Tag: writing
Humans Are Space Orcs – Uncanny Valley
Today’s “humans are space orcs” post is about an alien trying to pass themselves as a human, but getting caught in the “uncanny valley”. Coined by…
Playing Dungeons & Dragons Against Death
This is wholesome content! It’s an amazing response to the writing prompt, “Death offers a game for your life. You decide on D&D.” So this…
Thoughts on the Actor and Writer Strikes
Neil Gaiman shared this thread of thoughts on the Hollywood actor and writer strikes. Basically if you can’t pay your workers a living wage and…
The Soul Mate Countdown Story
These are some wonderful little stories in response to the writing prompt – “If a clock could count down to the moment you meet your…
Women Authors
The responses to this stupid tweet claiming that before J. K. Rowling was published, women authors were unheard of are amazing. This is actually a…
List of Fantasy Books That Aren’t Centered on War
This is a great list of fantasy books that aren’t centered around war. There’s a ton of great book recommendations here: The Six of Crows…
Bilbo’s Adventures Are Not Canon
This is true. In J.R.R. Tolkien’s work there is technically no “canon” version of Bilbo’s adventures. The Hobbit book is canonically a very biased account…
Fan Fic Archives
This is a long post about fan fic archives, but it’s worth the read! Gather around, children. This is a story of ye olde fandom: Source
Mimic Writing Prompt Response
This Thing In A Box wrote this amazing response to a writing prompt about a mimic. Here’s the prompt: “Why did you give the last of…
Everyone Has a Reaper – Part 2
This is part 2 of the writing prompt response story “Everyone Has a Reaper” by jordisstigander. The original response (which you can read here) was…