Shadsie
Sage of Tales
Sometimes, I think about how I would like to one day create something (or have something I've already created) "get known," or to have my works become legitimate published works someday and to have them become popular enough to garner a fanbase.
And I mean, a geeky fanbase that does all kinds of creative things based on my work, much like how I am (among many others) in doing fanworks of the things that I like. I think it would be nice to have something like that and to know about it, even if only marginally. (Although, with my own fanworks, I hope the original creators never actually see them. I met book author Peter S. Beagle once and took care *not* to tell him about that one "The Last Unicorn" fanfic I wrote because I was embarassed by it). Still, I think fandom is fun, especially when people more talented than I am are involved in it and I think it would be awesome to have geeky, creative fans one day.
Then, I remember, I actually already do. I'm quite lucky in that respect. I haven't yet had anything professionally published, yet, once in a while, someone likes something of mine enough to get ideas from it. I have gotten outright fanart for some of writing.
In fact, my current laptop desktop image is of one of my main characters from a novel I've written that the artist read part of on one of my websites.
So, any other creative people have this kind of thing happen to them?
And I mean, a geeky fanbase that does all kinds of creative things based on my work, much like how I am (among many others) in doing fanworks of the things that I like. I think it would be nice to have something like that and to know about it, even if only marginally. (Although, with my own fanworks, I hope the original creators never actually see them. I met book author Peter S. Beagle once and took care *not* to tell him about that one "The Last Unicorn" fanfic I wrote because I was embarassed by it). Still, I think fandom is fun, especially when people more talented than I am are involved in it and I think it would be awesome to have geeky, creative fans one day.
Then, I remember, I actually already do. I'm quite lucky in that respect. I haven't yet had anything professionally published, yet, once in a while, someone likes something of mine enough to get ideas from it. I have gotten outright fanart for some of writing.
In fact, my current laptop desktop image is of one of my main characters from a novel I've written that the artist read part of on one of my websites.
So, any other creative people have this kind of thing happen to them?