I came home last night (from having drinks with my coworkers at a sports bar) to an email from the editorial director:
my fandom ms is on its way to the printer!
And the director loved it.
Whew.
Until the director signs off, there's the possibility that the writer (me!) might have to make some substantive changes.
But no.
The director wrote,
(The overarching theme is HOW they do that--the various social and electronic technologies they use, invent, share, etc.)
In the ms, I only touched lightly on the facts that fandom is just as much, or even more, about erotic desire and that it's a "gift giving" economy that flourishes in capitalism---(though that's changing a little as fans find ways to charge money for their works...).
Because I skimmed over those fascinating and central parts of fandom, I felt the book was maybe lacking, but the director's enthusiastic review let me believe that it's good, as it is.
I'm relieved, honestly.
And, of course, secretly pleased with myself.
Now I'm off to a house-cleaning gig.
my fandom ms is on its way to the printer!
And the director loved it.
Whew.
Until the director signs off, there's the possibility that the writer (me!) might have to make some substantive changes.
But no.
The director wrote,
"It's your best work yet. It’s fascinating, fun, funny, well organized, deeply researched, and beautifully written—and so darn smart. And profound, actually, the material you're working with.""Profound", I suppose, because as I've written about before here, I chose––due to limited space and the age of the intended readers (thirteen to eighteen years old)––to focus on the theme of how fans create all sorts of "fix-its" to balance mass media's skewed representation of underrepresented social groups.
(The overarching theme is HOW they do that--the various social and electronic technologies they use, invent, share, etc.)
In the ms, I only touched lightly on the facts that fandom is just as much, or even more, about erotic desire and that it's a "gift giving" economy that flourishes in capitalism---(though that's changing a little as fans find ways to charge money for their works...).
Because I skimmed over those fascinating and central parts of fandom, I felt the book was maybe lacking, but the director's enthusiastic review let me believe that it's good, as it is.
I'm relieved, honestly.
And, of course, secretly pleased with myself.
Now I'm off to a house-cleaning gig.
