Welcome back to the Fic List Presents: Author’s Notes, an interview series where I chat with creative-type people about their experiences in and relationships to fandom and fan culture. Pride month may officially be over, but it’s Pride in our lives every day! As such, please welcome to the Author’s Notes podcast-stage, the Chanteuse of Southern Maryland, Drag Queen, Cosplayer, WATCH Award Winning Actor, and 4x-Nominated Costume Designer, D’Manda Martini! D’manda has a truly encyclopedic knowledge of comics and a fascinating journey through fandom, cosplay, theater, and drag that you absolutely do not want to miss! You can find D’manda online on Instagram (@dmandamartini), Facebook, and elsewhere, and you can catch her IRL at SO many cons and events coming up! Check her linktree here for even more info: https://linktr.ee/DMandaMartini Are you a professionally creative person? Would you like to spend some time chatting with me about how your work intersects with fandom? Send me an email at [email protected]; I’d love to talk to you! As always, special thanks to our supporters on ko-fi, especially our Friends of the Pod - Danielle, Rose, Liow, Ali, Cly, and Dione! If you’d like to, you can help us off-set the costs of podcasting through donations on ko-fi.com/theficlist. Every dollar (literally) makes a difference, offsetting production costs such as hosting fees, website maintenance, and more. For our social media links, fic rec/reading list, and more, check out our website: www.theficlist.com and our linktree: https://linktr.ee/theficlist