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Cats vs. Dogs
A few follow-up links to last week’s post about rape in fandom: RAINN: They offer an online hotline for rape survivors and significant others, and calling their free 800-656-HOPE (4673) number in the...
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When writing about rape in fandom two weeks ago, I included the following: “I’m not saying there’s never a time to talk about criminal prosecution of rape and why people might choose not to endure the...
View ArticleStrong Women Characters
A number of people have linked to the article Why Strong Female Characters are Bad for Women. I’ve read it several times, and while I agree with a lot of what’s said, that title makes me cranky....
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First Novel Survey Results
In February of 2010, I began collecting information from professionally published novelists. My goal was to learn how writers broke in and made that first big novel deal, and to use actual data to...
View ArticleRacist, Sexist, and Homophobic
I posted Monday about the “Writing the Other” panel at Millennicon. Today I wanted to address one of the comments. Jim Van Pelt (whose writing I love, by the way — check it out) described an academic...
View ArticleThe Great Rape Conspiracy
comrade_cat posted about an article by Heather MacDonald called The Campus Rape Myth, which takes on the “campus rape industry.” Warning: reading the article is likely to significantly raise your...
View ArticleMarion Zimmer Bradley vs. Fanfiction
Most writers, both commercial and fanfic, have heard some version of the Marion Zimmer Bradley “cautionary tale” regarding fanfiction. In one version, Bradley was a generous, nurturing author who...
View ArticleWriting About Rape, Part II
In April of last year, I did a post on writing about rape, and how we as authors often do it badly. Recently, I received an e-mail from one of my readers asking if I could do a follow-up on how to...
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Readership Breakdown
This is something I was mentally sketching at various points over the weekend. (Yes, I draw graphs in my head for fun. Is anyone surprised by this?) It’s a representation of things I keep reminding...
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OTW Blog & LEGO M.A.S.K.
Goblin Tales [Amazon | B&N | Lulu] picked up reviews at SciFiChick (“This must-read collection…”) and Romantic Times (“…a fabulous introduction to Hines’ writing, his world of goblins, and his...
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