Three Things

Three assorted items (it would've been four, but I didn't get to write this yesterday. Happy belated Birthday to two Baggins gents!):

It isn't fanfic since he's working with his own character, but at the invitation of Maureen Dowd, Aaron Sorkin has written a RPF/FPF crossover conversation between Senator Obama and President Bartlett.

Aca-Fen Raise Their Banners High: Transformative Works and Culture: "This week, the first issue of a new online, open source journal, Transformative Works and Culture, emerged, offering what promises to be an exciting new space for the work of my fellow aca-fen. " This sounds thinky and spiffy, and features cereta!

Then there was this little thought I had on characters' backgrounds and equivalents to Britpicking. ( Read more... )

'The Snake Goddess' by ysabetwordsmith

ysabetwordsmith has written another wonderful poem about the Minoans, this one about the Goddess' relationship with history and us today.

The Snake Goddess.