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I have in my head that there are genres of setting and genres of story. Hartwell's point, as you describe it, seems like a different way...

The number of times I've had someone tell me their opinion of something, only to find out later in the thread they were going off of...

Here in the United States, it's a colloquial expression that simply means, "Don't do anything that might cause problems in the place you...

I can assure you, it is a common enough saying. Even over here in Australia. It's meant to sound gross. It is understood to not be...

David Hartwell argued that horror isn’t a genre, but a mode in which you can write any gene. Thus mysteries that are horror and...

Horror is also an incredibly broad genre. It’s not all gore or gross out. You also have thrills, psychological horror, gothic, zombies...

Given that I was heavily invested in the show because it was really well done (excluding most of season four, of course), I’m not sure...

There’s good and bad popcorn, and cotton candy, whipped Jello, whatever. Very nearly anything can be done well or badly, and writing...

I missed posting this the first time, but another point of interest for fans of Tolkien is the colophon at the end of the Project...

I may need to revise my thoughts about horror novels, my cat reminded me (by trying to eat them) that I actually like T. Kingfisher's...

I think there’s much to be said for that assumption. If the new post isn’t a direct response, make that very clear first thing or just...

Thinking about this and some G K Chesterton quotes (e.g. “the poor object to being governed badly; the rich object to being governed at...

Ha, I didn’t realise that William Morris, of Arts and Crafts fame, is reckoned one of the first fantasy writers in English! Thanks for...

I finished reading The Roots of the Mountains, by William Morris, last night. It felt like a bit of a slog, probably because I was...

It’s weird interacting with someone who has such monumentally bad takes on just about everything. And yet others call you out as someone...