FanFiction

I'd like to write a little bit about fanfiction tonight. I have some time on my hands while I wait up until the new episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC America.

I have been reading fanfiction since high school, which is half a decade in my past now. I have seen how technology on the internet has allowed fanfic to grow. When I started reading fanfic the options were fanfiction.net and private sites where authors posted their work (usually in addition to fanfiction.net). FF.net is where I read all of the fic in my Stargate SG-1 days. When I got into Stargate Atlantis fanfic had expanded and LiveJournal had become a place for fandom. Communities and private journals alike were filled with fanfic (and the SGA fandom has amazing fanfic). LiveJournal was my fanfic treasure trove for many years.

Now that I'm reading X-Men: First Class fanfiction I find that most of the quality fic has migrated to Archive of Our Own (AO3). FF.net and LiveJournal still have good fanfic, but most of it also ends up posted on AO3. I really like this because AO3 has the option to download fic. This is my favorite feature. I love that I can download a fic in the correct file type for my Kindle and just drag it over there. In addition to the many books I have on there to read, I also have around 20 fanfics ready to read. They have their own fanfiction collection. And then once I've read them they move to a read fanfiction collection. This, paired with the stories that I keep track of on my iPhone's reading list, means that I always have some spare fic to read even when I'm not at my computer. I found it especially nice during my trip to Boston in early August. I downloaded several of the X-Men Reverse Bang stories to my Kindle and read them while I waited to trains and on longer trains. It made the commute from my home to Boston (and then from my hotel to the city each day) much more fandom filled.

And now I'm off. I've still got an hour and a half until Doctor Who, and there are fanfics on my Kindle just waiting for me.

Back to Blogging

I had a conversation with a friend of mine a couple days ago. We both like to write, but seldom find the time to do it, even though we both have blogs that we could be updating. And that got me thinking about this place. Obviously it's been a while since I posted, but I do really enjoy blogging. With the amount of interesting things that I find on the internet everyday that I just really need to share with someone, or even just put somewhere and talk out my feelings about, blogging could be really good for me.

So, I guess the point of this is that I intend to start posting here more. I do not promise high quality everyday. And it won't always be one thing or another. I hope to post a mix of videos, my writing, pictures and just talking about links or something happening in my life.

I'll start right now with an update on my life. I have the same Dunkin' Donuts job that I've had since I graduated high school. Except now instead of working nights, I'm the Assistant Manager and I work a dark o'clock early in the morning. It's been an interesting transition for this night owl, but I still enjoy it. I am still working my way through college with online classes. I do participate in NaNoWriMo every year (I think I'm pretty good at keeping my sidebar updated with that). I tried Camp NaNoWriMo in August this year and didn't even break 7k. I am still very much a James McAvoy fangirl. I would appreciate it a lot if TPTB would release one of the three movies he filmed last year and early this year (or even Arthur Christmas! Give me anything.). I am still in love with X-Men: First Class. I have grown this love by attending a fan meetup for XMFC and starting to read X-Men comics. I am of legal drinking age (I was the last time I posted, but now I've found people that I can be around and drink and just have a good time). I like drinking, but I'm responsible about it. I saw Train in concert on Saturday. It was fantastic.

I think that's it for tonight. I've got comics that I really want to read. Expect the layout and design to change.

Nice to talk to you again, blog people. Have a good night!