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Meta discussion Doug Wright Awards nominee for best emerging talent, Adam Bourret has had his autobiographical comic I'm Crazy, refused to be printed by Toronto printer Harmony Printing because they were afraid of offending their 'religious' clients. by Dave Howard on March 14, 2010 AfterEllen.com’s Top 50 Lesbian and Bisexual Characters by AfterEllen.com Staff on March 15, 2010 Rated M for Mature Linkblogging by david brothers on March 15, 2010 "A Kind of Vast Game": An Interview with Ethan Gilsdorf (Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks) by Henry Jenkins on April 1, 2010 Vidding: Storyboards by thuviaptarth on vidding on April 1, 2010 Rapelay Follow-Up: CNN Owned by Psychologist/Game Expert by gia manry on April 2, 2010 Write No Phobia, Speak No Phobia: How Our Sensitive Ears Are Melting Our Brains by bitchzarro on April 2, 2010 Manga in the form we know today began as a post-war phenomenon, its defining moment being a nearly 200-page comic called New Treasure Island. It was written by a 19-year-old medical student named Osamu Tezuka, who we all know today as the ‘God of Manga’. by Bharath Murthy on ExpressBuzz on April 3, 2010 Anime, consumerism and evangelism: My attempt for most controversial Easter post ever by Jacob Martin on April 3, 2010 The Amanda Palmer Issue is really upsetting me. I love her, she and her music mean a lot to me, I'm a fan, but that doesn't mean I agree or even approve of everything she does. Specially with all that's been going on lately. And the hate is just... people criticizing her about being two-faced and stupid on the topic of prejudice, tolerance and privilege while talking about doing her bodily harm, calling names and... I don't... I don't even know what to say. by chocolaticida on April 3, 2010 This has to be April Fools, right? I mean, who in their right mind would create a comm called "fanspastic"? And use shit words like 'retarded'. by kiwisue on April 3, 2010 Those silly girls with stars in their eyes by StephJBee on April 4, 2010 What I Learned From RPGing and GMing by Gord Sellar on April 4, 2010 Fandom & TPTB Meta by ssquirrel-fic on April 5, 2010

Fansite news FanFiction.Net: III. Did FFNet just reduce the time period the ad blocker covers to just a day? Seriously? As in, every single day you want to go on FFNet, you have to go and activate ad-blocker? by banzaisebastian on April 3, 2010 Pixiv.net: If you want more fan art... by blislife on slashpark on April 4, 2010 SkyHawke: Misc Fandom Overview 4/2010 by vamp_ress on skyehawke on April 3, 2010

Convention reports Anime Boston: On Location: Anime Boston by Anime Anthropologist on April 2, 2010 Norwescon: Geek Girls Rule – Norwescon edition! by geekgirlsrule on April 4, 2010 PAX East: PAX East Recap - Part 1 by Nathaniel on April 2, 2010 PAX East: PAX East Recap - Part 2 by Nathaniel on April 3, 2010 WorldCon 2005: Worldcon Glasgow 2005 part 2 by Phyllis Irene Radford on April 2, 2010

Award news BSFA Awards: WINNERS: 2010 BSFA Awards by John DeNardo on April 4, 2010 Hugo Awards: The 2010 Hugo and John W. Campbell Award Nominees on WorldCon on April 3, 2010 Hugo Awards: Hugo Award Nominees for 2010 To Be Announced by The Crotchety Old Fan on April 4, 2010 Hugo Awards: Hugo Honors 'Doctor Who' With Three Noms by MICHAEL HINMAN on Airlock Alpha on April 4, 2010 Hugo Awards: FINALISTS: 2010 Hugo Awards and John W. Campbell Award (w/ Free Fiction Links) by John DeNardo on April 4, 2010 Philip K. Dick Award: WINNER: 2009 Philip K. Dick Award by John DeNardo on April 4, 2010

Publishing and writing news and advice Now – while I understand completely that this agent is writing from the point of view of AN AGENT, (and therefore with dollar signs in her eyes and from the POV of COMMERCIAL success) i simply can’t agree with all of her points HERE. by erastes on meta_writer on April 2, 2010 Writing: "Don't Say It, Have the Characters Say It" by jpsorrow on April 2, 2010 Schenectady, or, Where Do You Get Your Ideas? by Brenda Clough on April 2, 2010 There Are No Rules That Can’t Be Broken: Writing Advice from Marly Youmans by Jeremy L. C. Jones i on April 3, 2010 That demmed elusive . . . Heroes as Villains, and Villains as Heroes by Sherwood Smith on April 4, 2010 Editorial Anonymous: Definitions for the Perplexed: Royalties, Advances, and Earning Out by Editorial Anonymous on April 4, 2010 This morning I found myself worrying about the iPad. Not the iPad itself so much, but the effect it will have on books. by Kristine Kathryn Rusch on April 6, 2010 Submission help: You can (1) submit the link in the comments of a recent post on fandomnews, (2) by e-mailing fandomnews@fanhistory.com or (3) by editing today's link list.