Hello again

[resonant]

I've spent a couple of months trying to sit with my losses and changes, done and happening and still to come. It was good to have a period of quiet. It was what I needed. But I really missed you folks.

I didn't discover the secret of life. I did discover that I was allowing my time and energy to sort of flow out without any direction from me -- to be used by whoever demanded them, to drift into hours spent noodling around on the computer in a way that was neither pleasure nor rest. Little by little I'm trying to change that.

So I'm going to be trying to do fandom in a way that has more

interacting with each other as people
getting help from others to make my writing better
helping others who want to make their writing better
reading delicious stories

and has less

passive absorbtion
meta without interaction

Chat and Dreamwidth and your worlds and your stories are good for me. Tumblr is bad for me, and for now I'm opting out. (Well, OK, I confess: I'm still following a handful of artists. Plus Important Birds.)

So: Hello again! Let's get back into the groove with the December Daily meme! Pick a date in December and give me a topic, fannish or no. (Also, if you're participating, can you say so in your comment so I can follow you home and ask questions to you?)

1. giglet: What does happiness look like to you now? How has that changed from a year ago?
   
2. sineala: Of all the fandoms you've been in, which was your favorite? (Because of the fic, or the fannish community, or the fact that it contained your all-time OTP, or whatever other metric makes sense to you...)
   
3. wychwood: What is your favourite of your own stories? Which fic-writing achievements are you proudest of?
   
4. out_there: What's the worst novel you've ever read, and why?
   
5. panisdead: dreams. Any way you choose to interpret.
   
6. goss: Goals - For today / tomorrow / this week / this month / this year / next year / life goals. Any or all.
   
7. monanotlisa: Can I interest you in writing a Steve/Sam snippet? Or some thoughts on them? ♥
   
8. china_shop: Do you shop online, and if so, what are some of your favourite sites. (If not, is it a conscious choice or just habit?)
   
9. princessofgeek: Advice on changing bad habits -- what has worked for you in the past.
   
10. amalthia: what is your current favorite fandom and what do you love about it?
    
11. mific: crossovers - do you like reading them? Do you write them? (make it 2 questions if you like).
    
12. princessofgeeks gets two questions, because they were really great questions: What you would tell your self of 20 years ago if you had the chance.
    
13. armadillo1976: Original fiction: have you written any? Do you feel you are going to? Why?
    
14. blnchflr: what has changed (most) about your writing?
    
15. kass: Tell me, if you will, what you enjoy most about parenthood?
    
16. marginaliana: What one thing would you most like to do in your life that you think is impossible for whatever reason (financial, laws of physics, etc)?
    
17. sage: What's your favorite thing from each season of the year? (Optional: least favorite?)
    
18. isis: tell me about a favorite place you've visited on your travels, or a place you'd like to go to.
    
19. cesperanza: what are the things that get you to write, fannishly? Have you been able to articulate the circumstances that get you from passive to active fannishness about a particular source?
    
20. veronamay: what's your all-time favourite piece of fanon/headcanon? Describe in detail, including reasons why you love it. Can be something you came up with, or someone else's that you've adopted--just something you really love.
    
21. runpunkrun: What's a favorite piece of writing advice you've picked up over the years?
    
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23. indywind: an anecdote from your real life. (Your kidlet says the darnedest things, and I love how you share overheard remarks in such a way that I can practically hear them myself).
    
24. ranalore: Do you write to music? If so, what makes a good writing soundtrack?
    
25. realpestilence: favorite poem and favorite poet.
    
26. wintercreek: Talk to us about Steve Rogers. Fic, meta, rambling, whatever. STEEEEEEEEEEEEEVE.
    
27. laurenthemself: have you ever been camping? What are your thoughts on camping?
    
28. riverlight: what tropes you love to write and any you hate!
    
29. cathalin: What story do you most wish someone would write, that for some reason you aren't writing/won't write (original or fannish)? Who would it be about, and what would happen? (And if you can say, why would it be something someone else and not you would write?) Why would you like such a story? What tropes or ideas or etc. would it explore that you wish you could find more of?
    
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Comments

[panisdead]

Hello! Glad to see you.

December 5th, dreams. Any way you choose to interpret.

I plan to participate but haven't made a post yet.

[out_there]

I'm not participating due to life in general, but for a question, how about Dec 4th - "What's the worst novel you've ever read, and why?"

So I'm going to be trying to do fandom in a way that has more

interacting with each other as people
getting help from others to make my writing better
helping others who want to make their writing better
reading delicious stories

and has less

passive absorbtion
meta without interaction

That's really interesting. Because I've definitely slipped into those last two (with a strong dose of reading), yet it's the writing and interraction side of fandom that I really enjoyed.

[giglet]

What does happiness look like to you now? How has that changed from a year ago?

[sineala]

I'm glad to see you posting again -- I've missed your posts!

Meme question, if you're still looking for them: Of all the fandoms you've been in, which was your favorite? (Because of the fic, or the fannish community, or the fact that it contained your all-time OTP, or whatever other metric makes sense to you...)

