I'm staying up way too late, I think...

I turn on the laptop to check my mail before collapsing, and someone pings me with an IM, saying "I notice you don't do Buffy fanfic anymore."

Me: "What?"

Them: "Buffy Fanfiction."

Me (while pondering whether to give this person a subscription to the news-magazine Duh): "That part I understood. What I didn't understand was the 'not writing' part."

Turns out this person noticed that my last fic was Firefly and apparently assumed I was through with the Buffy fandom. Well, I'm not. Done with the fandom, that is. But for cryin' out loud, am I a machine? People want to see me write a particular something, why don't they pick up a pen and paper, or boot up the word processor and start typing what they want me to write, you know, actually do the creative thing?

Aagh. *pounding head against copy of The Hitchhiker's Quartet*

It's gratifying to see feedback. It's wonderful to know people read and like one's work. But I don't write to satisfy my adoring fans.

< insert snarky comment about how BK doesn't have any adoring fans >

It's one thing to be pressured to write something for a class assignment, or for work. It's another to be pressured to write fanfic. Writers of fanfic have responsibilities if they publish on the 'Net: grammar, intelligent writing, quality of work. They do not have the responsibility to be prolific.

*grinding teeth*

It's two AM and time for me to close up shop for the night. Sorry about the rant.

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You're New Brunswick. You're a very easygoing
person. You're easy to please and not very
demanding. You're seldom the target of much
mockery or scorn.
When you are, it's never very serious. It's smooth
sailing for you.


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Some days I don't quite understand.

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