fanac

More recently, Anne's been doing a bunch of other fannish activity (fanac), like running the SF editors and SF artists wikipedia.

FRANK FOR TAFF! frankwu 2009

The other direction -- and I think this is often overlooked amid all the discussion of connection and conversation and community -- is that the web, especially the blogosphere, is also a giant free library of fanac (fan activity and the records thereof, such as zines and convention reports) and other incredibly valuable information about the industry, and this gives newcomers ways to educate themselves that they never had before.

MIND MELD: How Does Blogging and Social Networking Affect the Publishing Industry? 2009

For non-gaming fanac, Brian has served as GoH liaison for Ed Greenwood, (ok, that was at U*Con), Ralph Lorenz and Elizabeth Turtle (planetary scientist GoHs at ConFusion) and was the cabin boy (assistant liaison) for the entire Traveling Pirate Party when they raided ConFusion as Fan GoHs.

ANNE & BRIAN FOR TAFF! frankwu 2009

The Cult of Scott Bakula, and other fanac « Dyepot, Teapot

The Cult of Scott Bakula, and other fanac « Dyepot, Teapot 2007

Passion projects: fanac-papering my office walls and getting graphic novel publishing biz off the ground.

Tell Me Something Wonderful 2009

There are a few others like this in SFWA, often fan writers who got a few pro sales and qualify for membership and then essentially stop writing, except for fanac, lame “histories” of this or that, etc.

A Gut Check Moment for SFWA « Whatever 2008

Traditionally it has been given to young and enthusiastic fans, to encourage more fanac.

The Alvar award x00c5;ka 2007

Traditionally it has been given to young and enthusiastic fans, to encourage more fanac.

Archive 2007-05-01 x00c5;ka 2007

From rec. arts.sf.announce, more on visual visual-sf fanac:

Another Day in the Ketchup Mine 2005

Fan writing can be about science fiction, fantasy, or fandom, and that includes all sorts of related subjects, since fanac is “what fans do.”

A Series of Casual Thoughts I Had While I Was Filling Out My Hugo Nomination Ballot and Looking at the Best Fan Writer Category « Whatever 2007