tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921943383818231774.post2669568999435459200..comments2021-08-06T19:36:51.398-07:00Comments on Confessions of a Word Slut: A Platform Isn't just a Place to StandDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13306873432523548264noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921943383818231774.post-53122347017064214762010-10-02T18:31:17.934-07:002010-10-02T18:31:17.934-07:00You remember that right. Except it was a Star Wars...You remember that right. Except it was a Star Wars novel. Though I may not have told anyone that because I think I was embarrassed by that fact. Now, I proudly tell all my students that I wrote a Star Wars novel when I was 13. I'm also proud of how I made the central character a female Jedi knight - something even George Lucas still seems to have trouble doing. I see it as my way of putting myself into the story since I was not then and never will be a princess to be rescued, and that was the only option George (and most fantasy writers) was offering. These days, what I did is called fan fiction, and is an entirely legitimate form of writing. If I'd only known, I could have been published long ago. I still have that novel, by the way. It's in a drawer in my desk, right next to me, as a matter of fact. I've never been brave enough to read through it, though both of my boys have asked to do so.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306873432523548264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921943383818231774.post-90499250211160555722010-10-02T17:02:27.843-07:002010-10-02T17:02:27.843-07:00I remember one of your first manuscripts in high s...I remember one of your first manuscripts in high school It was a science fiction/fantasy piece- and you were so disappointed when your "planet," Odessa, actually turned out to be a location in the Soviet Union! Of course, I'm wondering how much of that I've recalled accurately.<br /><br />Lisa.Queen of Cuisinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02188794717347738253noreply@blogger.com