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[Summary: What kind of story description is better, evocative or literal?]

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To follow up on my last post... I'm sad sometimes, sure, but I don't stand out here for that. What's getting me down right now is that I've read so many sad or alienated comments from readers and writers on other stories over the past week that it's made me wonder if the press isn't right — maybe there is really something wrong with us. I have four friends on fimfiction who I'm currently worried may commit suicide. That ain't right.

(Plus, I've met some of you. )

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I'm not trying to kill my readers. Honestly, I'm not. It just seems that way sometimes.

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John Scalzi posted "Literary Figure Collective Nouns" on his blog earlier this month:

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Glancing over the stories now in the box, I noticed something three of them have in common: Users having long discussions with each other in the comments unrelated to the story.

If number of comments is a factor in getting featured, each user should count only once.

My Dragon speech-recognition software interprets "Scootaloo" as "school glue".

Let's see what else it comes up with:

rainbow –
The effort free forest: No pony work required
the infection: A ponyfic website that will eat your brain and then spread to your friends
lira: A pony obsessed with humans
Roni: A guy who likes ponies
pony fill: A place full of ponies
pony Phil: see pony fill
Dirk behoove
there be whose
there behooves

The Arbitrage of Moments by GaPJaxie: presentperfect reviewed this on his blog. Of course I always root for the bad guys. But you will too, with this story, at least a little. To misuse many terms at once, this is a short literary mystery fantasy adventure. Mystery, because what has happened is only gradually revealed. Fantasy, because magic.

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Tarol Hunt writes a webcomic called Goblins that I read. In the backstory of one character, Kin, a snakish mermaid, she was held captive by a villain and repeatedly tortured and raped.

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I used to commission story art, but this year, I've put together most of my art myself using the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), though I can't draw at all.

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