tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post8019151718666604537..comments2024-03-25T12:56:59.509-04:00Comments on alien romances: The Reading Demographic TodayRowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-53369423405520290502007-08-01T20:15:00.000-04:002007-08-01T20:15:00.000-04:00I think fanfic provides the fan with stories of th...I think fanfic provides the fan with stories of the type they are looking for but not getting from the professional writers and publishers. Granted much fanfic is written with more enthusiasm then craft, but there is a joy, even in the darkest and grimmest of these tales, that one doesn't always find in professional fiction. <BR/><BR/>As mentioned in a prior post, fanfic has served as the incubator for many writers. It has also proven that "Hey, I can write a better book than that."<BR/><BR/>I'm glad to live in a society which allows fans to indulge their imagination with fan fiction. Not every society will allow such license.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-37826362570481061552007-08-01T08:23:00.000-04:002007-08-01T08:23:00.000-04:00P.S. I've noticed another motivation for FanFic. ...P.S. I've noticed another motivation for FanFic. They're like training wheels for new writers. After a while, they get frustrated with it and start creating their own characters and universes. Before you know it, they're zipping all over the place with their own novels.Kimber Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982239712083114488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-84752031876507775842007-07-31T16:54:00.000-04:002007-07-31T16:54:00.000-04:00the reading demographic used to read fiction in or...<I>the reading demographic used to read fiction in order to feel a sense of communicating with the world.</I><BR/><BR/>That's interesting. I'd have said the reverse. At least I think I would. I read NONfiction to stay in touch with the world. Some of my nonfiction reading has been displaced by internet keeping-up-on-the-world, as you describe.<BR/><BR/>My fiction reading hasn't changed at all because of new technologies. I find out about books in new places, but I read the same amount and same formats as I always did. I wonder whether there's a generational difference in why people read. Or a certain phase of life. It may be that in my teens I read partly to access a wider world...? That's something I haven't really thought about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-88844316399403656882007-07-31T14:14:00.000-04:002007-07-31T14:14:00.000-04:00Great column, as usual!I love the movie, 'Night at...Great column, as usual!<BR/><BR/>I love the movie, 'Night at the Museum.' There's a scene near the end when the monkey is tormenting Larry and Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams) says, "Who's evolved?"<BR/><BR/>Larry: "But he..."<BR/><BR/>"Who's evolved?"<BR/><BR/>Larry: "I am."<BR/><BR/>We have to evolve. Adapt or die. That's all. The readers are there, but the time has come in which authors must go out and meet them where they are. <BR/><BR/>I have a YA Science Fiction I'll be querying agents for on September 1st. Where are all the teen Trekkies? They're scattered across cyberspace, libraries, used bookstores, and iTunes where their voice is hardly heard because it's not reflected in the sale of new books. I'll have to seek them out if I'm to succeed.<BR/><BR/>Even though the mode of transmitting stories to readers has changed, the readers have not changed. They are still human beings and all humans have needs, some of which are met through storytelling. I think this is the most important thing to remember when reaching out to them.Kimber Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982239712083114488noreply@blogger.com