THIS IS SO MUCH MORE SELF-INDULGENT THAN ANYTHING YOU WANT TO READ, GUYS. Having said that, here are some thoughts about fandom and what it is to be a lurker vs. a fangirl.

I am a seriously long-time lurker. I got into fanfic about … five? years ago and in that stretch of time I have written exactly three pieces of fanfiction, only one of which ( Read more... )