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Originally Posted by issybird
Yes, of course. 
Because, books. You shouldn't have to scan the intrawebs to keep up with a story.  |
Pretty much every author who is that successful and has that many compulsive fans have had to do this. Tolkien went through a lot of the same stuff, except that since they didn't have the internet back then, most of his pronouncements were via letter. I really don't see the issue. People ask her about the details of her imaginary world and she responds. I think that it's laudable that she is that willing to interact with her fandom.
A lot of other SF&F writers have had similar web presences at one time or another. Most gave it up over time as taking too much of their time. Baen's webboard use to have a lot of this sort of stuff going on with David Weber, et al. responding to various requests for back story.