Day Against DRM

Happy Star Wars Day (May the Fourth be with you)! But today is also Day Against DRM:

While DRM has largely been defeated in downloaded music, it is a growing problem in the area of ebooks, where people have had their books restricted so they can't freely loan, re-sell or donate them, read them without being tracked, or move them to a new device without re-purchasing all of them. They've even had their ebooks deleted by companies without their permission. It continues to be a major issue in the area of movies and video too.

Click on the banner above to read more. Other links:
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,227151/printable.html
http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm
http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2006/11/the_top_10_argu.html

Finished Fic and Beta Request

I've completed a long fic for writerverse: The Bard, the Minstrel, and the Sleeping Princess Prince . It's only at DW because LJ entry lengths are too short and at over 16k this would have been two or three entries there, and it's not in my personal journal because I think it can be even better.

I think with some more work and a good beta reader this could be a novella I'd like to post and promote in a more public arena. If you'd like to volunteer to beta read, I can send you a Word copy of the document to work with (and virtual cookies!)

The fic: Alaric, a former bard, and his friend Gale find themselves in the middle of an unexpected adventure when the princess they try to rescue turns out to be a prince. It's a post-modern, sometimes parodic look at fantasy and fairy tales, while including themes such as m/m relationships and asexuality.

There are more details in the header at the post itself, and I posted a snippet of the fic a while back here.

Firefly Fic: Ghost Planet

Title: Ghost Planet
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Pairing/Characters: Mal
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 102
Prompt: For the writerverse drabble prompt 'ghost town'
Summary: Mal finds this place creepy as hell. Minor spoilers for the Serenity movie.
Warnings: None

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