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nostalgia, because why not?
What's changed about your fandom life in the last 365 days?
I've started to make peace with the idea that I will, at some point, no longer have time to write fic. Between the day job and wanting a career writing original fiction, something is going to have to give.
Or maybe it won't! Maybe I'll regain the skill of knocking off a short fic in an afternoon! Or I'll fall obsessively in love with a new character -- or SNW will revive Kat -- and find myself making the time. Or I'll make a pile of money from publishing and be able to quit my day job and manage my time differently. (Honestly, SNW resurrecting Kat is more likely.)
But, to be honest ... I have three fannish hobbies: the blog, the podcast and fic. And these days, I average one fic idea per year -- and it's fic which takes up the most time and flexes the exact same muscles as original writing. (Save that fic keeps me in practice in terms of writing for an adult audience. Which I would also like to do professionally at some stage, so I don't want to let those muscles atrophy, but on the other hand, that's what revisions are for.)
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nostalgia, because why not?What's changed about your fandom life in the last 365 days?
I've started to make peace with the idea that I will, at some point, no longer have time to write fic. Between the day job and wanting a career writing original fiction, something is going to have to give.
Or maybe it won't! Maybe I'll regain the skill of knocking off a short fic in an afternoon! Or I'll fall obsessively in love with a new character -- or SNW will revive Kat -- and find myself making the time. Or I'll make a pile of money from publishing and be able to quit my day job and manage my time differently. (Honestly, SNW resurrecting Kat is more likely.)
But, to be honest ... I have three fannish hobbies: the blog, the podcast and fic. And these days, I average one fic idea per year -- and it's fic which takes up the most time and flexes the exact same muscles as original writing. (Save that fic keeps me in practice in terms of writing for an adult audience. Which I would also like to do professionally at some stage, so I don't want to let those muscles atrophy, but on the other hand, that's what revisions are for.)
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