Fantasy In Miniature Update
Apr. 16th, 2011 01:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexandraerinFirst, I want to note that I've just renamed a story on Fantasy In Miniature that was previously titled "South Krypton". I've never been satisfied with that name for a variety of reasons, in particular that it depends on an insulting stereotype of southerners that I don't want to reinforce, especially given the number of my good friends who are from in and around the Appalachian regions. The characters in the dialogue aren't southerners, so attributing the viewpoint of one of them to the south in general is just... wrong.
Why did I never change it? Because I never had anything better. And that's sad, because here's where we come to a key point: the title wasn't just offensive, it wasn't very good. These two facts? They are related. Because I settled for a cheap joke for the title, I didn't reach for anything better. It was a lazy title.
Anyway, the new title is "Man of Steel, Woman of Steel"... it's a better title in every conceivable way, actually referencing what the story's about in a way that's at least halfway clever.
The other purpose of this post is to serve as notice to my flist watchers who aren't on Twitter that Fantasy In Miniature is being updated again, and is being updated regularly. I just finished my second week of (week)daily updates, and there's a whole 'nother week's worth already on tap. The same ninja magic that's allowed the more regular, higher quality MU updates lately is also providing a steady flow of flash fiction.
Why did I never change it? Because I never had anything better. And that's sad, because here's where we come to a key point: the title wasn't just offensive, it wasn't very good. These two facts? They are related. Because I settled for a cheap joke for the title, I didn't reach for anything better. It was a lazy title.
Anyway, the new title is "Man of Steel, Woman of Steel"... it's a better title in every conceivable way, actually referencing what the story's about in a way that's at least halfway clever.
The other purpose of this post is to serve as notice to my flist watchers who aren't on Twitter that Fantasy In Miniature is being updated again, and is being updated regularly. I just finished my second week of (week)daily updates, and there's a whole 'nother week's worth already on tap. The same ninja magic that's allowed the more regular, higher quality MU updates lately is also providing a steady flow of flash fiction.