Happy Adventure Comics Vol. 2 Day! As we all know, KON-EL IS BACK, in Adventure Comics #1, the revival of the old title which first brought us Superman. This is probably not a coincidence. Geoff Johns is FINALLY writing one of the his favourite characters. I'm also pretty sure I want to be Francis Manapul when I grow up. Sidenote: One of the recs to The Mutant Problem referred to me as "the...

Books Thanks to jonquil , forodwaith , copracat , brown_betty , badgerbag , and wintercreek , all the books by people of color that commenters recommended to me a few months ago are now conveniently formatted at LibraryThing and GoodReads . Music The amazing Janelle Monae is a bit hiphop and a bit R&B and a bit disco, a bit David Bowie and a...

A few things: first of all, thank you so much to the people that contributed to the Top Ten lists this year. They continue to be a great success, and I love them every year. Second, I'll be adding specific warnings on my recs to guide anyone who needs that kind of thing. Generally speaking, I don't read most darkfic or rape fic, but I do read stories where there is a mention of those issues, mostly...

Title: Wanted to Hold Fandom: Star Trek XI Rating: NC-17 Pairing: Chekov/Sulu Summary: Hikaru makes a request and Pavel learns something important. Content Advisory: Vague spoilers for the movie; slash, fluff. Based on this prompt: " Chekhov/Sulu. Inexperienced!top!Pavel and reassuring!bottom!Hikaru plz. " All Thanks To: princessofg for advice on diction, lomedet for alpha reading...

snake_easing suggested a new kind of post to me--an annotated "rec manifesto" for a particular pairing or character, in which one collects one's personal favorite stories to share, explaining what they illuminate about the pairing/character. snake_easing has kindly agreed to supply an example in the case of Dick/Tim, and I think her model is stellar. When I do signups in late August...

Once upon a time I got into a screaming argument with a crazy lady at a bus stop, who was screaming over her shoulder about some "fucking faggot". I took umbrage at this and proceeded to tell her about her inappropriate word choice (the words "homophobic bitch" may have been involved). She didn't take kindly to this; I didn't take kindly to that. Fortunately someone's bus came before the incident escalated...

I can't get the formatting right, so no cut. Gear Ready as For Battle by brown_betty This is just funny. Dick trying to sexy talk Tim, when what they're wearing just... isn't sexy. Developer by geeksicle_kezzy Wrong. Just wrong. So this is fucking awesome. A cool Tim character piece. The One Where Kon Randomly Gains The Ability To Switch Other People's Genders by...

So this one is for Writing and Writer Resources. I will add more to it as time allows; right now a big fic project is consuming most of my attention. In spirit of that, let's talk about writing fanfiction! ETA: My Muse is a real person (best friend, wardrobe consultant, purveyor of inspiration). Just wanted to assure you guys that I don't have multiple personalities or anything. These basic tips...

Okay, so here's the second post, as promised. For those who participated in the first post , THANK YOU. Your input was invaluable. First, I have to say the community screwed up ROYALLY in it's response to afro_dyte . She went through a helluva of a lot of crap in that post she made. And folks filled up the Bingo Card below and BEYOND. And the way it was(n't) handled WAS WRONG. So,...

I have cleared out all of my Firefox tabs except for about a dozen that fall into the to-read category! Fic recs coming as soon as I pull everything from delicious and lgbt_fest that I meant to come back to later. Here, have some random: In which many people write Nine things About Oracles , as inspired by a pendant . I Has a Sweet Potato , the saga of a dog and some sweet potatoes...