From: julie@pascal.org   
      
   I was wondering who'd committed fan fiction (and was willing to confess) and   
   what effect you think it had on your writing ability and career?   
      
   Also... what property engaged you enough to make you crazy enough to write in   
   that world?  Did you just love the setting that much to want to play in it   
   with a new cast, or was it the characters you wanted to see more of?    
   Something else?   
      
   I'll start.  I've never actually done it.  I've only been tempted.     
      
   Once to have Taura bear Roic's baby before she died and have the little girl   
   (girl, obviously) delivered to Vorkosigan house.  Not a plot, obviously, just   
   a situation.     
      
   My other temptation was Highlander - New characters and my idea of how a new   
   TV series ought to work.  I've actually written some of that one.  Plotted out   
   episodes and done a bit of character development and sketches.  In that case   
   it's sort of    
   heartbreaking to work on even though it fascinates me because it's simply   
   impossible.  And don't say "file the serial numbers off" because that   
   completely kills it for me.  As soon as I think of trying to separate it from   
   what I think is SO COOL... it    
   dies.   
      
   So, fess up!     
      
      
   -Julie    
      
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