It's always possible to start a community for like-minded souls, you know.
But I agree, it's not always easy to find people who really share an interest - I've found it very hit and miss to look up lj userlists of people who express the same interests - as often as not it's a very tenuous link. I'd love to find more people who love children's lit - especially YA fantasy in my case. I'd like to bounce around more ideas about theatre and Shakespeare, also my passions.
There are author-specific lists which branch off into very intelligent discussion, though. The DWJ list discusses all sorts of other good stuff - I've found a lot of things I've enjoyed through recs there. http://suberic.net/dwj/list/
There's a mix of would-be writers and booklovers - the forum section is moderated by Marsha Skrypuch, a wonderful Canadian writer of YA stuff - and it can have some tedious threads, but also some intelligent discussion. I used to be very much a regular there, though it's a while since I've been active.
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But I agree, it's not always easy to find people who really share an interest - I've found it very hit and miss to look up lj userlists of people who express the same interests - as often as not it's a very tenuous link. I'd love to find more people who love children's lit - especially YA fantasy in my case. I'd like to bounce around more ideas about theatre and Shakespeare, also my passions.
There are author-specific lists which branch off into very intelligent discussion, though. The DWJ list discusses all sorts of other good stuff - I've found a lot of things I've enjoyed through recs there. http://suberic.net/dwj/list/
There's also the Compuserve Literature Forum (now called Netscape) and the forum (Books and Writers' Community) has a dedicated child/YA lit section: http://community.compuserve.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?webtag=ws-books
There's a mix of would-be writers and booklovers - the forum section is moderated by Marsha Skrypuch, a wonderful Canadian writer of YA stuff - and it can have some tedious threads, but also some intelligent discussion. I used to be very much a regular there, though it's a while since I've been active.