Don't be so Triflin: Fandom in Real Life

Sarah Rees Brennan has post up on Tumblr about the unfortunate response by some to her past life as a fanfic writer. It's pretty ignorant, petty stuff. I wonder if it's a jealousy thing, ignorance, or that thing that happens because people need to define categories in order to assign importance and make themselves feel better about themselves and what they do. Maybe it's a combination of all three ...

The Unfortuantely True Adventures of Sarah Rees Brennan

Then there is a very interseting follow-up post by Jennifer Lynn Barnes that, in part, seeks to explain some of the phenomena:

On fandom, parasocial relationships, and what we don't know