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Fan Fiction, Legitimate Literature, and "Real" Writers

I had this thought (I know, scary, huh?) while I was writing Charlotte & Me about where fan-fiction ends and legitimate literature begins. Wikipedia defines "fan fiction" as "fiction about characters or settings from an original work of fiction, created by fans of that work rather than by its creator." When you think about it, there's little that separates what you'd find on Fanfiction.net and the many books one can find in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy section of Books-A-Million set in the universes of Star Wars, Star Trek, Halo, and the near infinite books one can find set in the various Dungeons & Dragons settings. Hell, at one time, I had all the books featuring Drizzt Do'Urden up until The Thousand Orcs, so this is something I'm extremely familiar with. So what are the differences? There's really only one: legal permission. It's not necessarily quality, since the quality of the books I was talking about earlier tend to vary wildly. Hell, w...

PROGRESS REPORT 2

I'm taking a moments' break from writing anything new for the moment so I can regain some focus. It's one of the drawbacks of having three projects going on at once. Instead, I'm going over Daily Life of a Bicycle Cop because, while I was coming up with ideas for Case Docket 9, I felt I should go over what I had already written. I realized how much I rushed through a lot of things, missed punctuation, screwed up grammar... ...I couldn't go through it without cringing. So, while I'm taking a rest from coming up with new things for Charlotte & Me , Bicycle Cop , and PHILIA , I'm going through Bicycle Cop and fixing it. Here are the fixes I'll be implementing: Fixing punctuation and grammar. That much is a given, so no need to dwell on that. I realized that I never went over Satsuke's first day in the new house. After all, he was living in a small one-bedroom apartment, so moving into a huge house with spacious rooms would be a maj...

PROGRESS REPORT 1

Things are progressing fairly steadily. I've been bouncing back and forth between Chapter 2 of "Charlotte & Me" and Chapter 2 of PHILIA. I've been dealing with some depressive issues, which was starting to show in "Charlotte," so I moved over to 'PHILIA' to get it out of my system, since that one is intended to be a dark story. I suppose that's one of the advantages to writing three different stories in three different genres with three different moods.  I'm at a point where I can take a breather from "Daily Life of a Bicycle Cop." All six girls are now in the Nakamura household. I've got a few ideas of where I'm going to take the story, but right now, I need to concentrate on the other two stories, with 'PHILIA' ultimately taking priority. I also have a musical project that I've been neglecting lately in favor of my writing. I'm starting to wonder which one I enjoy doing more and which one I'm b...

WTFWIT: Beautiful Sentinels: PHILIA

So, I've mentioned 'Beautiful Sentinels: PHILIA' a couple of times on my FB page, but I've said nothing on what it's about. The short version is that it's a mix of Japanese idols, Magical Girls, and Cthulhu. So here's What the Fuck I Was Thinking: I was sitting and binge watching Smile Pretty Cure (I like the show, don't judge me), and it got me to thinking about how the monsters on the more popular Magical Girl shows are more goofy than threatening. I'm sure that a good deal of other Magical Girl shows have scarier monsters, but that's neither here nor there. I also noticed that the monsters in Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! (again, don't judge me) are also way too goofy looking, although it's clear that their appearance was intentional, given that the show parodies the genre. Anyways, it got me to wondering how a group of Magical Girls would do if faced off against Cthulhu. That sent my mind down the rabbit hole, and ...

Like And Follow!

I just thought I'd pass along that I have a Facebook page now. It is located here: https://www.facebook.com/kevinghidorah/  I will be sharing the posts from this blog onto that page. Hopefully, that'll bring a little more traffic here. Anyhoo, throw a "Like" and a "Follow" my way! I'd really appreciate it.

Maybe why Mako the Merciless doesn't like being called "Captain Sparrow"....?

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WTFWIT: Charlotte & Me

I started "Charlotte & Me" when I read the one chapter of "A Bird's Eye View" by BreakawayRepublic. First of all, it's off to a fantastic start, so check it out and follow it. At any rate, it sparked some ideas that just wouldn't go away, so I figured I should just get it all out before I went even more nuts than I already am. One of the guest commenters was happy that I set the story in what has come to be known as "Lovecraft Country." The quick and dirty response is that H.P. Lovecraft is one of my favorite authors, so of course I'll use his settings, which he's given his blessing to others to use. I was born, raised, and will likely die in New England, so the regional peculiarities are familiar, and dear to my heart. Plus, it's always easier to write in a town that doesn't really exist. But the more I thought of it, "Charlotte & Me" has many traits of classic Lovecraft. Our protagonist, Sam Foster, stum...