Things fannish

[scarlettina]

I'm going to try not to be late to work today. Why would I be late to work? Because my dear ironymaiden pointed me at this post that discusses fandom, fanfiction, and the confluence of the two as it relates to how fanfic has been treated by mainstream SF fandom over the decades. I have A LOT to say about this; the short version (because I don't want to be late for work) is that, as a fan fiction writer going waaaay back, I agree with the author of the post. At the same time, as someone who has worked in book publishing and has occasionally been a professionally published writer, I have a slightly different perspective. So I'm not going to get into this now (see above re: not wanting to be late for work), but I will later.

I also, as a result of the above, dipped into File 770 for the first time in a while. My thoughts are as follows:

1) How does Mike Glyer get anything else done in his life given the volume of stuff he reports on and the extent to which he reports on it?
2) Why hasn't it been more widely reported that there's going to be a fourth season of Stranger Things?
3) Why aren't more people talking about this amazing trailer of the BBC's new adaptation of The War of the Worlds?
4) I need to follow this blog because it looks like I may find some of my people there and because, oh yeah, I was the editor on the first three Raksura books. I didn't know that this happened. I wish I could have seen it in person.

OK, it's still possible for me to get to work on time. I'm out--more anon.

Comments

[ironymaiden]

There's been *so much* discussion of the AO3 Hugo win and Glyer's handling of reporting and comments about it.

[garyomaha]

Hello. Nice to see you here.