Meme: The June Something: Day One
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Day 1: What's changed about your fandom life in the last 365 days?
I've started writing for The Old Guard fandom, and for that, I've been learning a lot more about Islam and North African culture to writing Joe more sensitively. For example, I read the 700+ page Oxford History of Islam, I've read every post about Muslims on the Writing With Color webpage, and I just bought (damn you, JSTOR!) an article "The Classical Arabic Detective." BUT The Old Guard fandom is suffering from Ye Olde Top/Bottom unpleasant discourse which I remember from my BBC Sherlock days, though in this fandom is tinged with racism, and it had definitely dampened my enthusiasm. BUT I am still going through with my Unconventional Courtship fic. I participated in Bottom Joe Week and some comments I've read have helped me examine how I write Joe and hopefully helped to write him better.
I abandoned a fic for the first time in 8 years in October. Maybe I will go back to finish it, hope springs eternal. I had a month under 5k words.
But I had very good months, too. I joined the Shedunnit book club, which has definitely introduced me to some authors from the Golden Age of Crime-Writing that I absolutely love (Michael Gilbert, ECR Lorac) but I wouldn't call it 'fandom' because I don't write fic for them. Also, I have been inspired to read all of Agatha Christie's ouvre in order of publication.
I also wrote for A. J. Demas' Sword Dance series for Be the First.
It's difficult to say how things have changed. There have been ups and downs.
squidgiepdx. Day 1: What's changed about your fandom life in the last 365 days?
I've started writing for The Old Guard fandom, and for that, I've been learning a lot more about Islam and North African culture to writing Joe more sensitively. For example, I read the 700+ page Oxford History of Islam, I've read every post about Muslims on the Writing With Color webpage, and I just bought (damn you, JSTOR!) an article "The Classical Arabic Detective." BUT The Old Guard fandom is suffering from Ye Olde Top/Bottom unpleasant discourse which I remember from my BBC Sherlock days, though in this fandom is tinged with racism, and it had definitely dampened my enthusiasm. BUT I am still going through with my Unconventional Courtship fic. I participated in Bottom Joe Week and some comments I've read have helped me examine how I write Joe and hopefully helped to write him better.
I abandoned a fic for the first time in 8 years in October. Maybe I will go back to finish it, hope springs eternal. I had a month under 5k words.
But I had very good months, too. I joined the Shedunnit book club, which has definitely introduced me to some authors from the Golden Age of Crime-Writing that I absolutely love (Michael Gilbert, ECR Lorac) but I wouldn't call it 'fandom' because I don't write fic for them. Also, I have been inspired to read all of Agatha Christie's ouvre in order of publication.
I also wrote for A. J. Demas' Sword Dance series for Be the First.
It's difficult to say how things have changed. There have been ups and downs.