There are many in fandom who start looking forward to Yuletide by summer. This tradition is, I think, one of the best open secrets in the fanfiction part of fandom. Here is the FAQ; the main thing to … Continue reading
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by Sherwood Smith No, not tallship goodness. By shipping, I mean writing relationships as fan fiction. I also notice in exploring it that by far the greatest percentage of new terms has arisen out of the powerfully organized fanfiction network. … Continue reading
Last summer a writer who goes by the user name Coneycat made an impassioned plea for readers who identify with The Diary of Anne Frank. She talks about that visceral sense of kinship that comes of character identification, an identification … Continue reading