Well, I'm a non-slash-reading weirdo. But, in general, I'm so satisfied with the books as they are that I probably shouldn't bother with fanfic--I just wish they got home to England a little more often because my stereotypical feminine side keeps wanting to catch up with Sophie and the kids. (I still haven't quite finished my first read of the series--I'm about a quarter of the way through The Truelove.)

And I've only read the first book, so I'm really in no position to talk about canon or anything. I mostly fell in love with the fandom through shalott and my friend grit kitty's fic.

Well, you know, Shalott. She could make me read wing!fic and like it.

Is she going to tell people what name her novels are published under, so we can all run out and buy them?

I'm sure she will. And I've read the first one. It's faboo.

I hate you.

t pouts

Right place, right time.

She's so damn cool. This seriously couldn't have happened to a more deserving person.

Anne, I have links to good resources/archives for these fandoms, and I'll happily dig into them this weekend. When I'm not at work.

Thanks, shrift!

I cannot wait to see what Shalott's novels are like.

Nutty and I had a nice conversation with Shalott at Worldcon, I hadn't known about the series or I would have congratulated her.

(I forgot that she'd written that story, as we happened to be talking about vidding and how different it is from fic. I met her again a different day, and her husband gave me this hilarious pulp crime reader -- first chapters of trashy novels being put back into print for the trashy edification and joy of readers everywhere.

(At the vid show she did, someone failed to propagate broadly the information that the Star Trek episode showing would not be till 6:30, so halfway in the room filled up with, er, an atypical audience for vids. She laughed later about showing "Razzle Dazzle" and a lot of heads starting to nod: "Ah, THIS I know how to think about!" She tried not to scare them too much with her selections.)

I've been having thoughts lately about vids, and accessibility of same. Because I've shown some to some people and gotten some nonplussed responses. And I wonder how much of that is due to the increased sophistication of vidding, the new tools and the symbolism/thematic stuff going on that isn't evident on a first viewing.

It feels like there are very different audiences for some kinds of vids, and that a lot of vidders are mostly talking to each other.

Which isn't, I admit, all that different from the ficwriting community, where the stories that get the most applause aren't necessarily as accessible to the average fan-on-the-street. But it feels like a difference that is growing in magnitude somehow.