I've decided that, as I have time, I'd like to do a little spotlight on some of the new players this season. This is by no means a "best of the best" thing, and it doesn't reflect my voting choices necessarily, but I feel like sometimes it's nice to get a little tip of the hat apart from the comments people leave on entries ( Read more... )

All writing can be categorized into two groups: Writing for oneself, and writing for others.

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I love to talk about writing ( Read more... )

Notice: I have a lot of regular life stuff I want to post about but this was a surreal week and I just haven't been able to get my thoughts together. Also, my computer cable broke after I uploaded some of the Thanksgiving prep how-tos I meant to post, so they didn't happen. I'm on my netbook and eternally thankful that I am able to do things like ( Read more... )

I have a lot of friends participating in LJ Idol, as I did last year. Since I participated for a long time last year and got to know a lot of returning Idolers, and also have a lot of people on my friendslist who are either new to Idol or who were eliminated early, I thought it would be nice to say a few words about my friends whom you might not ( Read more... )

This post is inspired by LJ Idol, and might be taken as a bit of Idol Meta, but might also be appropriate to consider in other venues as well ( Read more... )

Don't pick anything apart too much.

emo_snal said to me the other night that it seems like the worse a writer is, the more oblivious they are to the inherent badness of their writing. This would mean that the better a writer you are, the more likely it is that you're convinced you suck, right ( Read more... )

Starting to write is a ritual unto itself. When do you start? Can you just bring up a document and start typing, or do you stare at the blank screen for a while, intimidated by all that whiteness, unsure of how to fill it up ( Read more... )

I had an idea this year, for something I wanted to do for LJ Idol, but that I felt would be inappropriate to do as an actual contestant, so I thought it would be better to do as part of the home game ( Read more... )

I am not participating in therealljidol this year. I need to take the time to focus on my own stuff and the deadlines were just too much later on! Some of you know that I am working on a Secret Project which really needs my time and dedication right now. Plus, I enjoy having a social life ( Read more... )