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Kindle Worlds: Not bigger on the inside 22 May 2013 | 08:38 pm
Today Amazon announced Kindle Worlds for Authors, which is a self-publishing tool to allow authors of fanfiction to monetize their work as long as it adheres to certain guidelines, including no porn, ...
Vikings: Death, faith, and politics… also, threesomes 21 May 2013 | 06:21 am
Last night, Patty and I, as a chaser to Game of Thrones, finished History’s first dramatic series, the 9-episode Vikings. By turns exceptional, terrible, and delightfully baffling, it was worth our t...
David Bowie is: Infestation 19 May 2013 | 09:18 pm
A month before my fifteenth birthday, I saw David Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour with my mother at Madison Square Garden. She came with me because I wasn’t allowed to go to concerns alone then, and becaus...
Girls Write Now: Fanfiction workshop follow-up 19 May 2013 | 01:06 am
While it was a week ago, I did want to follow up on my talks at Girls Write Now last week, because it was a ton of fun, and I did promise the program participants and their mentors I’d update with som...
The Great Gatsby: Horror, property, and nostalgia 12 May 2013 | 08:47 pm
When I was a baby my family rented and lived in a guest cottage on an estate in East Hampton until one day, the neighbors poisoned our dog. I don’t remember this, but it’s one of several stories I’ve...
Girls Write Now: Wildcard Workshop 7 May 2013 | 08:03 am
This Saturday, I am getting up much, much earlier than I normally do on Saturdays to talk about fanfiction and how it can contribute to a writer’s creative process and professional life at a workshop ...
Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It 30 Apr 2013 | 01:19 am
I’m really happy to finally get to post about Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It, edited by Sigrid Ellis (Chicks Dig Comics) and Michael Damian Thomas (Ap...
Glee: Tune in to FY Glee Podcast, Episode 7 (“Costuming on Glee: Symbols and Motifs”) 26 Apr 2013 | 05:09 am
So it’s podcast time again this Sunday. This time I’ll be participating in a discussion on Glee‘s costuming and the way the show uses clothes to tell stories. Long-time readers know this is the topic...
Nick Cave: A laying on of hands 2 Apr 2013 | 04:42 am
(For the uninitiated, Nick Cave sings a lot of songs about murder, religion, and violence (often against women). His lyrics at times contain slurs, and his themes are often disturbing. In light of tha...
Glee: Tune in to FY Glee Podcast, Episode 4 (“All the Other Ghosts”) 12 Mar 2013 | 08:26 am
So it’s podcast time again this Sunday. This time I’ll be moderating a discussion on “All the Other Ghosts” that amazing fanfiction about Glee, superheros, identity, and fannish desire that I wrote ab...