Discovered an interview with Paula Smith, the woman who invented the term Mary Sue, at https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/243/20

Discovered an interview with Paula Smith, the woman who invented the term Mary Sue, at https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/243/205 https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/articl.... Lots of good detail there on the world of Star Trek fandom, early conventions, etc. -- and, at the end, the little story that started it all.