Save Often and Loudly

Every writer’s worst nightmare is a dead computer. Okay, maybe not every writer. Every writer who writes on a computer. Every writer who isn’t quite as diligent about backing up their work as they should be. Every writer who has a slowly-declining laptop and knows the...

Fandom, pt. 2: Fanfic vs. Original Fic

Last week I talked a bit (okay, a lot) about the synergy between my life as a writer of original works and my life in fandom. There’s more overlap and interplay between the two than you might think, and they’re both essential to my life and creative health. There are...

A Place for Fandom, pt. 1

Full disclosure: I have been a gigantic nerd for my entire life. My family introduced me to Star Wars at a very young age, and I immediately fell into reading all the extended universe novels, buying the toys, playing X-Wings on my bike, and otherwise revelling in my...