Fandom

Those of us that write, write for the sake of the story; for the love of telling a story. We write because we have characters that speak to us and tell us a story - while based on someone's creation - that means something to us, that has to be told.

When the awards start to pop up, they were created to recognize the fantastic effort that someone put into a story; the time it took to craft the story. And that is great.

I've started an awards site. The hope was to recognize lesser known authors. But I question if this will happen. I would hate for people to just vote on the standard "popular" fics. And I would really hate for people to ignore RPF/RL fics as well. There are so many talented authors who contribute to this genre that it's a real same more people aren't reading them.

I know that awards are more popularity-based, and I understand that. I just hope that people take the time and focus on those that aren't in the inner-circle, that write quality fictions, but just aren't well know.

Grand hope? Foolish? I truly hope not.

The Faithful Shipper

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