Great post and one which hit many chords I expect.
I was in the Lois and Clark Fandom for a few years, great fun, lots of laughs, three years meeting up in US, but I never read fanfic. Fanfic was a huge part of it but it never interested me. Lois and Clark had most of what they wanted, or we as fans needed, on screen. Chat and gossip supplied the rest!! [Met Dean Cain a couple of times; gorgeous, lovely man:)]
Been a Superman fan since about eight or nine when I used to pinch my brothers' comics to read. How they inspired my imagination! I would write my own stories - making up exactly what I wanted. Loved doing that and writing, but it didn't stay with me. Love to read, write - not so much. But I do love good writers, to find one is such a joy, there is nothing to beat that.
I started re-watching Torchwood in March this year [long story;)] and came across fanfic by accident. I read what I had 'found' and got hooked, especially as I was watching and reading.
So now I read and read; there is so much out there and a lot of it is good, some of it is bloody brilliant. A lot not so good, but I admire all who try. My crime books pile up beside the bed and the Greenway/Carnegie entries that I am supposed to be working through for a book day at work next month [I now work in a library after leaving teaching] remain untouched. When I'm not working I am thinking about how the characters I love would respond in different situations, just like I used to when I was ten... so I am writing in my head again at least!
I love your inward thoughts and ability to express them outwardly so articulately. Self-awareness is a rare trait and one which I increasingly admire the older I get, so well done you and congratulations on a great year of fic. Onwards and upwards!!
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I was in the Lois and Clark Fandom for a few years, great fun, lots of laughs, three years meeting up in US, but I never read fanfic. Fanfic was a huge part of it but it never interested me. Lois and Clark had most of what they wanted, or we as fans needed, on screen.
Chat and gossip supplied the rest!!
[Met Dean Cain a couple of times; gorgeous, lovely man:)]
Been a Superman fan since about eight or nine when I used to pinch my brothers' comics to read. How they inspired my imagination! I would write my own stories - making up exactly what I wanted. Loved doing that and writing, but it didn't stay with me. Love to read, write - not so much.
But I do love good writers, to find one is such a joy, there is nothing to beat that.
I started re-watching Torchwood in March this year [long story;)] and came across fanfic by accident. I read what I had 'found' and got hooked, especially as I was watching and reading.
So now I read and read; there is so much out there and a lot of it is good, some of it is bloody brilliant. A lot not so good, but I admire all who try.
My crime books pile up beside the bed and the Greenway/Carnegie entries that I am supposed to be working through for a book day at work next month [I now work in a library after leaving teaching] remain untouched. When I'm not working I am thinking about how the characters I love would respond in different situations, just like I used to when I was ten... so I am writing in my head again at least!
I love your inward thoughts and ability to express them outwardly so articulately. Self-awareness is a rare trait and one which I increasingly admire the older I get, so well done you and congratulations on a great year of fic.
Onwards and upwards!!