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One of the most infuriating parts of having a large body of work online is that it causes people to poke and prod me for more of a specific thing. Sometimes they read a work that is more than a decade old and demand more of it. Or they find a single line in a fic that they think is absolutely fascinating, and act like I’m silly for never exploring it.

Or I edit a single line in a fic when I’m reading my own shit and I get ten emails about it because how dare I change a sentence in a work that is eight years old. I’ve clearly ruined their whole life and made things difficult by changing a few words. I’m not even exaggerating about this. I did that and I got emails within a week. I got an email about it last week actually where the person was searching for a fic that had that specific line in it and they just couldn’t find it and they were so sure it was my fic and can I please help them. It was so overtly obvious they were complaining about it and not just because it was the FIFTH email they’d sent me about the same line of dialogue I’d edited in the first part of the Sentinels of Atlantis.

I know, as a writer, that I can’t predict what a reader will get out of my work or what parts they will ultimately become very attached to. I also know that people read the same things over and over again (much like they watch the same media repeatedly) because it helps with anxiety. If they read something new, they might get a nasty surprise. So, I do understand the comfort that can be had in finding an author you trust to warn appropriately with a large body of work you can swim in when the world is difficult.

But, for the love of Pedro Pascal, please stop prodding me for shit you want to see. It drives me nuts.

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Time after time, I've sought some sort of replacement for LJ. When it imploded, I invested myself in Facebook and cultivated fandom friends and groups. BUT, I also delved into other topics on Facebook and it has all become a big stressful mess. I tried Tumblr but it never gelled in my mind (maybe that's my age showing). And I didn't stay fandom focused over there either.

I do think it falls to us to "create" a fandom space in whatever platform we choose. And that boils down to our own behavior really. I rarely talked about anything but fandom on my LJ (and well I bitched a lot about family) and I did transfer all of that content to Dreamwidth but there isn't a sense of community here that I've been able to really connect with. I like Dreamwidth and will continue to use it but it's just not what I want it to be. Maybe it could be one day?

So the big question is -- is MeWe the solution?

I think it COULD be. If we cultivate fandom friends, create fandom groups, and avoid bringing crap into it that would make it joyless. Facebook is like that for me -- Marie Kondo would be appalled.

Yesterday, I did start the process of Kondo'ing my FB. I unliked political and news pages. I turned off notifications for games
I don't play. I left groups that irritate me and there were a lot of them. I joined a group on FB recently for PCOS for resources. Unfortunately, it was also full of women trying to have babies and some of them were succeeding. My god, it seemed like once a week I was seeing a picture of a positive pregnancy test. The last one I saw I burst into tears. I left that group yesterday. Why do that to myself? I'll just buy a diet book for PCOS and try to figure out what parts of my diet works for me and what doesn't. Gah.

Going into MeWe, I decided -- no politics, no religion, no causes of any sort. I posted that on my timeline over there today. I got an email this morning questioning me on it -- and demanding to know how I could dictate what my friends on the platform posted. Well, I didn't. I just said that if they post that shit I'll unfollow them indefinitely and I mean it. They can still see my posts if they want and be in my groups but I'm really fucking tired of the crappy world we live in.

I need a fandom safe place to have fun and MeWe is my choice.

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I got an "anonymous" comment form on my site berating me for complaining about the plagiarism on the story on AO3 (that finally got removed).

Apparently, I'm a selfish bitch for filing a complaint and ruining a story they'd been reading.

Yep, I sure am. Maybe if that word thief spent more time writing her own work instead of stealing mine you'd still have something to read you self-absorbed twat.

Fun fact, my comment form records IP addresses and I just banned yours from reading on my site (after I deleted the account you created a few years ago).

I'm sure you won't miss reading on my site, hell you only logged in once a week for the last three years.

I certainly won't miss you.

"Cee Lo Green - F**K YOU - DeMix" (Watch on YouTube)

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My name is Keira and I'm fed up with the beta process.

Don't get me wrong, I totally love my betas. They're great. I just hate the process itself.

I have to ask myself, who in fandom decided that beta was a thing? Who thought -- oh, I'm getting free stuff to read but this author really should do a bunch of extra work to make sure my free entertainment doesn't have any typos!

I'm currently in beta for my QB fic. I mean, like I'm on part 2 of 6 in that process. I just finished Darkly Loyal and it's twice the length of my QB. If I actually put that in beta -- it wouldn't be ready to post until probably April. Fuck that noise.

