This is a very belated fulfillnent of New Year's Resolution 4: Tracking feedback. Short version--Jesus Christ, I suck. I think I was fine until Due South, then just. Nevermind. It's that depressing.

So I haven't done my reading log statistics, because they are really sad and the feedback ratio is just horrible. I don't even have a good excuse. I haven't posted since February stats...Jesus. So.

( march through august )

I am totally going to graph this entire year come January by fandom. I almost feel anal enough to do it now, but I want to be surprised come next year.

(Question--does it count as feedback if you tell them you liked it at a con? Because that raises my statistics significantly.)

ETA: *facepalm* It was supposed to cut-tag.

And random updates! Because I can.

Fannish Resolution #4: Track my leaving feedback versus number of stories I read to find out what proportion of fic I feedback and why/why not. Possibly do it publicly.

So, my stats as of 1/31/2008

Stories Read: 32
Vids Watched: 1
Stories FBed: 30
Vids FBed: 1
Authors/Vidders: 31
Fandoms: Stargate:Atlantis, Torchwood

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OTW

otw_news has announced a call for academic papers by the new journal Transformative Works and Cultures. From the notice on otw_news:

Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC) is a new international peer-reviewed journal published by the Organization for Transformative Works edited by Kristina Busse and Karen Hellekson. TWC publishes articles about popular media, fan communities, and transformative works, broadly conceived.

More information can be found at their website: Transformative Works and Cultures.

*wistful* This makes me wish I had the academic training to write papers.

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Newletter 3 is also up, and my personal part:

Open Doors update from Mary Ellen Curtin (mecurtin)

The Open Doors project of the Organization For Transformative Works is dedicated to offering shelter to at-risk fannish projects. While some of these projects will be integrated into the Archive of Our Own or the Wiki once those services are up and running, others which have a particular historical significance or are structurally difficult to integrate may continue to be preserved as "special collections". We hope to be unveiling our first project well before the end of February.

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OTW FAQ Part 1 is up for reading, mulling, and commenting. It's interesting.

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Fangirls Around and About

Fifth Annual Valentine's Day Game

From her entry:

These past four years, on Valentine's Day, I put together a little project that I call the Valentine's Day Game, which is something of a misnomer, because games tend to involve strategy and all that good stuff, and this is all pretty straightforward.

I had nearly 200 e-mails last year, and I'd love to see even more people than that this year!

And that covers what I have read today.