Reminder: 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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Linda Interviews Star Wars Author Jeff Grubb
FANgirl contributor Linda had already been tasked to review the latest Star Wars book, Scourge. She told me she likes assignments so when the opportunity came up to interview Jeff Grubb, I knew she’d be the perfect one to chat with the newest EU author.
Read moreFamily Trumps Distance: How Excluding the Fels from Apocalypse Goes Against Star Wars’s Use of Family
It’s impossible to include every character in each Star Wars book. That said, Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse left out the most logical inclusion in the final scene. The Fels.
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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.
Read moreIt’s a Big (Expanded) Universe – A Fangirl’s Thoughts on Where to Start
Last year at GeekGirlCon’s Star Wars Expanded Universe panel, an audience member posed the question – Where should I start? In our Expanded Universe where the books and comics present one continuous canon, this question pops up with regularity. I’m always interested to see how fans answer it. It’s natural to want to pitch our personal favorites in response, but not everyone who’s asking is going to have the same tastes. So when I’m presented with that question by a curious potential fan, I try to return a question to him or her before considering my response – What is it that you like?
Read moreThe Clone Wars: Season Four: Season In Review – Part Three
Part three of our season in review of The Clone Wars, Season Four.
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REVIEW: Star Wars: Scourge
Linda’s back with a review of the Star Wars Expanded Universe’s latest addition – Scourge by Jeff Grubb.
Read morePOLL: Fate of the Jedi Favorites
A new poll, this time about your favorite Fate of the Jedi books.
Read moreStar Wars, Strong Female Characters, and GeekGirlCon
Summer is convention high season. While last year’s trip to San Diego Comic Con ranked in the awesome category, I have to admit that being a part of the first GeekGirlCon was the experience of a lifetime. So when my panel application for the 2012 convention was accepted earlier this month, I acted a bit more like a squealing fangirl faced with the prospect of meeting Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, or Harrison Ford than the calmer demeanor that would be befitting a panel moderator.
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The Clone Wars: Season Four: Season In Review – Part Two
The second part of our season in review for The Clone Wars, Season Four.
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