BAH.

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Last night, Jilly James and I rambled about fandom and personal responsibility in our communities. We also talked about my on going issue with plagiarism. Sigh.

Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/keiramarcos/2018/12/08/fandom-junk-the-good-fan

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It would be super disingenuous to say I don't have anything to share on EAD because yall know all about my WIP folder cause I ~~humble brag~~ complain about my meandering path through WIPs all the damn time. In the end, it becomes a matter of choice as I read through my various projects to see what I'm ready to expose because it is an exposure of sorts for authors to show you their rough work. Many of us are used to doing it on Rough Trade but EAD is a far more permanent sort of thing for me as I leave excerpts up until I'm ready to post a complete project on my main site.

I'm currently toying with a Harry Potter/Hobbit crossover which greatly amuses me. Though I'm considering restructuring it into episodes because it's already over 100k and there's no sign of stopping. What possessed me to merge 2 wordy fandoms together? I don't know. I'll probably make a lot of LOTR fans foam at the mouth what with my utter lack of respect for canon, timelines, and geography.

Another Harry Potter fic I have on the brain in the plotting stages is a different sort of magical guardian fic and it might end up being my April project. Who knows.

I'm toying with the next part of Hold My Coffee, meandering through my plot document for the next part in Ties That Bind, and I've got an original story for Declan Frost and Sean Taylor in the early "cloud plot" stages. I'm having to do some world building but it'll be a paranormal romance though it won't be set in the same 'verse as my first original project, Fall For You. But speaking of Law of the Pack, I do have original novellas in the works for Jared Cameron and Lawrence Harper but I don't have enough of either to currently share in any sort of way that would make sense.

Regardless, I'm currently trawling my WIP folder looking for stuff to share on EAD.

-KM

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I asked myself, how many times can I bitch and complain about reader entitlement before I start to bore myself?

On a for real note, donating to Rough Trade or to the Wild Hare Project doesn't equal any sort of ownership on your part. I appreciate the much needed donations as it keeps everything running but that doesn't mean you're entitled to a fucking thing in regards to the works produced there.

For fuck's sake.

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Got this email:

I read your Stargate works years ago but fell out of the fandom for a while. I was surprised and disappointed to return to your site and find that you've been writing Harry Potter.

As a Christian, I'm deeply offended by your interest in the occult and find that my joy in your Stargate works has been greatly diminished. I hope you find Jesus.

* * * * *
I can't respond because of the bogus email address but let me assure you, I know exactly where Jesus is. He's lived in my silverware drawer for like the better part of a decade.

As an atheist, I'm deeply offended that you were perfectly capable of enjoying my Magical Mystery Butt-Sex Tour until I stuck some *obvious* magic in it.

I got news for you dipshit, all cock is magical.

1. Your deep, personal investment in my work makes me really uncomfortable.

2. Sometimes your feedback is phrased in such a way that I worry the line between fiction and reality is pretty much nonexistent for you.

3. I hate it when you read between the lines of my story and make up shit that didn't actually happen then make it seem like you're really unhappy with your assumptions and blame me. It's not cool.

4. Your homophobia makes me deeply uncomfortable. (Every single time someone emails me asks me what the pairing is going to be for Lord of the High Elves because they'll be so upset for wasting their time reading it if it's Harry/Draco)

5. Being a Big Name Fan isn't something I strived for, I hate being called one, and it's not contagious so stop trying to rub yourself all over me. It's weird.

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Can't Sleep Love by Pentatonix

This is how I feel when someone complains about how I run Rough Trade:

Recently, I became the fandom Agony Aunt against my will. This is absolutely not a complaint so if you've written me for advice and gotten it, don't think I'm being an asshole about it. In fact, this post isn't even a complaint about that aspect--it's about the subject of the last FOUR emails I've gotten.

You see, four different authors in multiple fandoms have come to me in the past month to discuss plagiarism. They've had their work taken, sometimes reworked and posted publicly with little or no credit. One was so outrageous and blatant that I could do nothing but stare at it in shock. I have a pretty strict rule on remixing my work -- the answer is always no. It's always going to be no. Explore my ideas and themes your own way-- yes. But I find it offensive as fuck that anyone would take my work, edit it to suit themselves (like my work is inferior and needs to be fixed) and claim it for themselves.

