Earlier today, Gillian Anderson participated in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) thread on Reddit. The Q&A session was a great success with the post sitting at the top of the front page for several hours. At one point, the site even went down under too much activity for a few minutes.

Fans from all over the world asked Gillian questions about her career and life, and there were some really great moments. If you want to check out the entire thread, you can do so here. If searching through the the comments makes your head spin though, you can also read her responses to questions on her user page. Then click "permalink" or "context" to see the question she was answering.

For some of the best questions from the AMA, including those on The X-Files, Hannibal, and Gillian's favorite flavor of muffin, click read more.
 

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The weekend is over and now the post-con depression takes over. Ottawa ComicCon was a great success and everyone seemed to have a great time. XFN was in attendance from start to finish every day reporting on all things X-Files. Cell service and internet connection there were a little bit of a challenge, but we updated our Twitter every chance we got. 

Gillian Anderson was in attendance Saturday and Sunday only. On Friday, we were told she had arrived early and would be able to sign autographs later in the day, but it was canceled last minute. There were tons of X-Philes on site, even on Friday, and we were able to snap a few shots of several people sporting their X-Files t-shirts and even some hardcore fans in Mulder and Scully cosplay. There was even a Skinner!

On Saturday, Gillian was signing autographs, posing for photo sessions, and interacting with fans all day. Her line was long all day and XFN was able to talk to several fans after their encounter with the woman behind their favorite FBI agent. Our Facebook has photos from Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, and Gillian's panel. If you were one of the fans we chatted with, head over there and look for youself.

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We now have an updated schedule of Gillian Anderson's complete appearances at Ottawa ComicCon this weekend. The list is as follows:

Saturday

Autographs at 9:30AM, 12:30PM and 4:15PM. Photo sessions are at 2:30PM and 3PM.

Sunday

Autographs at 11:15AM and 1:30PM. Photo sessions are at 12:30PM. Gillian's Q&A will be held in hall 4 at 10:15AM.

Autographs are $50 and photo sessions are $60. The complete list for all the updated schedules can be found here.

Just barely 2 weeks after the success of Calgary Expo, it is time for XFN to go to another Con. XFN has been officially accredited to attend Ottawa ComicCon this coming weekend, May 10-12th at the Ernst and Young Centre.

If you are attending, get ready for a weekend of fun stuff including our favorite skeptical FBI agent. Gillian Anderson will be in attendance as a guest of honor at Ottawa ComicCon. This is a great opportunity for fans to meet the woman behind Dana Scully, up-close and personal. However, if you are unable to attend, fear no more because XFN's very own Patricia Silva will be there all weekend to report on all things Gillian and X-Files.

Read more: XFN Goes to Ottawa ComicCon

Gillian Anderson will be doing an "Ask Me Anything" thread on Reddit on May 16th at 10am ET. Frank Spotnitz did a succeful AMA last fall, but if you weren't around for that and aren't familiar with Reddit, here's what you need to know. 

Reddit is basically a giant internet message board for everything and anything. From cute animal photos to The X-Files, there is a subreddit for everything! Users post links or self posts and they are voted up or down by users. The same is true of comments. In return, the poster gets "karma" (useless internet points) for their contribution. The top threads with the most upvotes end up on the front page of Reddit, and those downvoted to oblivion never see the light of day. 

Gillian will be doing an AMA in the IAmA subreddit which hosts threads where users can ask questions of people with unusual jobs or life circumstances that the public may be interested in. There are average people who do AMAs and then there are threads from Barack Obama and Bill Gates. There was even an AMA done by an astronaut orbiting Earth. 

If you would like to participate in the AMA, either by asking a question or upvoting/downvoting other questions, you'll need to register for an account. It's simple enough to do, though. Just go to the top right corner of the page and create one. 

All that's left to do then is mark your calendars, and we'll see you on May 16th.