[Bashies] Barliman's Bash 2003

[Kristi Brobeck]

Dear Luin et al,

I too will be unable to attend Bash this year, and now that I've received 
Curunir's email, I feel even worse! But I will be with other 
Tolkienish-folk, attending the 34th annual Mythopoeic Society Conference 
which is here in Nashville. I'll be presenting my paper: "Does Gender 
Matter? Women, Tolkien and the Online Fanfiction Community." It's also 
archived here for your reading pleasure (*wink*):

http://www.ecthelion.net/parma/stories/story.php?x=thevina_gender

I also sent it to the Powers That Be at Green Books at TORn, but nobody 
replied. (Except Tookish: Thanks for reading it!)

I was really looking forward to another break from the Southern heat in 
summer, but MythCon is the exact same weekend, and once my paper was 
accepted, I _had_ to go.

I'll miss you all... though I am so grateful to have been able to see many 
of you at the Oscar Party. Keep the Barliflame burning!

(((Rohirric-sized hugs)))

-Kristi/Thevina

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Keep reminding yourself that literature is one of the saddest roads that 
leads to everything.

-André Breton
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