gloria1

Fannish/fandom related: one of my few remaining ties to 'fandom' per se, is to attend a small convention called "Closet Con" - it only happens every other year and this year is likely to be the last one. I have (foolishly) offered to give a presentation – its called "The Lonely Goatherd - can you be a fan without being in fandom?".

Obviously I have my own big mouth to shout off about my experiences – and that’s necessarily limited. So I would love to hear other viewpoints, if anyone wants to share?

So far, I've got the opening ready but seem to have hit a road block. Barriers to joining fandom - cost, accessibility, and so on? Finding it in the first place? Hostile place, welcoming place? Finding it and leaving it? A utility or resource? A commitment? Using it (or being used by it)? Any of another ten million things I’ve not considered?

Comment screen is disabled or you can contact me at nuinmar at googlemail dot com. Everything will be confidential, I won’t quote anyone directly and won’t divulge any names or attribute any comments. This isn’t an academic exercise, I’m not ticking boxes or conducting a survey, instead, consider this in a spirit of friendly interest.

Thank you.

And if you want to know more about Closet Con, please check out:

http://www.villagepresszines.co.uk/cc.10.htm