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Does writing slash about white men make you racist and sexist?

April 17, 2010

Some speculation. Full disclosure: I am not deeply into any fandom. I have only written a few short humorous fanfiction pieces, and I only read what my fandom spies recommend for me. I write mostly original mature-audience stories, even though I strongly support fanfiction and think it’s awesome, so it’s possible I don’t truly understand [...]

Tagged as: M/M, mary sue, mysogyny, racist, semi-organized thoughts, slash, yaoi

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Struck by Orson Scott Card’s rancor about fanfiction…

March 11, 2010

I just found this during a completely unrelated search: http://www.hatrack.com/research/questions/q0121.shtml It is Orson Scott Card’s vehement opinion about fanfiction. I know nothing about OSC, other than that he’s written some excellent books, and I was just struck by his negative attitude toward fan fiction. First of all, I cannot see any group large enough even [...]

Tagged as: fan fiction, orson scott card, semi-organized thoughts

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Persistence, publishing, probability.

January 15, 2010

In my writer’s group, people were talking about submitting their stuff for publication. Many of the writers are either romance or science fiction, and their goal is to get published — at least a short story or novella in an anthology. Out of curiosity, I asked how many times one of the writers, P, had [...]

Tagged as: editing, publishing, rejection, sales, semi-organized thoughts, submission, writing

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