Super fan - a euphemism

[nouveau_monday]

I like to think of myself as an enabler, a pom pom girl, the person who will cheer you on with honest enthusiasm. On saturday at a chapter meeting Eloisa James was speaking about a super fan, and how that's what authors should have. I scribbled to one of my friends that in my world, we call that someone's bitch. As in, "I am ka_mitchell's bitch." And it's so true. I am. I live to be her super fan. Is that crazy?

The truth is that I don't think it is crazy. One, I admire KA Mitchell's writing tremendously. It's a great read in any form (rough draft, final draft, starting stages, hating everything stages, just mulling a possible idea around). Two, I admire her as a person, and want to be her, a lot. Three, she's amazingly inspirational in terms of how she works, how she writes, and how she gives back to other writers by enabling/encouraging/critiquing them. I've been thinking about fans a lot recently, and how the thing about KA Mitchell that I adore so much is that she's accessible and a real person and not just OMG my FAVORITEST AUTHOR EVER!.

Now, I'm no way on her level. I just dabble about in my fandom of choice happily. I'm not published, so it's different. I get that. But I appear to have some fans, which is entertaining. And recently, it has come to my attention that people are intimidated by me. This is ... weird. I feel like I'm the most innocuous person in the world. While I save my super squealy fangirl ways for KA Mitchell, I try to be somewhat squealy to lots of people, because, hello, they deserve it. Some of the writing I read here is breathtaking and I freaking love it. Shouldn't my utter dorkitude keep me from being scary?

There's more here on which I'm musing, but I wanted to document some of this. Do all of us have people we fangirl over? Published authors for me are KA Mitchell and Jennifer Crusie. I want to be them, but KA Mitchell more. Fanfic authors (in my FoC) include Ithilien22 (duh) and the hayloft authors to name a few. I have others in different fandoms, but I'm trying not to explode this entry too much. Plus most of the people on my friends list would recognize those names.

Okay, I have to go back to writing, but I wanted to document my entertained glee and ponderings at being a super fan/fangirl/pom pom girl/enabler/bitch.

Comments

[frances-veritas.livejournal.com]

Do all of us have people we fangirl over?

I have a lot of authors I fangirl over in like 4 different fandoms. :D

There are some authors that leave me so speechless I sometimes wonder if they're even REAL.

I love being a fangirl.

Also. You are the best enable/pom pom girl EVER.

♥!!!

[nouveau-monday.livejournal.com]

i love being a fangirl also. it's like the best part of having crushes on people without a lot of the drama. (i love having crushes on people!)

[miss-smp.livejournal.com]

"I am nouveau monday's bitch".....hmmmmm, I like the sounds of that!!! hee hee hee

super fan/fangirl/pom pom girl/enabler/bitch....call me whatever...it's fine by me!!! :-D

2,242 views....need I say more!!!....OK, one more thing.....

STEPH **HEARTS** MONDAY

[nouveau-monday.livejournal.com]

Did you read it a million more times or tell others to click just to see the number go up? i kept meaning to ask. I definitely appreciated it. It was sweet of you.

hope you got some sleep.

[miss-smp.livejournal.com]

Nope, didn't click just to see the number go up or tell others to!!!

Got some sleep, not enough mind you but hey it is enough to get me through the day!!!

Enjoy your monday monday!!!

[ladysonsie.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Shouldn't my utter dorkitude keep me from being scary?

Yes. Which is why I'm not nervous anymore. *smooch*

And yes I have authors. Half of the Hayloft I want to be when I grow up, I swear. And your enabling and pom poms rock. And now I'm off to fulfill your enabling ways and continue dealing with cranky/pissy boys who just need to get laid.

[nouveau-monday.livejournal.com]

excellent on the non-nervous front! does that mean i'll get porn soon.

i owe ithilien some and best get on that.

[qafaddiction.livejournal.com]

Okay, first of all, when I read "pom pom" girl, I thought you had actually written "porn pom" girl. LOL (hmmm... that moniker might actually be fun to use!!)

I mean this in the sweetest way possible, but I don't find you intimidating at all! LOL Seriously, you are just as enthusiastic and fangirly as the rest of us, and easy to talk to. I do think that your continued devotion to writing in general, and in to fanfic in this fandom in particular, helps to keep your name out there, and to let people see that it means a lot to you.

{{hugs}}

[nouveau-monday.livejournal.com]

*snickers* i'd be happy to be a porn porn girl as well.

i'm glad you don't think i'm intimidating. i don't find myself in the least bit intimidating, but a lot of people have been all strange about me in the last week or so, like, i don't know, i bite or something. (Like your icon!) and i guess people will eventually understand that i am the intimidated not the intimidating one. Some day.

[qafaddiction.livejournal.com]

LOL, no, not porn porn... P-O-R-N P-O-M! :)

I've never met you in person, but I doubt you would bite. :-E <--- fangs

I have a bad headache. I think I need to go to bed now. LOL What a great Nuke day, though.

[nouveau-monday.livejournal.com]

*snickers* porn pom sounds more dirty than porn porn.

Hope you got good sleep.

They were AWESOME weren't they. *sighs*

(and i liked Luke's hair...)

[sweetiejelly.livejournal.com]

Monday, you're making me curious about KA Mitchell!

Also, you're very sweet. I fangirl you and all, but I wouldn't say I'm scare of you. :p *hugs* Maybe words on the internet is just hard to interpret? I dunno. I've certainly mistaken/been mistakened before.