From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Sat, 3 Jan 2015 18:40:50 -0800 (PST), "J.Pascal"   
    wrote in   
      
   in rec.arts.sf.composition:   
      
   > 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?   
      
   I have rarely attempted fiction, having convinced myself at   
   a very early age that while I could write very good   
   expository prose, I simply wasn’t a storyteller.  However,   
   one of the two best pieces of fiction that I have written   
   qualifies as fan fiction, I suppose: it’s the story of   
   another incident in the long career of John Brunner’s   
   Traveller in Black.  (The other is a kids’ read-aloud   
   story.)   
      
   [...]   
      
   Brian   
   --   
   It was the neap tide, when the baga venture out of their   
   holes to root for sandtatties.  The waves whispered   
   rhythmically over the packed sand: haggisss, haggisss,   
   haggisss.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)