Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
Well it's quite a good week to be focusing on one of my favorite subjects – promoting professional geekery, the idea that people can (and in many cases) should turn what they love into a career. It's "Speak Out With Your Geek Out" and let me focus on #4: Starting The Damn Blog.
Why not just Starting The Blog? Because you (and others) have thought about a blog so often that it's not just "the blog I want to start" it's "the damn blog I should get to."
So, start it.
So after Rob's column on filling in the continuity blanks to avoid "fanon" taking over your image, how would you handle your fandom if you managed a media property? Let's hear from you!
One of our regular commentors and occasional posters, Rob Barba, is launching his own series. A long-time fan (as in, he helps make me feel not that old), he's also been around and has given a lot of thought to issues of what fanfic, fandom, worldbuilding, etc. mean for him as an author. He's written an extensive essay on the subject – and it's one that might just shock or surprise you as he touches on a lot of areas of controversy and some past internet incidents.
So if you've got that indie series a-brewing, here's some advice . . . fix the holes