Columns by Topic
All About Writing
Columns about writing fan fiction and writing in general. Also includes columns on beta-reading. |
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Fandom-Specific Columns: Anime/Manga, Batman, Buffy/Angel, Harry Potter, Hercules, Lord of the Rings, Smallville, The Sentinel, SG-1, SW/TPM, Other
Columns about a particular fandom or issues particular to that fandom. |
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Medium and Message
Columns about the media in which fan fiction appears, including print and internet issues. |
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12/28/06 |
Porn as Pot Noodle - Darkslash, Its Readers and Writers by Sarah |
11/07/05 |
Crewing My Pirate Ship of Love: An OTC Approach to the Question of Relationships by Rana Eros |
01/26/05 |
A Christian Perspective on Slash Fiction by Marnie |
11/14/04 |
Why do I Like Slash? Plain Answers from a Het Woman by Dark Twin |
08/23/04 |
Stealth Slash by Nightspore |
08/04/04 |
Slash Fanfiction: A Personal Essay by Celandine Brandybuck |
07/21/04 |
Writing Stargate Slash is Hard by James |
03/02/04 |
Does Gender matter? Women, Tolkien, and the Online Fanfiction Community by Thevina |
02/03/04 |
Why Subtext is Better than Text by Janis Cortese |
11/19/03 |
What is Slash? by The Brat Queen |
09/02/03 |
An Open Letter to Anti-Slash People by The Brat Queen |
09/02/03 |
The Cost of the Erection: Slash and Gayness by Executrix |
09/02/03 |
The Erotic vs the Realistic: Sex in Slash Fiction by Morgan )O( |
07/20/03 |
Friendship and Slash by Kenovay |
01/25/03 |
Some Thoughts on Femslash by Kadorienne |
11/11/02 |
In Defense of NC-17 Slash by Manna |
10/01/02 |
In Defense of PG-13 Slash by Kadorienne |
08/08/02 |
Goes to Motive by Betty Plotnick |
06/04/02 |
What Makes a Show Eminently Slashable by Joseph |
02/27/02 |
Love, Pure as the Driven Snow by Kass |
01/15/01 |
Gen and Slash or Why I see one and write the other by Morgan |
01/23/00 |
In Defense of PWPs by Thamiris |
12/20/99 |
What is a PWP? by Shomeret |
11/30/99 |
Why I Don’t “Buy” Slash by L. Goldman |
11/21/99 |
Subtext Anxiety by Shomeret |
11/02/99 |
Why I Write Slash by Kass |
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02/04/03 |
The AUness of it All by James Walkswithwind |
08/02/01 |
How to Construct Alternate Universes That Work as Fanfic by Rat Creature |
07/09/00 |
Alternative Ain't Necessarily Good by Lena W |
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09/09/02 |
Crossovers by Kadorienne |
01/23/01 |
The Ten Commandments of Crossovers by Lucy Gillam |
11/25/99 |
Same Actor Crossovers (response to Lucy Gillam) by Shomeret |
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10/30/05 |
Real People Fiction by Kristina |
09/16/03 |
Fact, Fiction, and the Writer's Responsibility to the Truth by nopseud |
06/21/03 |
RPS, Boybands, and Dead Guy RPS by Michelle Christian |
03/04/03 |
I Don't Believe in Real People by Justine |
02/04/03 |
Because We Love Our Gods: Mythoi, Logoi, and Real People Slash by joudama |
10/01/02 |
All About the Pairings, or From the Outside In by Sandy Keane |
09/04/01 |
RPS Reality Check by Dara Sloan |
08/27/01 |
Duty of Every Writer by Theoria |
08/12/01 |
RPS: Writing Under the Influence by Kit Mason |
08/13/99 |
Slashers of Silicon Valley by Dara Sloan |
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03/30/00 |
Cry, the Beloved Smarm by Renae |
09/26/99 |
The Death of Smarm by Lucy Gillam |
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07/05/00 |
Hurt/Comfort: A Confession and a Celebration by Renae |
02/18/00 |
The Overuse of H/C by delle |
01/23/00 |
On the Borderline by Shomeret |
01/07/00 |
When Bad Things Happen to Good Characters by Lucy Gillam |
