Fangirls Around the Web: July 11, 2012
Fangirls and heroines found around the web for the week of July 11, 2012.
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SciFi
Women & Sci-Fi: Experience & Contributions
Priya Chhaya contributes a post discussing women and science fiction from a historical perspective.
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Fangirls Around the Web: July 6
Fangirls and heroines found around the web for the week of July 6.
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Her Universe for all Geek Girl Kind
Her Universe brings fashion sense to San Diego Comic Con 2012.
Read moreFangirls Around the Web: June 29, 2012
Fangirls spotted around the web for the week of June 29.
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Aaron Allston Discusses Tyria Sarkin Tainer
When I was working on my Tyria Sarkin Tainer post for Suvudu, Aaron Allston generously offered his experience and author perspective on creating her character. Over at Suvudu you can find my thoughts on why Tyria is a compelling strong female character as well as the kick-ass artwork of her fighting alongside Jaina Solo. Luckily for me, and I think the fans too, Aaron had a lot to say – a whole post’s worth. Below are his insightful responses to a couple of questions I posed to him.
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Blood, Honor, and Matriarchs: The Hapan Women of Star Wars – Part One
Tricia, Racheal, and Kay discuss the potential we see in using the Hapan culture in future Star Wars novels.
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Previewing Disney’s Star Wars Weekends 2012
Walt Disney World is famously known as the most magical place on Earth. Combine that with celebrating the greatest story of our generation, and you’ve topped every other perfect pairing. Peanut butter and jelly, strawberries and cream, milk and cookies – they all pale in comparison to Disney and Star Wars, at least in this fangirl’s estimation.
Read moreReminder: On Science Fiction and Writing Wynde
As I announced last month, tonight is my talk the Belvedere-Tiburon Library in northern California. I’m looking forward to seeing family and old friends, and meeting some new ones.
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The Heroine’s Journey: How Campbell’s Model Doesn’t Fit
Why isn’t the existing Hero’s Journey model already good enough to use for heroine-centered stories? In this post, we address the three main problems we see in Joseph Campbell’s monomyth and its impact on storytelling, and how we hope to design the Heroine’s Journey model differently to avoid them.
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