1) Came across this in last week's Fandom First Friday -- If Dante Had a Beta Reader by Dusk Peterson. Wonderfully entertaining look at our conventions and expectations and how poorly some stuff would hold up if it had to go through fanfic betas.

2) YouTube is on track to match the number of viewing hours logged by TV watchers, clocking in at ( Read more... )

1) I was fascinated a few weeks ago by White SoxFest, which was broadcast live on the Comcast Sports Network. They had players and fans strolling down a runway, and interviewed one of the players who talked about calling fans to encourage them to support the team during the coming season. (He reported, not surprisingly, that many of them thought ( Read more... )

1) Festivids is out! As usual a bunch of delightful items to sort through. My favorite so far is for the 1983 Pirates of Penzance film which is just perfect and would, I suspect, make anyone want to watch it. It reminded me in minutes of one of my most adored Festivids submission, the Hello Dolly! vid to "We've Got the Beat ( Read more... )

1) Since we're now at year's end, I wanted to link to my AO3 bookmarks, which is where I keep my recs these days (other than at buffyversetop5 which kicks off in 2 weeks!). It seems I've added about 45 recs this past year. That seems pretty small given everything I've read, but to my surprise it includes a lot more fandoms than I expected. Also, given that ( Read more... )

1) Not that there's probably anyone reading this who doesn't already have an Imzy invite who wants one, but as I've just created a personal blog account there I've been given yet another 200 invites so I overfloweth with them. If anyone wants to follow the account there it's at yourlibrarian. ( Read more... )

1) We've now finished watching Stranger Things and I wanted to ask, is everyone's favorite character Dustin? ( Read more... )

1) Ugh, I get so annoyed with companies who say they're trying to "engage" with fans when what they really mean is "monetize" them. Case in point, the new Marvel Insider program which has the gall to say "It's our way of saying 'thank you' to our fans." Oh really? In what way is this a benefit to fans ( Read more... )

1) Thanks to a post by petzipellepingo on Star Trek's 50th anniversary I discovered we'd be able to attend the touring concert performance after my trip. I wasn't entirely sure it would be worth the cost and 2 hour drive (plus time change), but the timing worked so I thought why not? I'm still very fond of my first fandom and it's been a long ( Read more... )

1) Still loving Agent Carter. ( Read more... )

1) Mike just posted a Buffy drabble for International Fanworks Day. I didn't even catch how he'd woven the Abbot & Costello routine in until he pointed it out.

2) I liked this discussion about how women and men write differently about love. Although I have to say, too often I see the same tendency in fanfic -- a story about two people who ( Read more... )