We all have favorite tropes. When it comes to writing them -- you want to explore what makes the trope special to you but there is also a drive to be unique and interesting as you do it.

The art of being a Beta in fandom. Condoms, Lube, sex education, STDs. Rough Trade.

Writing

Reading

Not writing

Learning to love your craft

Accepting yourself as a writer

Fandom

Writing Fan Fiction

Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit

World building, character development, elements of the novel, and the impact of writing in a bubble.

Writing a novel is a balancing act and how well you balance your plot, your characters, and your world building determine the quality of your novel. The ability to do this takes practice.

Why writers leave fandom, reader impact, trolling, abusive people, bullying, and entitlement.

External and internal character development and its impact on plot.

Gender roles. The Hobbit. Movies and books that make us cry.

Join us tonight to discuss all things going on with Ladyholder's professional life as a writer. We'll have 2 special bits of news to share.

Website: https://lexibane.wordpress.com/

White Girls, Tom Petty, and OMFG Fandom WTAF?

Sometimes life and people can just be the most frustrating experience ever.

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Craft discussion 38 minutes in:

Story Building: The Begining, the Middle, and the End.

Ladyholder is going to do most of the talking. I still have a terrible cold.

Did you think of that yourself?

And as a matter of a fact, I don't want your plot advice.

Recs:

A Journey to New Start

http://wolfsnest.n40c.net/Wolfwalker/JTANS/jtansmain.html

Observations on Sentinels and Guides in Victorian London

http://archiveofourown.org/works/224907