March 2012
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Quoted for truth
what I meant to say: I have a strong emotional attachment to this character and I often find myself having moments where I want nothing more than to reach out and hold them when they go through certain situations. Allow me to explain how I feel.
what I actually said: ASFDGHJK;LJLGFKJDSHFH;DJFHGJHL FEEEEEEEEELS /gross sobbing
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Gallifreyan Government and Politics - The Laws of...
fyeahgallifreyanculture:
or the Rules Governing Time Lords from the Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey
NO BEING SHALL DISTORT HISTORY (i.e. it is forbidden to change or otherwise alter the past)
INTERACTION WITH AN INDIVIDUAL’S OWN PERSONAL TIMELINE IS FORBIDDEN
no Time Lord may murder or otherwise harm their past self
no Time lord may meet with or otherwise come into contact with...
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On Originality
neil-gaiman:
There are about 5,300 ASK messages right now sitting in the queue. Which is why yours hasn’t been answered, I expect.
One question I keep seeing over and again, even more than “What MFA program should I do?” (I do not answer this, because my answer would probably be: “I have no idea. I never did an MFA program. I just wrote stuff.”) is, over and over, a variant on “How can I...
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The Faces of Fantasy Essay
neil-gaiman:
inthegrayworld:
THESE ARE NOT OUR FACES. This is not what we look like. You think Gene Wolfe looks like his photograph in this book? Or Jane Yolen? Or Peter Straub? Or Diana Wynne Jones? Not so. They are wearing play-faces to fool you. But the play-faces come off when the writing begins. Frozen in black and silver for you now, these are simply masks. We who lie for a living are...
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Life advice by Neil Gaiman, again.
neil-gaiman:
birdartpoetry asked: Mister Gaiman, you’re kickass. I was just wondering, what do you think is the best way to seduce a writer? I figured your answer would be pretty spectacular.
In my experience, writers tend to be really good at the inside of their own heads and imaginary people, and a lot less good at the stuff going on outside, which means that quite often if you flirt with...
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neil-gaiman:
I’ve seem to be hitting writer’s block far too often now. My grade in my creative writing class is suffering because i don’t turn in anything because i’m never really satisfied with anything i do. all my good ideas seem to turn into bad ones once i write it down. How do you get pass writers block?
whimsyrachy
You turn off your inner critic. You do not listen to your inner police...
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