Steelwhisper's Blog, page 2
June 16, 2014
Why Women Write M/M
A recent interview* of several very well-known M/M authors has stirred up quite some anger. Foremostly because other M/M writers again felt the need to justify writing M/M (after some disingenuous comments about male writers writing better M/M), while others went on to clarify on why they write women (in M/M stories) the way they […]
March 13, 2014
Comma splices: historical and informal, not wrong
Originally posted on Motivated Grammar:
I’ve been noticing a lot of aspersions being cast against against the comma splice recently. A quick sampling: “The dreaded comma splice rears its ugly head again.” “Splices are the worst, namely because there are probably over a hundred other ways to combine the clauses correctly”* “My senior English teacher…
I’ve been noticing a lot of aspersions being cast against against the comma splice recently. A quick sampling: “The dreaded comma splice rears its ugly head again.” “Splices are the worst, namely because there are probably over a hundred other ways to combine the clauses correctly”* “My senior English teacher…
March 12, 2014
The Cult of Nice
I’m tired of it. Absolutely, completely, totally fed up with it. Here’s someone who expressed it better than I could: My favorite cartoon is by John Callahan: “The Difference Between New York and LA.” In the first panel, Los Angeles, a guy is walking down the street. As he passes someone he says: “Have a […]
February 10, 2014
Read for yourself…
…or maybe occasionally a raincheck is a good thing. I like reading erotica, and I like some porn. But I’d be deaf and blind if I didn’t own up to noticing that porn has not just itself changed towards more violence and zero respect for women, it sells behaviour as acceptable, needful and without any […]
December 31, 2013
December 23, 2013
December 16, 2013
Romanticising BDSM and Review Backlash
I’m a firm believer in allowing reviewers to review as they feel and as they please. Hence I feel the necessity to respond to a recent post by Amelia Gormley which tables a few things I do not agree with in a rant (which of course also is fine and her points about humiliation play […]
October 15, 2013
Two Further Links To Read Regarding Current Censoring
The first one is a must-read, it’s Selena Kitt’s timeline and analysis of what took place: Selena Kitt on Kobo, Jeremy Duns and The Kernel and here we have a petition to sign: Vote Against Censorship
Censorship: where does it end?
Reblogged from Theo Fenraven: Today, because of a furor started by one vindictive author over "books with questionable content,"A Silence Kept was removed for sale from Kobo and their outlets. This is the only book I had placed there through D2D, and if they don't get their shit together, it may well be the last. […]
