Interview Meme
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lunabee34It's going around again! Questions from Grace. If you want to be interviewed, let me know and I'll ask you some questions.
1. How did you get into fandom?
In late fall 2004, I was in my office and I was sad because Firefly was over and Buffy was over and Angel was gonna be over and I googled Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I think had these vague thoughts of finding out what the cast was doing or maybe finding a picture for my desktop. What I found was Annie Sewell Jennings. I read Angels of the Silences, a Spuffy piece, and I sat back in my chair and my jaw dropped open and I said, "Oh. My. God. Why did I not know this existed?" I quickly found the Spander she had written and I was smitten.
I immediately began writing my first fanfic, Shadowlands and posting it to UCSL. I posted a message asking for a beta before I posted the fic.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shannon730 answered and connected me with kittypoker1 who became my beta. I got many very positive responses on the USCL Yahoo listserv and before long I had also met amejisuto and suki_blue who conspired with Kitty to bring me over to lj. Because I am at heart a luddite, I refused to get an lj, but when presented with one (with an awesome friends list already intact!), how could I refuse?
2. Do you see ST Reboot as a permanent new fandom for you or just a dalliance?
My very first fanfic was Star Trek TNG. I didn't know it was fanfic, but that's immaterial. I wrote a play for me and my little brother to act; I made us necklaces of yarn with the names of all the characters strung on. We would pull that name to the front of the necklace when we were playing that character. (I made him be all the girls LOL because Worf and Picard and Data kicked way more ass.) Reboot isn't perfect. Plot holes in the film? Gaping. Lack of chicks? Glaring. But I think the movie was fun and enjoyable and energetic and well casted and oh so rife for fanfic. I kinda think I'm here to stay. (Although, to be fair, I have trouble categorizing any fandom as permanent because I sense in myself the potential to move on to something shiny should it present itself.)
3. What's your favorite fic you've written? Why?
This changes all the time, but currently it's the things which I have seen I now can see no more (SPN; Pamela-centric gen; PG-13). I love her character, but I hate the way the show wrote her off. This is my tribute.
4. What are your five favorite songs of the moment?
Lady Gaga "Poker Face"
Rolling Stones "Sister Morhpine"
Aaron Copeland "Appalachian Spring"
Ryan Adams "Come Pick Me Up"
Radiohead "Black Star"
5. Tell me about your username.
Refering back to the first question, those lovely ladies made my lj behind my back and took my email address as my lj handle. Back when I first got on aol, we had a cat named Luna that I often called Lunabee. I tried to get Lunabee as my email address. I then entered a sequence of numbers that got randomer and randomer until aol accepted lunabee34 which has no significance at all.
1. How did you get into fandom?
In late fall 2004, I was in my office and I was sad because Firefly was over and Buffy was over and Angel was gonna be over and I googled Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I think had these vague thoughts of finding out what the cast was doing or maybe finding a picture for my desktop. What I found was Annie Sewell Jennings. I read Angels of the Silences, a Spuffy piece, and I sat back in my chair and my jaw dropped open and I said, "Oh. My. God. Why did I not know this existed?" I quickly found the Spander she had written and I was smitten.
I immediately began writing my first fanfic, Shadowlands and posting it to UCSL. I posted a message asking for a beta before I posted the fic.
shannon730 answered and connected me with kittypoker1 who became my beta. I got many very positive responses on the USCL Yahoo listserv and before long I had also met amejisuto and suki_blue who conspired with Kitty to bring me over to lj. Because I am at heart a luddite, I refused to get an lj, but when presented with one (with an awesome friends list already intact!), how could I refuse?2. Do you see ST Reboot as a permanent new fandom for you or just a dalliance?
My very first fanfic was Star Trek TNG. I didn't know it was fanfic, but that's immaterial. I wrote a play for me and my little brother to act; I made us necklaces of yarn with the names of all the characters strung on. We would pull that name to the front of the necklace when we were playing that character. (I made him be all the girls LOL because Worf and Picard and Data kicked way more ass.) Reboot isn't perfect. Plot holes in the film? Gaping. Lack of chicks? Glaring. But I think the movie was fun and enjoyable and energetic and well casted and oh so rife for fanfic. I kinda think I'm here to stay. (Although, to be fair, I have trouble categorizing any fandom as permanent because I sense in myself the potential to move on to something shiny should it present itself.)
3. What's your favorite fic you've written? Why?
This changes all the time, but currently it's the things which I have seen I now can see no more (SPN; Pamela-centric gen; PG-13). I love her character, but I hate the way the show wrote her off. This is my tribute.
4. What are your five favorite songs of the moment?
Lady Gaga "Poker Face"
Rolling Stones "Sister Morhpine"
Aaron Copeland "Appalachian Spring"
Ryan Adams "Come Pick Me Up"
Radiohead "Black Star"
5. Tell me about your username.
Refering back to the first question, those lovely ladies made my lj behind my back and took my email address as my lj handle. Back when I first got on aol, we had a cat named Luna that I often called Lunabee. I tried to get Lunabee as my email address. I then entered a sequence of numbers that got randomer and randomer until aol accepted lunabee34 which has no significance at all.
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Date: 2009-06-24 04:13 am (UTC)5 questions
Date: 2009-06-24 04:40 am (UTC)2. What's your favorite book and why?
3. Buffyverse--three characters you adore and why.
4. The pairing you'll never read and why.
5. What do you think is your gift, the one thing you are truly good at?
Re: 5 questions
Date: 2009-06-24 03:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-24 04:44 am (UTC)2. Hey! When we're in Minneapolis, possible field trip to True Colors Bookstore (formerly known as Amazon Bookstore Cooperative--they were there BEFORE the online folks).
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Date: 2009-06-24 05:02 pm (UTC)Interview!
1. Current favorite recipe?
2. The song you wish you could excise from the universe?
3. Most unpopular fannish opinion?
4. Remodeling project you'd most like to undertake on your home?
5. Favorite scent?
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Date: 2009-06-25 06:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-25 12:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-26 09:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-26 02:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-25 06:16 am (UTC)3) That is a really kickass story. If I tried to pick my favorite of yours, I probably wouldn't settle on that one, but it would be on my shortlist.
Also, do me, do me!
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Date: 2009-06-26 02:28 pm (UTC)1. What's the object you've made by yourself that you feel the most proud of?
2. Food dislikes?
3. The perfect heroine in a romance novel _________?
4. Favorite rock, mineral, or gemstone?
5. Vacation recommendation for your hometown, state, or region?
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Date: 2009-06-25 06:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-26 02:31 pm (UTC)2. Favorite recipe?
3. The Pratchett plot point you'd change if you could?
4. What role does fandom have in your life?
5. Do you have pets? What kinds? Or why not?
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Date: 2009-06-26 05:56 pm (UTC)