So, you want to be immortal? Or at least to live longer than 80 years without becoming decrepit or having to contend with deteriorating conditions we normally call, "getting old". ...

Batten down the hatches, the concepts are rebelling!

Ok, the rest of the column is not going to sound nearly that exciting, but consider some interesting things I've observed in fanfic and writing over time:

Sonic the Hedgehog darkfic? Yes, they exist, there's quite a few, and some can get very dark.

How many times in "Sailor Moon" is the male lead of Tuxedo Mask (affectionately known to a friend of mine as "Wuss Boy) replaced, or sometimes made brutal or vicious?

Ever seen people work on ...

The widespread appeal of fantasy was first sparked off by J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Though a great number of people hailed Lord of the Rings as the first true fantasy, there were also a number of fantasy authors ...

John Brunner

Plot Summary:
In the not too distant future the earth has started to plunge into environmental disaster. Based on the lives of over a dozen characters, Brunner follows as Americans come to realize they are on the verge of ...

You've got your own (or borrowed) world. You know the language. It's so well designed it'd put Tolkein to shame. You've got terms, you've got slang, you've got speech patterns. Your world has communications!

No, it doesn't. Not completely.

Language, speech, is just one method of communication, and there are many more methods. In designing your world, its inhabitants, its cultures, and in writing your stories ...