The results of my recent poll about partly-written stories surprised me - I wouldn't have expected such a high percentage of you to be interested in unfinished stories! I have the impression readers are generally far more amenable to permanently abandoned stories than to works in progress ( Read more... )

There are stories on my harddrive that I will never finish. Many of them are just fragments; some are too embarrassing to ever be allowed to see the light of day. The latter category includes my first foray into slash, which took place in Star Trek: Voyager fandom (I went the extra mile to include every tired ST:V slash cliché I could buy, steal or ( Read more... )

An attack of inexplicable fannish nostalgia has me in its grip.

( X-Files was my first real slash fandom, Mulder/Krycek my first OTP. )

I frequently stumble across odd little tropes and themes that throw me out of a story. I don't mean big anti-buttons or turn-offs here - these things will not make me dislike a story as a whole, or permanently harm my suspension of disbelief (unless they occur in larger number, that is). They're just small details that ring false to me, but ( Read more... )

I've noticed this before: My characters seem to spend a lot of time in bathrooms, much of it traumatized.*

Wonder what other odd tropes are hanging out in my stories. Hmm...

* J&R should thank their lucky stars that they're not in an X-Files story. Trust me, boys. This is nothing.

It's the last day to bid on the offers of the helpbrazil2011 auction! My gummi bears/licorice and handmade soap threads are here. :-)

It's also the last day of my daily posting pledge. I have to say it was a lot easier doing this than I anticipated. And it was a lot of fun - plus I do think my posting shyness has abated somewhat, as a result ( Read more... )

A while back, I won zvi's offer of arguing the fannish position of my choice on help_pakistan. I asked for a defense of the critical discussion of fanworks (including - but by no means limited to - reviews, as opposed to feedback). She wrote an essay that is eloquent, insightful and compellingly argued, and that comes with a number of comments that are also ( Read more... )

A good author - or even a mediocre one, if I am invested in the story and/or characters - can get me to forgive a character a great many things. But there are also things that are deal breakers for me; things that will render a fictional character irredeemably unlikable in my eyes.

( Some of my deal breakers... )

I've revved up my posting motor over the last days - this is because I've entered a pact with solo____, aiming to be more outgoing on the internetz. At least until the end of the month. :-)

( I have a weird double standard thing going on when it comes to LJ posts. )

Dear fanfic fans, I have a question. In your opinion, what is the best way of posting a very long piece of fanfiction (think novel, 150,000 words or more)? Please take a sec to let me know!

( This way to the poll. )