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[chocolatepot]

There are a lot of people on Tumblr who are so smug about their highbrow taste and their non-fannishness but are also obsessed with UST between male characters who will never be in a relationship in classic lit and tv shows. Just saying!

Because I am so very busy, I of course restarted the novel I've been working on for 15 years. Excerpts to come in a bit. I am loving reflecting on the honking big differences in my style from 17 to now (total ripoff of Sorcery & Cecelia -> authentic period voice) and in my plotting (villain going to do Big Bad Magic Thing -> smaller scale and focus on social relationships). I also love that a character I initially stuck in a few years ago because "all the women other than the protag are bad, she should also have a female friend" leapt onto the page as a real cool customer and now she's the love interest. The original love interest will be just a friend and financer of their Boston marriage.

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[author_by_night]

People who think they're above fannish interests often have no idea they're actually engaging in fannish interests. Not all the time - I do know people who just have no real deep interests. (Which is fine, by the way, everyone deserves to enjoy the world as they do.) But... if you throw huge Superbowl parties and are obsessed with the Superbowl, you have a fannish interest. Just saying. And if you're fannish about fiction... I mean, you're fannish about fiction, even if you claim it's an "academic venture" or something.

Your story sounds very interesting! I've also been reworking something. In my case, I realized a WIP I was writing wasn't going anywhere because there's no... where to be any'd? :P So I've pretty much retooled the entire thing. We'll see what happens!