Reheating and Fangirling
Apr. 23rd, 2026 11:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pennswoodsI still haven't viewed the Heated Rivalry television series but I have seen LOTS of fan edits and I have read every book in the Game Changers series, including the ones I didn't like as much just so I would have the full backstory. Heated Rivalry and Role Model have become comfort reads - I think I've read each about 4-5 times. The Long Game is a little more bittersweet so I haven't read that as much, but I cherish it. I have also been reading more fic - I particularly like the hilarious stuff where Ilya is being a charming asshole via text.
The other day I found myself imagining what Ilya and Shane would look like as little boys in their hockey gear and I wanted to draw them. I have not, but I have developed a sudden interest in learning facts about hockey. It's Stanley Cup time too...
I'm officially fangirling and I like it.
The other day I found myself imagining what Ilya and Shane would look like as little boys in their hockey gear and I wanted to draw them. I have not, but I have developed a sudden interest in learning facts about hockey. It's Stanley Cup time too...
I'm officially fangirling and I like it.
Search maintenance
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dw_maintenanceHappy Wednesday!
I'm taking search offline sometime today to upgrade the server to a new instance type. It should be down for a day or so -- sorry for the inconvenience. If you're curious, the existing search machine is over 10 years old and was starting to accumulate a decade of cruft...!
Also, apparently these older machines cost more than twice what the newer ones cost, on top of being slower. Trying to save a bit of maintenance and cost, and hopefully a Wednesday is okay!
Edited: The other cool thing is that this also means that the search index will be effectively realtime afterwards... no more waiting a few minutes for the indexer to catch new content.
Coming October 2026 - MY FUCKING MAGNUM OPUS
Apr. 20th, 2026 06:15 pmpennswoodsIf you follow any of my other social media, you will have seen this, but my book has a publication date of October 2026. I am going to promote the shit out of it when it's here. I'm also REALLY happy that my cover includes one of the photos I took during my Sherlock days and is an actual example of my fan practice.
This book is not only full of research and teaching ideas, but it also includes some of my own stuff, including a few #setlock photos (in Chapter 4) and my own fanfic (Chapter 1 begins with a Harry Potter Drabble I wrote in response to the Virginia Tech Shooting - yes, I start my book by talking about a school shooting). Chapter 3 is more uplifting and explores research on fan practices for learning different languages, with a particular emphasis on research on Kpop and Kdrama fans and their Korean language learning. There is also a lot of love in this book for Sweden and my former students and colleagues at Malmö University, where I developed the Fanfiction Project over 6 years (2013-21018) - Chapter 5 investigates students' language awareness by analyzing nearly 400 reflection papers written by the students who wrote fanfiction for me during that time.
And also, Chapter 7, is going to be open access. That's the chapter that contains teaching materials and advice for teachers who want to bring fanfiction into their classrooms. I know that internationally teachers do not have USD $50 to spend on a book like this, but I believe so much in the use of fanfiction as a tool to support language and literacy learning that I wanted to make sure as many people as possible could get their hands on it. It costs about $1900 to make a chapter fully open access and I am fortunate enough to have gotten access to a small fund to spend for this. Thank you to the (soon to be) UMBC School of Education and its TESOL Program for making this possible.
This book is not only full of research and teaching ideas, but it also includes some of my own stuff, including a few #setlock photos (in Chapter 4) and my own fanfic (Chapter 1 begins with a Harry Potter Drabble I wrote in response to the Virginia Tech Shooting - yes, I start my book by talking about a school shooting). Chapter 3 is more uplifting and explores research on fan practices for learning different languages, with a particular emphasis on research on Kpop and Kdrama fans and their Korean language learning. There is also a lot of love in this book for Sweden and my former students and colleagues at Malmö University, where I developed the Fanfiction Project over 6 years (2013-21018) - Chapter 5 investigates students' language awareness by analyzing nearly 400 reflection papers written by the students who wrote fanfiction for me during that time.
And also, Chapter 7, is going to be open access. That's the chapter that contains teaching materials and advice for teachers who want to bring fanfiction into their classrooms. I know that internationally teachers do not have USD $50 to spend on a book like this, but I believe so much in the use of fanfiction as a tool to support language and literacy learning that I wanted to make sure as many people as possible could get their hands on it. It costs about $1900 to make a chapter fully open access and I am fortunate enough to have gotten access to a small fund to spend for this. Thank you to the (soon to be) UMBC School of Education and its TESOL Program for making this possible.
Summer 2026 Assignments have been SENT!
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