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Enterprising Women, right?

Very cool.

Roz Kaveny! Dayum!

Fay, please send her my regards and wave at her for me? She was ill last time we spoke, but I need to get hold of her, and se how she's doing. I've just realised, we haven't spoken in nearly a year.

Well, I'm impressed, Suela. The only reason I know she ever heard of me was that she complained when my site crashed. Not directly to me or anything, but, you know, it proved we both pertained to the same plane of reality.

You get points for actually being the addressee!

... y'all do know who Bacon-Smith is, right?

shaking head and trying to look cute and innocent.

But I don't know who Henry Jenkins is, either.

I got feedback from RivkaT, once.

Fay, please send her my regards and wave at her for me?

Oh, I would, and gladly - but I think she'd be all "who are you?" She did write nice feedback about a couple of stories I sent to Silverlake, and I did the silent dance of "Damn, I'm reading your book RIGHT NOW!" - but I very much doubt she'd know me from Adam. Girl should spend more time in LJ - she did have a journal, but it's been languishing for a year or more. Which is a pity, 'cause it made good reading.

Victoria P is playing with a Pippin-centric story in her diary, incidentally (apropos of nothing) which has totally opened my eyes to the fact that Pippin must have been feeling absolutely dreadful after Moria. Personally responsible for Gandalf's death. Huge old oceans of guilt for the Fool of a Took. Bless him. None of which was explored on screen, but damn, that's some rich fic-writing soil...

Well, if you like, I'll wave at her for you, then - and I'll give her that message about her LJ, with or without attrbiution.

Bless you for reminding me. I feel like a total fool, for letting this much time elapse. She's a sweetie, and her academic Jossiverse stuff is brilliant; I got to read a bit of it in progress.

And Dana and Nutty nail it, yes. Camille Bacon-Smith wrote Enterprising Women, which is one of the two best-known texts on fan creativity. The other being, of course, Henry Jenkin's Textual Poachers.

It was also lovely lovely feedback. I squeeed mightily and bounced around all evening. And then in my response I forgot to indicate I own a copy of Enterprising Women, and also forgot to ask when someone is going to write the definitive book about fan creativity on the Internet. Dumb Suela.

Well, if you like, I'll wave at her for you, then - and I'll give her that message about her LJ, with or without attrbiution.

Please do! Between reading the book and reading the LJ I wanted to buy her flowers and then whisk her off to the Cork and Bottle in Leicester Square for cheese and wine and pretentious girly fannish chatter. She seems smashing.

And Dana and Nutty nail it, yes. Camille Bacon-Smith wrote Enterprising Women, which is one of the two best-known texts on fan creativity. The other being, of course, Henry Jenkin's Textual Poachers.

sound of penny dropping.

A-ha! Damn, I knew I knew the name from somewhere. That is very cool. And thoroughly deserved. You're a class act.

Nobody else is wowed by my news.

Hey, I'm impressed, but I'm playing the "I was in transit for 20 hours yesterday and it's 70 degrees colder than where I just was must play catch-up on fandom" game today.

I didn't realize she was reading in Farscape, but considering her other work, it makes sense.

Also, my brain is very explode-y from all the fantastically erudite meta conversation on fandom at Escapade.