NOTE: In the interests of protecting the privacy of the individuals and institutions involved, I’ve changed the names and a couple of personally identifying details in the following account. The story, however, unfolded exactly as described. # # # A...
I sent off some correspondence tonight to a friend who’d asked for a general introduction to the world of fanfiction — and realized, in the process, that my own essay on the subject elsewhere on this site was seriously out...
Counter-intuitive thought for the day: reading a bad book can be good for you. Yes, really. Let me explain: From a craft standpoint, sometimes one way to figure out how good prose works can be to look at clunky prose....