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Three more picks

Mon Feb 11, 2008, 6:56 AM
Tireless Lit GD ^StJoan has challenged us to seek out and feature a piece of DA literature in our journals. Now, I did this very thing right before she issued her challenge, so it would have been easy for me to slap an update note on Friday's entry and call it a day.

But I wouldn't have been happy with that, and there's too much good writing on DA to phone this in, let alone pick just one entry. So, here's three for you fans of fantasy and quirk:


Gravedigger - One by ~Autumn-Hills
A strong and creative beginning to a fantasy story with interesting, unique characters and just the right amount of detail and mystery to keep me wanting more.


For Rikard by =TheeForsakenOne is like candy for an old Robert E. Howard fan like me. Really, didn't you kinda always wish for an ending like this?


The Great Shaft of '84 by *jonzoiplu, because I tried this as a child, twice, and it didn't go nearly as well. Imaginative story with lots of thinking room.

Now it's your turn. Put a little lit in your journal! link

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=TheeForsakenOne Feb 11, 2008, 7:13:18 AM
:lol: So that's why you liked it so much.

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`Memnalar Feb 11, 2008, 7:59:27 AM
It was fabulous, by Crom. ;)
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*faeriecrone Feb 11, 2008, 8:45:54 AM
You are right ... about Gravedigger. I just finished it and I would love to read more.

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`Memnalar Feb 11, 2008, 8:54:33 AM
Great! Glad I could introduce you.
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*faeriecrone Feb 11, 2008, 8:57:43 AM
Now I have read them all. Over the weekend, I looked at the most popular choices for lit and was appalled at the dirth of faves for this stuff. Top choice in fantasy had less than 300! I guess the visual arts get more press?

if you have a moment when your fingers need a break (and only then) ... you might look at :iconwh0rem0ans:

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`Memnalar Feb 11, 2008, 1:13:24 PM
Yes, it seems as if literature as a whole tends to get a lot less attention than visual arts, most probably because the Web really isn't the ideal medium in which to read a lot of text. It's also important to consider that the written pieces that get the most attention are fan-fiction and the like, where the characters are already established and widely-known (and searched for).

However! There might be a light at the end of the tunnel, according to the new way DA is handling "popularity": Link

Thanks for the recommendation on:iconwh0rem0ans:! I've already found several pieces that I enjoy. :dance:
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*faeriecrone Feb 11, 2008, 4:01:06 PM
I have to admit, I am a fanfic snob. My daugters wrote them and I discouraged it. I do not read them. O well, my bit for original fiction is small but important to me. Thanks for reading the link. :hug:

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`Memnalar Feb 11, 2008, 4:29:47 PM
I've never written fanfic, but I know folks who did some pretty good stuff, most of whom went on to write original fiction later. Personally, I'm in the "whatever gets you to write" camp, although it always warms my heart when a very good fanfic writer "discovers" their original fiction voice.

Call it "gateway writing." :D
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*faeriecrone Feb 11, 2008, 5:27:53 PM
I appreciate that; I really do. My kids now write their own characters into fanfic-like scenarios. It is a step in the right direction. And, yes, anything that gets 'em to write, gets anyone to write is a good thing.
Do you teach writing?

I once real a fantastic Harry Potter slash fanfic online; I couldn't stop. It was better than the real thing; brilliant writer surpasses legend and all that. I got to chapter 3, 712 (actually something like 27 but suffice to say, many hours later) and found out she never finished the thing. I was very frustrated. Maybe that put me off as well. Thanks for knocking me off my high horse!

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