So here we go...the giant list of writing and fandom meta. This list is not comprehensive. It's intended for people who are looking for meta on a specific topic (point of view, formatting fic, etc.). It's collected from many sources (given at the end), my own links, and some delicious and Google searches. I included things I thought were relevant to AI fandom and which were, in my opinion, correct...

 #28.   Skim, Mariko Tamaki (writing) and Jillian Tamaki (art) 2008, Groundwood Books Another book that I found through reviews on this comm.   (Thanks again to all of you: you keep leading me to wonderful books.) I enjoyed the book for many of the same reasons others did, especially those mentioned by  kyuuketsukirui ,  sanguinity  and  puritybrown .    As regards the art...

There was an earlier post about A friendship only existing if both people like each other by puritybrown  which was right on the money. As a corollary to that I have another observation: people often confuse the concept of friends with that of acquaintances. An acquaintance is someone you have met, are known to, have perhaps conversed with or been in company with multiple times. A friend...

trek_news brings you all the Star Trek-related LJ content every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. If you'd like to help, contact us at trek.watch@gmail.com - see the community profile for more information. DISCUSSION General Star Trek puritybrown opens discussion about the Prime Directive . marlamcgivers is looking for video responses to a few questions . The...

2. Ten Things I Hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah Randa Abdel-Fattah also wrote 'Does My Head Look Big In This?', which I know is very popular and has won various awards. So when I saw 10 Things I Hate About Me I had to buy. Jamilah is a Muslim teen who's proud of her Lebanese heritage and enjoys going to madrasa and playing the darabuka. However, at school she's known as Jamie, and dies her...

Both loneraven and puritybrown rec'd this recently. I ran to the library to get it after the latest post and enjoyed it greatly. To recap quickly, it's about a young Chinese woman whose parents send her to London for a year to study English. It's in first person, addressed to the British man she met and lived with during most of the year, and the narrative reflects Zhuang's developing...

So, in the post about the FAQ draft , puritybrown and rydra_wong suggested linking to some of the posts people have written about why they do 50books_poc, or what they've gotten out of doing it. carenejeans and I think it's a good suggestion. I've already asked a few people for permission to link their posts -- oyceter , vassilissa , and rachelmanija...

chopchica : WARNING - Yesterday, I went to megaupload to download a new Merlin vid. I've downloaded from megaupload a billion times and never had a problem but yesterday, I immediately ended up with the Virtumonde/Vundo trojan horse on my computer - (tags: alert virus fandom ) thingswithwings : a few words on warnings - But for now, here is a post about why I like warnings...

Teenaged rebellion, Let's start with an easy one, eh? Teenage rebellion in general is a trick thing - I'm not convinced it exists, in that I'm not certain teenagers actually have an intrinsic need to rebel per se. Babies, toddlers, children and teenagers do need to try things out to see how they suit them, and part of that is trying things which are not generally well-regarded by their family...

Yes, another meme. I'm working on a couple of real content posts. Maybe I'll even finish one of them. This is why I twitter - I don't get round to the real posts. BTW, I've changed my loudtwitter settings, so only selected posts will be shipped from today (fingers crossed). Anyway, the meme (via inannajones and puritybrown : Describe me in one word... just one single word. -...