Ratings

A while back, I posted about ratings. I think I mentioned that I practically never use them for my Swedish stories/fics. We don’t require them (yet anyway), and I really don’t think they’re necessary. In fact, I was amazed when I found out about ratings/warnings, but since I want to be read, naturally I complied.

Why your blog should be your book’s first draft

In this article, the author suggests that for an unpublished writer, a blog is a good place to post the first draft of a book. The author lists seven reasons why this is a good idea. It was an interesting read and it gave me food for thought, but I’m not sure I agree. Still,

New microcommunity!

I just started a new microcommunity! If you don’t know what that is, no wonder. Apparently, it’s something completely new. You’ve heard about Twitter? This is something similar. You just type in a short status update message to let your friends know what you’re up to. This particular community is about writing, naturally. About fan

The writer’s course

Last night was the first time in our writing course. It was ok, quite fun, though not like the last one. I had worried a lot about the first exercise, but I shouldn’t have. (We were supposed to bring a printout from a book that had influenced us in some way. I’ve been reading since

Writing is the supreme solace. William Somerset Maugham

Why it’s pointless telling anyone writing isn’t worth it

Exactly Why it’s pointless telling anyone writing isn’t worth it

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. Ray Bradbury

Dreams as inspiration

This is nothing new, I know, but I think it’s quite interesting that dreams can be inspiration for fiction. In my case, it’s happened a couple of times already. Once, it was a horrible nightmare (which might not sound quite as horrible if I recounted it), that turned into a short horror story (which is

Writing course

Last night I went to the last meeting of our writing course. It was a lot of fun, but I feel kind of sad too, that it’s the last time. We had such a great time together. Up until the afternoon of that day, I wasn’t even sure I was going to go, because I

Wrote a fanfic

At last. I’m writing again! Well, sort of. I’m blogging and I just wrote a fanfic, but hey, it’s something.My brain was withering so I’m really happy I finally managed to get it working again. And fan fiction is so much fun. 🙂