The Good News: Geeks are Loved.

[lydamorehouse]

I'm coming down with something. It feels like a mild cold, but I feel drainy and achey and tired. This is made worse by the fact that I still have Mason (until Monday) and Thursday is my errands/animal care day.

Oh, and I ran out of coffee filters.

But not all is lost, my friends... for I have Good News!

Yesterday at WoWW (Women of Wyrdsmiths Wednesday), naomikritzer and I were talking about the sheer joy of introducing lone fans to the community (what us old-timers call Fandom, with a Captial "F"). She has a librarian who recognized her as an author (which is it's own kind of thrill... I had that happen recently at my pharmacy...) but as they got to know each other Naomi realized this was a woman who hadn't heard THE GOOD NEWS. There are cons, you know. Places where people LIKE US gather.

That made me laugh so hard I suggested we should make a Fandom tract. Naomi is now hard at work on one. I hope to contribute some art. Soon, I plan to be standing on some busy downtown street corner with a bright, rather-too-cheerful-it's-almost-frightening smile on my face, handing these pamphlets out to passing strangers who hit my nerd-dar saying, "Cos-playing sister, have you heard the Good News?" and "Geek brother, your fannish rants are LOVED!"

Tell me that wouldn't be AWESOME??????

Comments

[mle292.livejournal.com]

Beware of False Prophets, like Creation Con.

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

Yes! Brilliant, even.