I gave each of these authors the same basic advice: You have every single right to be unhappy and say so. Also, I've got your back if shit gets ugly.

Yes, we can be inspired the work of others--that's the basic foundation of fandom but don't take other people's works for your own. Remixing should never, ever be done without permission. And really, most of these people aren't even "remixing" in the true sense of the word. They're just taking someone's story and changing it to suit themselves because the author did something they didn't agree with or whatever. It's extremely ugly fucking behavior and posting it online is just another layer of disrespect.

Let's just be good citizens and remember -- don't be an asshole.

Got a fandom problem you'd like me to answer in public? It can be as anonymous as you'd like -- Fill out a contact form and choose the subject "Fandom Agony Aunt": http://keiramarcos.com/contact-me/

ALL OF THESE EXCERPTS CAN BE FOUND ON MY PRIVATE LJ COMMUNITY: EVIL AUTHOR DAY -- CLICK ON THE TAG ON THE SIDE TO REVIEW WHAT IS AVAILABLE. SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED COMPLETED ON MY SITE SO THE ONES THAT ARE CROSSED OFF ARE AVAILABLE OVER THERE OR NOT AVAILABLE AT ALL.

I'm finished with my excerpts. These are works in progress. Do not harass me for updates or ask questions about my plots for these stories. I mean it.

For those of you haven't been on Facebook today -- the links are below:

Beads on Her Feet (Hobbit - Thorin/Belladonna -female Bilbo)
Prologue & Chapter One

The Shield Maiden of Erebor (Hobbit - Thorin/Belladonna -female Bilbo)
Prologue & Chapter One & Chapter Two

Spirit Born (Hobbit - Thorin/Belladonna -female Bilbo)
Prologue & Chapter One
Chapters Two & Three
Chapters Four & Five

Blank Space (Harry Potter, Harry/Hermione)

Will be posted in full on my site.

I'm aware of my Good Reads profile. I don't care either way about being listed there. Trying to manage that would be like trying to herd cats-- so I won't be investing any time in getting it removed. Ain't nobody got time for that. But make time to listen this:

This month's challenge is Soul Mate Bonds and the ramifications of such. We have entries in mutliple fandoms among them: Harry Potter, Stargate, Teen Wolf, Avengers, & NCIS. There are also several original fiction projects in the works!

You can browse by title here:

http://www.keiramarcos.com/roughtrade/?page_id=14899

Fandom is listed with the title. Once you click on a post archive -- just scroll down the very bottom to check out the project file the author posted at the start of the challenge.

My own project is called: With Your Heart on Your Sleeve and I'm writing in the Avengers fandom this month.

On Friday, I'll be discussing the character of Rodney McKay and how he is relates to my fiction. This is the post where you can ask questions that I will answer on the air when the radio show airs.

The show will be broadcast here:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/keiramarcos/2014/08/30/author-commentary-rodney-mckay

Most of the time, I get awesome feedback and thought provoking questions. Sometimes, I get whiny emails from people who are offended by my anti-religious, anti-Republican, feminist, liberal, pro-gay agenda. Then there are moments like the ones below that are so... offensive, amusing, stupid, or whatever that I don't even respond to them. Except, I think they might amuse you to see the questions and answers so here goes:

Q. Why do post your HET work? The slash is better.
A. I live in the land of the free and the motherfucking brave and I can post what I want.

Q. Why do you hate Ginny Weasley?
A. I hate all two-dimensional, under utilized and poorly crafted characters in stories, books, tv shows, and movies that serve no real purpose.

Q. Don't you think it's arrogant to have your own weekly internet radio show?
A. Yes. Yes, I do.

Q. Why do your male characters have to be so unrealistically endowed?
A. I pity you. There is nothing unrealistic about a 9 inch cock.

Q. Why are you such a bitch about people offering you advice on your stories?
A. I rarely take advice from professionals who actually know their craft, why would I take advice from some anonymous twat on the Internet who thinks my hate-on for Ron Weasley is inappropriate?

Q. I think you're overrated, why do you get so much attention in fandom when I'm a better writer than you?
A. I don't know but it could be because you're a whiny ass, entitled cunt who actually compares herself to other writers and finds them lacking in order to boost your obvious feelings of inadequacy. Or I'm just awesome. You can decide for yourself.

For for everyone else: Get out more. Educate yourself. Develop some fucking tolerance or else.

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