much fun and how scary these eps are, but it's also nice to look back at how thematically, visually and mythologically rich they are. This started out as a short meta but then grew to epic ( Read more... )

( As part of a Moffat Marathon on another forum, I’ve been rewatching Silence in the Library again. It’s been interesting to watch after the completion of River’s story - and painful too. )