We're chatting about one of our favorite fandom topics this week: fanfiction. Up for discussion: what fanfic is, how long its been around, what terms and abbreviations you need to know, and what types of fanfic you'll encounter. We'll continue next week with a discussion of why people read fanfic.

Relevant Links:

Broadway's Orlando song

Fan Fest Orlando

Jared Padalecki's Orlando fundraising t-shirt

Tales from The Crypt partners with Wattpad

Tag Page of The Official Sterek Library fic rec blog (NSFW language)

Todd VanDerWerff on Spoilers (first line of piece contains Breaking Bad spoiler)