Made in America, British parts, German engineering. Art historian. Aspiring novelist. Germanophile. Discworld junkie. Likes old stuff, cats, beer. Married, two children (one human, one dog). Moving to London, UK in September 2013. Novel stuff is tagged as "An Unfamiliar Winter".
- me: wow i have so much work to do
- me: --goes on tumblr--
- me: --watches a movie--
- me: --writes a novel--
- me: --teaches myself sitar--
- me: --climbs a mountain--
- me: why am i not getting anything done
Women read comics. Anyone at all engaged in social media knows this. Women read comics and are a driving force behind fandom. I think I could call them the driving force behind fandom and put up a convincing argument. Just think about it: what fandoms have driven America crazy in the last decade? Could anyone dissuade me from saying that they were Harry Potter, Twilight and the Hunger Games? “Avatar” may have put butts in theater seats, but you don’t hear about it… ever. No one is immersed in the world of “Avatar” except James Cameron and people who enjoy wearing Na’vi Zentai suits. “The Avengers” was pretty darn huge and, if Tumblr is any indication, a whopping portion of the people driving that fandom online do not possess a Y chromosome. Women engage in fandom to levels that men do not. When women get behind something, their sheer numbers and passion force it into the mainstream. That’s why you can name the actor who plays that werewolf kid in “Twilight” and probably sing at least the chorus to one Justin Bieber song. What do tween boys like? I have no clue. Sports? Probably sports.
— Brett White, Comic Book Resources (via wandrinparakeet)
(via auntiehornblower)
(via kathrynlouiseh)
The first sexy scene in the novel I’m working on may be based almost entirely on this. Guilty as charged, sir.
Dear fellow fan fiction writers:
If you tag your fic with M or NC-17 without any other indication as to why it has that rating (like violence, gore etc.), I’m going to expect smut, ok? Juicy, mouth drying, how-did-my-eyes-get-this-close-to-my-screen, dirty smut. Smut, as in dirty, dirty written porn.
Why on Earth would you tag your fic with M, if there’s absolutely nothing to warrant that rating? That’s like promising me an actual pony, and then giving me a stuffed animal instead.
