![]() ![]() I honestly think that fanfiction is stigmatized on a high level because, for a long time, fanfiction was the creative part of fandom that was most dominated by women and queer people. Why do you think, at a high level, fanfiction is stigmatized? There’s this taboo about fanfiction, where if you write something in someone else’s sandbox, you’re doing something wrong. Writers, though, are expected to lock ourselves in a room alone and strain until somehow genius pops out. Musicians are urged to perform the songs of other composers before they ever write their own. Painters are encouraged to go to the art museum and sketch and copy the masters. The author Celia Tam made one of my favorite comments about fanfiction: It wasn’t until much later that I found out this was called fanfic and people did it all the time, and that writing a story about yourself having the adventures is called self-insert, or “Mary Sue.” I also found out it was dirty, bad, and wrong, but actually, there is nothing wrong with a self-insert, and “Mary Sue” is a sexist term that should never be used. My first fanfic was me writing stories where I got to go on adventures with the Doctor or where I got to go play in Ponyland instead of Megan. Joe or you’re playing My Little Pony and you’re with the ponies. It’s very standard for kids to imagine themselves in their media: you’re playing G.I. What I knew was that, like any other six-year-old, I wanted to have adventures with my toys. Well, I didn’t know that’s what I was doing. You mentioned in an earlier essay you started writing fanfiction when you were six. I was very well known for “why did you do that” crossovers-I wrote the Veronica Mars/ Josie and the Pussycats crossover that was going around a little while ago and quite a bit of Doctor Who fanfic. I was also an active member of a print Elfquest zine for several years and I did a lot of Veronica Mars fanfic, some fandom of just two people, Disney Channel Original Movies fanfic. I wrote a huge quantity of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer fic in the day. Well, my work prior to that was primarily fanfiction. Could you discuss your work prior to that, both in fandom and other places? ![]() Your first published novel was the urban fantasy work Rosemary and Rue, which was in 2009. I’ve been a member of fandom actively since I was 14. I am currently the writer of Ghost-Spider for Marvel comics and have done various other comics work. As myself I am primarily known for my urban fantasy works, such as the October Daye and InCryptid series, and modern portal fantasy, such as Wayward Children and Middlegame.Īs Mira Grant, I mostly write biomedical science fiction thrillers, including the Newsflesh trilogy, the Parasitology trilogy, and assorted other works. Note: This interview contains adult language, as well as discussions of mature content and sexual harassment. Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Seanan McGuire discusses the role fandom and fanfiction has had on her career and why fanfiction is considered taboo among many authors.
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