The Clone Wars: Season Four: Season In Review – Part Four
The conclusion of our season in review of The Clone Wars, Season Four.
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Missing the Point of Star Wars and Its Fandom
When narrow-minded fans become selfish, and only want Star Wars to be their Star Wars no matter what other fans like differently, they end up not only missing the point of how great it is to be a part of this amazing fandom, but also missing the point of the Star Wars saga itself.
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Announcement: Tricia Interviews Aaron Allston for Star Wars Insider Magazine
Yesterday in my talk at the Belvedere-Tiburon Library, I was delighted to get to formally announce my latest exciting official project for Star Wars: writing an article for Star Wars Insider magazine.
Read moreMay Mayhem Fan Fun: The Cantina Celebrates the Wraiths
Almost exactly three months from today, the release of X-Wing: Mercy Kill marks the triumphant return of a Wraith Squadron novel to the Star Wars Expanded Universe. It’s hard to believe that the Wraiths – and their accompanying mayhem, shenanigans, and camaraderie – have been a big part of my fandom experience for nearly a decade now.
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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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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