Michele, a friend of mine (named, as it happens, Fredlet, and she's also from Texas, and she's been Fredlet from Texas for the nine or so years I've known her, and how weird is that? and she designed my website) sold a piece (review, I think) to a magazine and got $800. She now introduces the sofa she bought with the money. "Hey, this is my Writing Money Sofa!"
You know what they say about payback? Well I'm the bitch.
Fred ,'Life of the Party'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
deborah grabien - Mar 07, 2003 9:41:59 am PST #4012 of 10000
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Michele T. - Mar 07, 2003 9:52:35 am PST #4013 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Heh, Deborah -- had I gotten the job I was up for in September, the money I made from this essay would've bought me a sofa as well.
deborah grabien - Mar 07, 2003 10:22:46 am PST #4014 of 10000
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Michele:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /users/web/mtepper/web/portfolio/software.html on line 1
I am banging my skull against the desk. I just edited about thirty pages of stuff, split screen, reading on one screen, editing into an email on the other. The machine just flickered and reset. Edits gone.
(thump thump thump)
Michele T. - Mar 07, 2003 11:15:37 am PST #4015 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Argh! Nothing in AutoSave? Check the trash/recycle bin.
Fixed the link above, which is to an essay about why software stinks, as it happens.
deborah grabien - Mar 07, 2003 11:22:00 am PST #4016 of 10000
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Fixed the link above, which is to an essay about why software stinks, as it happens.
SNERK!
Am going to wait for Nic to get home and let him see if it's still in there. I'm a technodweeb and will only break something.
erikaj - Mar 07, 2003 11:51:04 am PST #4017 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
I've written stuff for publication, sold very few, made a few dollars. I admit, I did kind of go into fandom thinking "How hard could it be?" and found out the answer is "Harder than it looks, stupid," at least if you want a good fic, not just posting for the hell of it. You people make it look easy. I have only written one of those that I liked.
deborah grabien - Mar 07, 2003 11:53:36 am PST #4018 of 10000
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
erika, I'm personally finding fanfic to be much trickier than original writing. Having to fit the parameters of someone else's reality? Tricky. Very tricky.
Anne W. - Mar 07, 2003 11:56:10 am PST #4019 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'm personally finding fanfic to be much trickier than original writing. Having to fit the parameters of someone else's reality? Tricky. Very tricky.
Ohhhh, yes. Keeping characters in character? V. hard. What's fun, however, is finding those areas of canon or character that invite expansion and exploration of the pre-existing fictional universe.
deborah grabien - Mar 07, 2003 11:58:35 am PST #4020 of 10000
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I like putting my own original character in and seeing if I can keep her interacting with the fanfic characters in a way that feels true to both.
It's a damned good self-disciplinary exercise.
erikaj - Mar 07, 2003 11:59:13 am PST #4021 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Wrod. Also, the timeframes and whatnot.I still play with it when I am blocked, just to get me started, but have yet to come up with anything that makes me happy enough to share.But I figure, you all need readers, right?