I've never knocked on her door

posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 12:47pm on 21/03/2010
Ooh, I'd be tempted, I must say!

I'm very intrigued that JH took refuge in fic and fandom during what sounds like a depressive stage, I think many of us came to fandom that way. If I see her again, I'll try and pluck up the courage, I'm sure she'd be amenable. She occasionally does talks and q&a's locally, I might make a point of going to one, since the novel's all about t'internet and fandom, it'd be a perfectly legit point of discussion, wouldn't it?
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Re: I've never knocked on her door

posted by [identity profile] wneleh.livejournal.com at 01:00pm on 21/03/2010
I'd ask privately, actually, in case she wanted to keep her fandom and pro identities separate.

I was actually a bit put-off by why she said she was writing fanfic - I get a bit defensive when people feel they have to justify their involvement. Will think more on this!
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Re: I've never knocked on her door

posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 01:21pm on 21/03/2010
It didn't read as defensive to me, more explanatory. I would never have discovered fandom unless I'd been unemployed and alone a lot of the time and rather depressed, it helped me through a bad time and I made friends I'd never have made. I - personally - don't feel there's anything negative about admitting that.
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Re: I've never knocked on her door

posted by [identity profile] wneleh.livejournal.com at 08:38pm on 21/03/2010
don't feel there's anything negative about admitting that.

Oh, I agree! (And I'm glad you landed in fandom!)

Me, I was fannish from grade school, and active and buying fanfic zines from the age of 14 or 15. And only really started to write fanfic so that I could be on SentinelAngst. I'm still not all that social fannishly, compared to how I interact on some parenting lists.
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