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	<title>Comments on: Ditmar shortlists announced</title>
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		<title>By: Nalini Haynes</title>
		<link>http://jasonnahrung.com/2012/04/26/ditmar-shortlists-announced/#comment-4748</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nalini Haynes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m a fanzine editor, nominated for four Chronos Awards this year.  A large portion of my readers don&#039;t attend Continuum or the national convention and have never even heard of either.  I&#039;m wondering how relevant these conventions are to the SFF community if the bulk of the SFF community in Melbourne hasn&#039;t heard of the state SFF convention, and the cosplay community isn&#039;t aware that there is a costume ball on the Saturday night that they could attend cheaply without being members of the convention.

Podcasts do seem to be the way to go for a lot of people, however.  I am seriously evaluating whether my time and effort could be better spent doing something else, especially after comments made by Galactic Suburbia ladies about not considering the fanzine category worth their attention to discuss let alone vote for in the Hugo Awards as well as a lot of other very negative feedback I&#039;ve received in recent months.  On a more positive note I have received some lovely feedback from people who have been very supportive and appreciative of my efforts, so I&#039;m really not sure if what I&#039;m doing is worthwhile and if the negative feedback is just that the haters are gonna hate.  

If you&#039;re wondering who I am and what I do, I put a lot of time and effort into Dark Matter fanzine, available for free download from the National Library Archives here http://nla.gov.au/nla.arc-123161.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a fanzine editor, nominated for four Chronos Awards this year.  A large portion of my readers don&#8217;t attend Continuum or the national convention and have never even heard of either.  I&#8217;m wondering how relevant these conventions are to the SFF community if the bulk of the SFF community in Melbourne hasn&#8217;t heard of the state SFF convention, and the cosplay community isn&#8217;t aware that there is a costume ball on the Saturday night that they could attend cheaply without being members of the convention.</p>
<p>Podcasts do seem to be the way to go for a lot of people, however.  I am seriously evaluating whether my time and effort could be better spent doing something else, especially after comments made by Galactic Suburbia ladies about not considering the fanzine category worth their attention to discuss let alone vote for in the Hugo Awards as well as a lot of other very negative feedback I&#8217;ve received in recent months.  On a more positive note I have received some lovely feedback from people who have been very supportive and appreciative of my efforts, so I&#8217;m really not sure if what I&#8217;m doing is worthwhile and if the negative feedback is just that the haters are gonna hate.  </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re wondering who I am and what I do, I put a lot of time and effort into Dark Matter fanzine, available for free download from the National Library Archives here <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.arc-123161" rel="nofollow">http://nla.gov.au/nla.arc-123161</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: &#187; Ditmar shortlists announced&#8230; Michele Cashmore ~ author &#124; playwright &#124; poet</title>
		<link>http://jasonnahrung.com/2012/04/26/ditmar-shortlists-announced/#comment-4744</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[&#187; Ditmar shortlists announced&#8230; Michele Cashmore ~ author &#124; playwright &#124; poet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Ditmar shortlists announced&#8230;  Posted on April 26, 2012  by  Midnight rambler...   Ditmar shortlists announced&#8230;  Reblogged from Jason Nahrung: [...]]]></description>
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