Interview with an obsessive...

[dreamflower]

Y'all may remember, a couple of years back, a person was doing surveys and interviews in the Tolkien fandom for a book, and he interviewed me. Well, yesterday, he sent me the transcript of my interview, so I could check for any errors.

Er...22 pages of typescript.
Single spaced.

Me talking about hobbits, and LotR, and hobbits, and fic. And hobbits.

He seems very pleased with it.

But...22 pages?

Comments

[frodobaggins252.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm...yeah, I know what you mean -- how can ONLY 22 pages be anywhere close to enough discussion of hobbits? ;)

**huggles**

[dreamflower]

*giggle* Oh, I probably could have kept on talking if we'd had the time. I'm not sure how scary that is.

[febobe.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh, wonder whether I'll get one. . .mine, I mean. . . . :D

*snugs and giggles*

[dreamflower]

I would imagine so. I remembered that you had done one as well!

[shirebound]

The love of hobbits goes ever on and on. :D

[dreamflower]

and on and on and on and on and...

(The energizer bunny has nothing on hobbit-lovers)

[garnet-took.livejournal.com]

Ooo! I was wondering whether he had made much progress with this project. Now I'm anxious to see if what I had to say was worth transcribing.

[dreamflower]

Oh wow! You did the interview as well? Neat!

[garnet-took.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I got to do one of the interviews, and I was so excited.:) How did he send the transcript to you? Did he e-mail it or snail-mail it? Just curious. Oh, I'm so excited I can't stand it.

[dreamflower]

E-mail. A PDF file, actually.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

This just made me grin! :)

[dreamflower]

*grins back*

I am eager to see what the final product will look like.

[gamgeefest.livejournal.com]

Just like a hobbit to keep talking about something they're passionate about! ;) He wasn't foolish enough to ask questions about the family trees was he? LOL!

Will he be sending you a copy of your interview? That would be very cool to have around! What sort of book is this? *tries to remember*

[dreamflower]

*snerk* I do think the family trees came in there somewhere-- I tried to explain why my Reggie Took was the wrong age...

He did send me the copy of the interview--all 22 pages of it (minus the "hellos" and "good-byes") for me to check for mistakes.

It's a sort of scholarly study of the Tolkien fandom, as far as I can make out. I do want to see the finished product when he finally finishes it.

[gamgeefest.livejournal.com]

Are you able to share it? I'd love to read it. :D

[dreamflower]

I'm not sure he'd want me to do that at this point in time. I could ask him, I suppose.

I'll email you if he says OK.

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

You know what Bilbo would say. "22 pages is far too few to describe such excellent hobbits! I haven't explained half of them half as well as I would like and I like what I've said about most of them far less than I should." LOL

If you got it all into 22 pages then you did good.

[dreamflower]

*splork!* Yes, I'm quite sure that's *exactly* what Bilbo would have said!

Well, no, I didn't get it *all* in! However, I got in as much as I could--yammer, yammer, yammer...

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

Knowing you, I am certain that you got plenty of good information in those 22 pages.

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

Oh David has been working so hard on this. I couldn't do the interview because, well you know dad was so ill and his loss.

But 22 pages, that doesn't surprise me given your love for this fandom :D

[dreamflower]

Oh, that's right! You did the survey, too!

I had nearly forgotten until I heard from him again! I hope that it won't be too much longer.

[labourslamp.livejournal.com]

When was this? Because I know I got emailed about 8 months ago, but maybe I replied a little too late (with a whole bunch of rather pushy questions) because no interview for me.

But as for the 22 pages...

I am not in the least surprised. And I mean that in the most complimentary fashion possible.

[dreamflower]

November 2007.

I don't think it can have been the same person or survey, as I believe he had finished collecting his information over a year ago.

[labourslamp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I figured not. But this looks really interesting and I'd love to see it when it's all done with! *puts on fandom scholarly glasses*

And what a compliment for your work being included!

[obeliamedusa.livejournal.com]

Wow, 22 pages! That's all? :P

I remember that guy. I did the survey and answered questions by e-mail, although I wasn't too keen on it. I'm very curious to read this book when it comes out, though!

[dreamflower]

So am I!

He really was very nice and professional, and being very careful about privacy. I really did enjoy the interview.

[lily-the-hobbit.livejournal.com]

I think mine was only about 15 pages. I don't have it with me right now, but it was such fun to read it again :)

[dreamflower]

Oh, how lovely! I didn't remember that you did it too!