It's always such a shock to me to read articles like this where everyone is pretty much "OH MY! Women write fan fiction! Some of it is called slash! Oh oh oh! How new!" because I tend to forget that there are so many, what we used to call "Mundanes" out there.
Way back that was the fannish nickname for those who had/have no idea there is the whole fanfic culture and that there are a LOT of people, mostly women, in it and what they write cover a pretty enormous spectrum. This article on Twilight fic is like finding an article where someone announces with great excitement that there are people who like to eat food.
On "Smut, Please"! The Fabulous Online Universe of 'Twilight' Fan Fiction, in Which Edward and Bella Get It On and On and On
It's always such a shock to me to read articles like this where everyone is pretty much "OH MY! Women write fan fiction! Some of it is called slash! Oh oh oh! How new!" because I tend to forget that there are so many, what we used to call "Mundanes" out there.
Way back that was the fannish nickname for those who had/have no idea there is the whole fanfic culture and that there are a LOT of people, mostly women, in it and what they write cover a pretty enormous spectrum. This article on Twilight fic is like finding an article where someone announces with great excitement that there are people who like to eat food.