12/14/99 |
Why does Obi-Wan get all the pain in TPM h/c fic? by Alias Sio |
11/01/99 |
We Always Hurt the Ones We Love by Lucy Gillam |
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11/11/02 |
Why On Earth Rape Fics Exist by Emmuzka |
10/01/02 |
The Curly-Toed Boots of Justice by McSwain! |
01/30/02 |
The Appeal of Death Stories by Anonymous |
04/01/00 |
Man/Beast: the Transformative Experience by Ki |
02/18/00 |
Too Many Vampires by Debra Fran Baker |
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11/07/05 |
The Shinji Fan's Manifesto by Atagamay |
10/30/05 |
Expanding My Horizons in an Easternly Direction by Rana Eros |
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Why is There So Much/Why isn't There More by Various Contributors |
04/24/02 |
Everything Including the Girl: On Bisexuality and Batman by Justine |
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The AUness of it All by James Walkswithwind |
11/11/02 |
Spike: He Don't Impress Me Much by Elynross |
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07/28/04 |
The Americanisation of British Fandoms by Alison |
01/30/02 |
Age of Consent? Ptui. What About the Real Problems? by Lexin |
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04/16/05 |
The Apology!Fic Rant by Martha W |
01/15/01 |
The Quill is Slashier...The Ten Commandments of Hercules:TLJ slash by Morgan |
1/30/99 |
Why Joxer and Ares? by Carolyn M. Wallace |
11/28/99 |
Response to: Joxer?!?!? And Other Things I Don't Get by Sascha |
11/28/99 |
Ares/Joxer? Sure! by Taleya |
11/24/99 |
Joxer?!?! And Other Things I Don't Get by Lucy Gillam |
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03/02/04 |
Does Gender matter? Women, Tolkien, and the Online Fanfiction Community by Thevina |
02/27/02 |
Love, Pure as the Driven Snow by Kass |
02/20/02 |
Reading, Writing, and Sacred Cows by Lucy Gillam |
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07/20/03 |
In Defense of Lionel Luthor by Kelex Yarou-Noona |
07/20/03 |
Machiavelli and the Luthors by Kelex Yarou-Noona |
02/21/02 |
Save Me: The Redemption of Lex Luthor by Justine |
02/20/02 |
Reading, Writing, and Sacred Cows by Lucy Gillam |
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03/04/03 |
Blair Sandburg - Not a Wimp! by Elaine |
11/24/00 |
A Sentinel is Not a TV Set by Rat Creature |
11/16/99 |
Why is There So Much... by Lucy Gillam |
10/04/99 |
Come Back to My Show! by Justine Warning: Adult Material including. By selecting this link, you verify that you are of the legal age in your region. |
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07/21/04 |
Writing Stargate Slash is Hard by James |
10/01/02 |
What Is Jonas's Favorite Color Anyway by A.V. Meren |
11/11/99 |
Why isn't There More... by Lucy Gillam |
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Star Wars/The Phantom Menace |
09/09/02 |
TPM is So Not... by elance |
08/15/02 |
Why isn't there More Attack of the Clones Fiction? by Lucy Gillam |
12/14/99 |
Why does Obi-Wan get all the pain in TPM h/c fic? by Alias Sio |
11/16/99 |
Why is There So Much... by Lucy Gillam |
10/21/99 |
The Life, Death, and Life of Qui-Gon Jinn, or Why the Dead Should Stay Dead by Lucy Gillam |
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04/16/05 |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in (Game) Fanfiction by MP (Games) |
07/21/04 |
Whitewashing Krycek by Ali (X-Files) |
09/09/02 |
Why is There So Much/Why isn't There More by Various Contributors (Queen of Swords, SeaQuest) |
01/23/00 |
Why I Hate ER Fic by Sebastian (ER) |
11/10/99 |
Is Methos a Woman by Shomeret (Highlander) |
06/11/99 |
Bodie's Bodies by Miriam (Pros) |
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