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Anders Ämting

  1. Plots that make no sense, asking questions, and why writing is a like a puzzle.

    by , 10-20-2011 at 12:38 AM
    Seems like I wrote something about vampires last night. I hope it was coherent. Man, I was wiped out. You don't even know.

    Anyway, I'd like to share a little revalation I had a few years back that I still try to keep in mind while writing. Some of you who have been writing for a while may already have discovered this on your own, but whatever. It was an important step on my journey to writinghood and it deserves to be commemorated.

    I was writing on a fantasy story simply ...

    Updated 10-20-2011 at 01:48 AM by Anders Ämting (Annoying punctuation.)

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  2. What Is A Vampire?

    by , 10-19-2011 at 01:00 AM
    Irregardless of what my previous blog entry may have implied, I am not in fact a preteen girl. Thus it should come as no surprise that I'm not a big fan of the Twilight Saga. I tried reading the first book, found it amazingly poorly written and lost interest halfway through.

    Don't get me wrong, though: I don't hate Twilight, I just think it is underserving of all the attention it gets. That includes the people who actually hate the franchise, mind. I've seen entire essays written on ...
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  3. Putting my manhood on the line, I'm going to talk about My Little Pony now.

    by , 10-18-2011 at 02:22 AM
    Depending on what parts of the internet you frequent and how frequently you do so, you might have noticed a certain obsession among large number of adult people, most of them male, towards a cartoon primarily marketed towards little girls. I am, of course, talking about My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

    Curious about the show's inexplicably massive cult status I decided to try it out to see what all the hubbub was about. What can I say? I'm a bit conformist like that.
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    Updated 10-18-2011 at 06:26 PM by Anders Ämting (More minor trimming.)

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