Cakmpls and I are on the same page here, no question. Part of it is my own experience writing for the amateur press associations associated with science fiction fandom; I learned to get quite revealing. (And trying to do the same thing on LJ, I've paid for it -- I spoke too freely about a musician who was not one of my best friends, but whom I certainly don't dislike, and got a message on my answering machine threatening lawsuit. I'm going to be far more careful in the future.) I'd be thrilled if some of the younger people in my life would do likewise, but it looks as though some people I'd like to see and hear more of (all four of the Brust kids, to name one or four for-instances)simply aren't going to write in that sort of detail. Then again, all four of the people in question are well over 16 years old, now.)

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