I'm actually a bit miffed at being told (by someone commenting on her Diaryland posting, not Brin-Marie herself, lest anyone think I'm blaming her for the conduct of her peanut gallery) that my speech "was like handing in a research paper without a proper bibliography." It was a FGoH speech, not an term paper!
FWIW, much of what she writes about her contributions to the MythAdventures Fan Club and my other fanac of that five-plus year period is correct. She did contribute many things. The club would not have been what it was without her. My fannish career would not have developed the way it did without her influence. Not mentioning this in some way is indeed an unfortunate oversight by me. I had a choice and obviously made the wrong one, at least as far as the person affected is concerned.
I can't win, by the way: I used just about every moment of time I had available for my speech. I could have easily gone on for another thirty minutes, but the audience were kind enough to stick around to listen to me talk for the 45 or so I was allocated, so it wouldn't have been right of me to run overtime. I would have had to drop something else to include this. Oh, I would have found something, no doubt, but there are already places in the speech where I'm unhappy at the pace and the number of people and things I had to pass over that were also important. cherylmorgan, for instance, only gets a passing mention, which is at least as unjust as skipping over Brin-Marie's involvement and influence over an important five years of my life.
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Date: 2006-10-06 11:41 pm (UTC)I'm actually a bit miffed at being told (by someone commenting on her Diaryland posting, not Brin-Marie herself, lest anyone think I'm blaming her for the conduct of her peanut gallery) that my speech "was like handing in a research paper without a proper bibliography." It was a FGoH speech, not an term paper!
FWIW, much of what she writes about her contributions to the MythAdventures Fan Club and my other fanac of that five-plus year period is correct. She did contribute many things. The club would not have been what it was without her. My fannish career would not have developed the way it did without her influence. Not mentioning this in some way is indeed an unfortunate oversight by me. I had a choice and obviously made the wrong one, at least as far as the person affected is concerned.
I can't win, by the way: I used just about every moment of time I had available for my speech. I could have easily gone on for another thirty minutes, but the audience were kind enough to stick around to listen to me talk for the 45 or so I was allocated, so it wouldn't have been right of me to run overtime. I would have had to drop something else to include this. Oh, I would have found something, no doubt, but there are already places in the speech where I'm unhappy at the pace and the number of people and things I had to pass over that were also important.