Paula Smith
From Fan History Wiki
Paula Smith was an active member of several fandoms during the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. She has done a number of things in the fan fiction community. One thing involved Mary Sue. In 1973, Paula Smith first identified Mary Sue by writing a piece in "A Trekkie's Tale" in Menagerie #2. The piece was satirical in nature, lampooning the original Star Trek female characters who became love interests for the central characters in the story. (Pflieger, Langley, Verba)
In 1977, Sharon Ferraro and Paula Smith created the Fan Quality Awards (FanQ) awards in conjunction with SeKwester*Con Too. The original categories were Star Trek fandom awards for Best Writer and Best Artist.
In Warped Space #50, published in 1984, Paula Smith contributed an essay to ongoing dialogue about characterization issues in fan fiction. She discussed something known to fanzine readers and writers called “Langsam’s Law.” She is quoted by Langley as saying "special caveat for writing media-based fiction. Don't make an established character do or say something out of line with his established character, of if you must, give good, solid reasons why."
