I’m a huge Joss Whedon fan and have been ever since Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the series) changed my pre-teen/teen life. (He’s continuously impressed/inspired me, most recently with his Emmy-winning Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.) After last night’s excellent premiere of Dollhouse‘s second season, I was perusing the interwebs and came upon this interview Whedon did with [...]
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Ponderings on Joss Whedon and writing for an audience
posted by erin on September 26, 2009
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2009/ponderings-on-joss-whedon-and-writing-for-an-audience
The first person perspective in fantasy rant
When I was growing up and reading books, I encountered a lot of first person point of view. As a result, I started writing in first person when I was in middle school, thinking clearly that was the best perspective. It took several creative writing classes and a truck load of short stories (and, surprisingly [...]
posted by erin on January 9, 2009
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2009/first-person-perspective-rant
The argument: Bella is no Buffy, to her detriment.
I found this article yesterday on an author’s blog and I absolutely agree with the article (and the author’s sentiment, though I won’t link back out of courtesy to the author’s post’s request). The article’s author makes a terrific, and alarming, point about the potentially dangerous and potent message of the Twilight books by Stephenie Meyer. [...]
posted by erin on December 5, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/the-argument-bella-is-no-buffy-to-her-detriment
The low-brow and high-brow of fantasy books… and movies.
I just discovered Limyaael’s rants, thanks to a friend’s suggestion, and I’ve read through a ton of them today. I’m so much more random than she is in my blog posts and rants (and exponentially more prone to tangents), but it’s absolutely refreshing to read someone well-read, thoughtful, and full of really well-substantiated complaints, rather [...]
posted by erin on October 22, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/the-low-brow-and-high-brow-of-fantasy-books
