Academic Doctor Who Poll

[neadods]

So, there's someone in Australia who's working on a Chicks Dig Timelords-style book, only it's about race and Doctor Who. And I have been known to have opinions on the subject. (In fact, one of the links on the website under "This is the kind of thing I want" is to Mickey, Martha, and the Message that Doesn't Belong on Who.) About a week ago I was directly approached to either expand the essay into something longer or give permission to reprint the original blog post.

Given those two options, I'll take Door A: there's more to be said after Martha's first season, and certainly I never mind giving my opinion, especially in print.

On the other hand, as I started to rough draft the essay and realized how much ground I have to go back over and episodes I'd have to rewatch even for just 5000 words, my overwhelming reaction was "BLAAARGH!"

So:

[Poll #1787327]

Comments

[neadods.livejournal.com]

All I get is fame and my name in lights.

OTOH, saying "I have an essay in a publication on race and media" has a certain cachet outside the fandom. (Inside the fandom I rather expect that the people who already agree will continue to agree and the people who already disagree will continue to disagree.)

[jeff-morris.livejournal.com]

See, my thought on that is "if you want it enough to ask me and it's going to be published, then pay me something for it."

I passed the point of freebies for things like that a long time ago. Compensation is the sincerest form of flattery.

But that's me.