Sexy Geeks and other Convention News
A fangirl convention update, including information on San Diego Comic Con and Geek Girl Con.
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Storytelling and Writing
Chapter One Excerpt Posted
I promised May Mondays would be exciting, so here we go.
Read moreLuke Skywalker Must Die
I think killing Luke Skywalker in an Expanded Universe novel, and doing it in the near future – both in the real world and in-universe – is the perfect opportunity to revive the stagnating EU storyline, rebuild enthusiasm in the EU fanbase, and bring in a whole bunch of new fans to the EU in the process. To save the EU novels, Luke Skywalker must die. I hope you’ll hear me out on my reasons why.
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Fun Day Sunday – Yoda, Space Travel and X-wings
This Sunday started out as a beautiful morning and ended just as fine. I have a few things I wanted to share before the week kicks into high gear.
Read moreNo Reboot Necessary: Learning to Love Your Franchise, Warts and All
I firmly believe that eliminating the single continuity from Star Wars and the Expanded Universe would be a huge mistake – and a blow to the fandom from which the franchise might never recover.
Read moreFirst Character Reveal
As some of you may know by now, and others may not, I have been working on my first novel
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What Exactly Is An Uberfanboy?
One of my recent blogs spurred some interesting discussion in the comments.
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Drawing In Readers with Point of View
FANgirl uses The Hunger Games to discuss the advantages and pitfalls of using First Person POV
Read moreWhat’s Good for the Goose is Good for the Gander
Why some recent news articles about Game of Thrones tells us we still have a way to go in getting the fangirl market the recognition it deserves.
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Update: The Future of Stackpole’s X-wing novels
In my last blog I predicted that, although the print fate of the X-wings novels written by Michael Stackpole seemed
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