(My question meme post is here.)

[amalthia]

December 10th, what is your current favorite fandom and what do you love about it?

[blnchflr]

Good to see you again, and good to hear stepping away for a while was good for you.

Dec 14: what has changed (most) about your writing?

[monanotlisa]

December 7th: Can I interest you in writing a Steve/Sam snippet? Or some thoughts on them? ♥

[monanotlisa]

And, oh, here; that's mine: http://monanotlisa.dreamwidth.org/1478248.html

I have not entered the questions folks asked me, so they're still in the comments.

[veronamay]

Hello! Welcome back! I hope your revised approach to fandom brings back some of the joy it sounds like you've been missing.

December 20: what's your all-time favourite piece of fanon/headcanon? Describe in detail, including reasons why you love it. Can be something you came up with, or someone else's that you've adopted--just something you really love.

ETA: I'm playing! My post is here: http://veronamay.dreamwidth.org/877514.html

[mific]

11th Dec - crossovers - do you like reading them? Do you write them? (make it 2 questions if you like).

I'm doing the meme here: http://mific.dreamwidth.org/70691.html
(edited to update the date)

[wychwood]

What is your favourite of your own stories? Which fic-writing achievements are you proudest of?

(I don't expect you to ask me a question back, but my entry is here, anyway)

[goss]

Goals - For today / tomorrow / this week / this month / this year / next year / life goals. Any or all.

[china_shop]

Do you shop online, and if so, what are some of your favourite sites. (If not, is it a conscious choice or just habit?)

Any day. :-)

[princessofgeeks]

So glad you see you. I don't really have a question for you, and I"m not doing the December Meme because December is crazy for me and also I am writing again and want to put my focus on that.

But I so hear you about trying to manage one's online time better.

Actually I do have a couple of questions for you.

Advice on changing bad habits -- what has worked for you in the past.

What you would tell your self of 20 years ago if you had the chance.

[fox]

Welcome back. [smish]

[marginaliana]

Dec 16: What one thing would you most like to do in your life that you think is impossible for whatever reason (financial, laws of physics, etc)?

My question post is here.

[norah]

Hiiii I miss you and I think of you often.

[armadillo1976]

Original fiction: have you written any? Do you feel you are going to? Why? [It's great to see you back. All the best to you!]

[cesperanza]

I miss you!! FWIW, my hours have shifting - I'm online earlier now, and I tend to fall asleep in the evenings - too tired even to write, really - though if you think you'll be on, I'll come by and see you! I'll take the 19th, randomly, and ask you a question I've been thinking about myself: what are the things that get you to write, fannishly? Have you been able to articulate the circumstances that get you from passive to active fannishness about a particular source?

[indywind]

December 23 (or next closest date before that, if that gets taken), and an anecdote from your real life. (Your kidlet says the darnedest things, and I love how you share overheard remarks in such a way that I can practically hear them myself).
Oh sure why not, I'll play too.

[kass]

Your description of what you're looking for in your fannish experience matches mine pretty much exactly. :-)

Tell me, if you will, what you enjoy most about parenthood?

I am doing the December posting meme -- feel free to ask me something!

[sage]

Yay, I'm glad you're back! *hugs*

Any day: What's your favorite thing from each season of the year? (Optional: least favorite?)

And mine's over here.

[isis]

Welcome back!

Any day: tell me about a favorite place you've visited on your travels, or a place you'd like to go to.

My December talking meme request list: http://isis.dreamwidth.org/104479.html

[runpunkrun]

I don't know if there are any days left, but if there are: What's a favorite piece of writing advice you've picked up over the years?

[ranalore]

It's good to see you. I'm trying to change my fannish interaction back to actually include more interaction, too.

Any day: Do you write to music? If so, what makes a good writing soundtrack?

My meme is here, though a question back is not expected.

[realpestilence]

Any day: favorite poem and favorite poet.


These are all good resolutions, especially the interaction with people as people and the less passive absorption parts. It's too easy to just back and observe fandom or to only interact with people as authors and readers. Not nearly as rewarding, though.

[laurenthemself]

27th: have you ever been camping? What are your thoughts on camping?

[wintercreek]

Talk to us about Steve Rogers. Fic, meta, rambling, whatever. STEEEEEEEEEEEEEVE. Any day.

My December Meme post is here if you would like to drop a prompt in return.

[riverlight]

Welcome back! Nice to see you around.

I'd love to know what tropes you love to write and any you hate!

I'm doing the meme, too, here—though you're already on it, because you asked me something last year which I never wrote about! Still, feel free to ask another if you want. :)

[cathalin]

I don't know if there's space, but if so, any remaining day and...

What story do you most wish someone would write, that for some reason you aren't writing/won't write (original or fannish)? Who would it be about, and what would happen? (And if you can say, why would it be something someone else and not you would write?) Why would you like such a story? What tropes or ideas or etc. would it explore that you wish you could find more of?

Alternately, what are your favorite tropes/situations to put characters in? Why? (And if inspired, put a current fave into that situation in a teeny snippet??? <3)