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International Femslash Day
July 19, 2008 has been designated by the online community as International Femslash Day. Femslash refers to writings of female pairings in various TV shows, even books and movies (Sam/Janet, Xena/Gabrielle, or Janeway/Seven).
I have been a writer all my life, enjoying the many places my imagination could take me, but I definitely got my start as a writer for public consumption by writing femslash, aka f/f, or lesbian relationships for two particular fandoms, Xena: Warrior Princess and Star Trek: Voyager. The communities, like J7Faction, born of these fandoms are a wonderful, supportive environment and shape writers of many stripes, providing vast types of feedback, from 'cheerleading' to more constructive. You may have seen the terms "bards", for the writers (most often originating in the Xena fandom) and "beta readers" (readers who might check a story before it is posted--ranging from having editor skills to in-depth series knowledge for picking out inconsistencies). Both terms are ones which were happily worn by many now-published authors of print and e-book lesbian and bisexual women's fiction.
Anyway, there are fan-made videos, fan-made graphic art, and fan-written stories, celebrating and expanding on something we like to call "subtext" (although in some series, like Bad Girls or ER it was definitely from time to time "maintext") which many sites will unveil on July 19. Surf the web starting at any of the above links, and see them for yourself.
Finally, be sure to come back here on July 19, for at least one new short story, possibly two, from me, to you.
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Note: The links above go to some of the more popular sites for those fandoms, but they certainly are not all that's available. Share your links by posting in Comments!
I have been a writer all my life, enjoying the many places my imagination could take me, but I definitely got my start as a writer for public consumption by writing femslash, aka f/f, or lesbian relationships for two particular fandoms, Xena: Warrior Princess and Star Trek: Voyager. The communities, like J7Faction, born of these fandoms are a wonderful, supportive environment and shape writers of many stripes, providing vast types of feedback, from 'cheerleading' to more constructive. You may have seen the terms "bards", for the writers (most often originating in the Xena fandom) and "beta readers" (readers who might check a story before it is posted--ranging from having editor skills to in-depth series knowledge for picking out inconsistencies). Both terms are ones which were happily worn by many now-published authors of print and e-book lesbian and bisexual women's fiction.Anyway, there are fan-made videos, fan-made graphic art, and fan-written stories, celebrating and expanding on something we like to call "subtext" (although in some series, like Bad Girls or ER it was definitely from time to time "maintext") which many sites will unveil on July 19. Surf the web starting at any of the above links, and see them for yourself.
Finally, be sure to come back here on July 19, for at least one new short story, possibly two, from me, to you.
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Note: The links above go to some of the more popular sites for those fandoms, but they certainly are not all that's available. Share your links by posting in Comments!
Labels: fanfiction, femslash, J7, stories, Xena
posted by Lara Z # 2:00 PM 
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