Twitter and Fanfiction

I've been on Twitter a lot recently, in both the fictional and real life worlds represented there. Though I joined Twitter at first to follow writers and celebrities that are found on the site, I was soon interested in the role-playing communities. I was especially interested in the ones based on Doctor Who, Torchwood, Harry Potter, and Star Trek, and indeed writing for the world of Doctor Who and its spin-offs. The Dresden Files and Twilight RPers sometimes cross over into the other universes, as well as the Cookie Monster from Sesame Street and Tigger. This is an opportunity to act and write stories with other fans and is a great experience overall. I started out as a Doctor Who fan in 1997 watching on PBS- first watched the Patrick Troughton serial "The Mind Robber." I watched most of the classic Who episodes and this month's Doctor Who Magazine cover subject Tom Baker was my favorite Doctor. But I'm even more of a fan of new Who and David Tennant, as well as the whole Torchwood team, who I've gotten to know very well ;) . I did enjoy the five part Torchwood "Children of Earth" 5-part miniseries. My favorite group on Twitter is the #torchwoodRP.

Rose and the Doctor

Rose and the Doctor
Originally uploaded by monikalel42

Rose Tyler and the Ninth Doctor action figures outside the Doctor Who TARDIS interior set. I got the tea-towel of the London Underground subway map on a visit to England in 2000.

I've been doing a lot of Twittering and Blipping lately, as well as watching, reading and writing about Doctor Who and Torchwood.  :)  I just started a new Blip.fm account to listen to music and am also listening to the local radio stations in San Francisco.  I'm now on summer vacation from City College, and will resume library classes there this fall.

From Twitter 03-11-2009

• 12:04:10: has read The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman and rated it 5 stars - http://bit.ly/KVxua
  
• 12:04:10: is reading Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, t... by Steven Levy - http://bit.ly/wnjeE
  
• 12:06:07: wants to read The Rules of Modern Policing - 1973 Edition: "Life... by Gene Hunt - http://bit.ly/kjbOx
  
• 12:06:07: wants to read The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman - http://bit.ly/dC4rd
  
• 12:08:06: wants to read The Future of Modern Policing by Various - http://bit.ly/I65D
  
• 17:24:48: New post on my blog: Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Action Figure http://tinyurl.com/amu758
  
• 18:00:50: @jackyan I also saw a DeLorean at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco this year: http://is.gd/mZ6W
  
• 18:07:16: @jackyan The TechRestore booth had a "Back to the Future" theme, advertising computer repairs. There is a lot of the '80s coming back now!
  

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Now on Twitter!

See my new Twitter page and updates at http://twitter.com/monikalel42.

I enjoyed David Pogue's Twitter column yesterday: http://tinyurl.com/7myjbc at the New York Times and joined the site to receive updates from my favorite writers like @Paul_Cornell, @DavidPogue and @wilw (Wil Wheaton) and meet lots of other people there!  

I also got a message on Flickr that Schmap online Seattle guide published 2 of my photos! Check it out at http://tinyurl.com/94zna8 & http://tinyurl.com/93xl8v. Thanks, Schmap!