Tag: fiction
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What I learned from reading and writing fanfiction

Once upon a time, I avidly read fanfiction. To those unfamiliar with fanfiction, scholar Bronwen Thomas best describes it as “stories produced by fans based on plot lines and characters from either a single source text or else a “canon” of works; these fan-created narratives often take the pre-existing storyworld in a new, sometimes bizarre, direction.”…
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On receiving my first short story critique

I finally tied down my ego with double braided nylon rope (it’s still screaming, “Love me! Love me!”) and got one of my short stories edited.
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My Reading Resolution (Thanks, Random House!)

25 (or so) books that I will definitely read this year.
