Let’s be honest with ourselves—we all want feedback for our fics. Pageviews are awesome of course, but they don’t tell us the whole story. It can be hard to judge from a number count whether people actually like the content you’re putting out or whether they were reaching for the back button within 1 second
Category: fanfic
SessKag Shorts: Elysium
The dead don’t question their fate. It’s the living who are left to wonder. After the ash settles and the sky clears, after their loved ones are laid to rest beneath a pile of sun-bleached stone, where do they go from here? The lone survivor in the battle for the Shikon no Tama picks herself
Why I Don’t Ship Canon
People always say, “Never say never,” so I can’t say that I’m NEVER going to ship a canon couple. But as a general rule, I don’t ship them. Knowingly, at least. Sometimes the writers will surprise you. Maybe it’s my natural contrariness or perversity, but I tend to be drawn to character mash-ups (or smash-ups,
SessKag Shorts: The Spice of Life
“That ramen had better be ready by the time I get back, wench!” Inuyasha yelled cheerfully over his shoulder as he leapt into the trees, Sango and Miroku following after him on Kirara. Kagome scowled, her hands balling to fists at her sides. Too bad Inuyasha was out of “sitting” range, or she would have
SessKag Series: The Secretary, Part 1
“Higurashi Kagome,” his smooth deep voice intoned, the cover letter of her application creasing faintly in his elegant hand. Kagome clenched her jaw, trying her best not to fidget as his sharp amber eyes raked over her personal statement. With a flick of his thumb he promptly dismissed it, moving on to her resumé. In
How To Stop Writing Bad Fanfiction
While the quality of the average fanfic has improved a lot over the years—thanks in part to some ground rules laid down by sites such as FF.net—I still see many of the same age-old travesties being carried out by today’s authors. Maybe they’re newbie writers or just old timers who haven’t learned any better, but
The Prudishness of FanFiction.net
Where do I even begin with this one. I guess I should start at the beginning. Back in the day, ca. 2003, FanFiction.net was a magical place where the formatting of fics was unrestricted and the rating system ranged from G to NC-17. NC-17???!! you might ask. Yes, my friends–NC-17. Truly the sky was the
Tales From the Crypt: The Crystal Keeper’s Daughter
Once published on FF.net, the beginnings of this Shiori-centric tale were later removed after I decided not to follow through with the would-be ShioriInuyasha epic I’d originally had in mind. I still think about this story from time to time and regret that I killed it off so soon. Who knows, maybe I’ll resurrect this
Stasis: The Soundtrack
Words can only express so much–a fact I found frustratingly true in the course of writing my Inuyasha dark epic, Stasis. How do you articulate pain? How do you convey despair, or capture the essence of rage? You can describe the actions, the sounds. The consequences. But the emotion itself–that lies in another realm entirely. A world
What I’m (Re) Reading: Rosemary for Remembrance
There are certain established rules of decorum in a house where people can see through walls. When you have eyes that can see everything, it’s surprising how much time you spend not looking. Blindness, confinement—two of the prevailing themes that weave together intricately yet seamlessly in Sintari’s Shakespearean masterfic Rosemary for Remembrance. Set in the