I haven't enjoyed fic in recent months - not because there hasn't been good writing, but because I no longer can engage with a happy-happy premise, and recent fic has mostly been "denialist" in nature.
In any case, fandom and one's involvement in it shouldn't be about obligations at all, but about how much enjoyment one get out of it.
Whether it's based in reality or not, the feeling I've had that there are people tolerating my presence in hopes of getting another story out of me needed to be addressed in some way so that I could get over myself and move on. I've hopefully done it with minimal drama/trauma ;)
I actually wasn't particularly surprised that the recent departures occurred, as I'd sensed dissatisfaction in those quarters for some time, perhaps because of how I've been feeling.
The journals I enjoy reading most (yours included) have relatively little fannish content, or it's in some way proportionate to the writer's life as a whole. On the few occasions when I actually like people, I do like them better than TV shows ;) I'm glad we'll remain in each other's orbits.
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Date: 2004-10-22 01:42 pm (UTC)In any case, fandom and one's involvement in it shouldn't be about obligations at all, but about how much enjoyment one get out of it.
Whether it's based in reality or not, the feeling I've had that there are people tolerating my presence in hopes of getting another story out of me needed to be addressed in some way so that I could get over myself and move on. I've hopefully done it with minimal drama/trauma ;)
I actually wasn't particularly surprised that the recent departures occurred, as I'd sensed dissatisfaction in those quarters for some time, perhaps because of how I've been feeling.
The journals I enjoy reading most (yours included) have relatively little fannish content, or it's in some way proportionate to the writer's life as a whole. On the few occasions when I actually like people, I do like them better than TV shows ;) I'm glad we'll remain in each other's orbits.