From: kay@invalid.net   
      
   In article <4ade7310-787f-4216-8f6d-8b23f2bae684@googlegroups.com>,   
   julie@pascal.org says...   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Sort of - We're ALL Bozos on THIS Bus was essentialy a game writeup in   
   Niall's Other Suns universe which is the excuse I used to put it in   
   fanfiction.net.  That and a drabble written shortly after I discovered   
   Harry Potter fanfic and some of the tropes thereof, also findable on ffn   
   (Look me up under "Anansii"if you REALLY want to know).  Silly ideas   
   spawned by other people's fiction usually go into filk.  I have written   
   a few short stories but they're set in my own worlds generally and can   
   be found on my website.  "Booty" is something of a homage to James   
   Schmitz, but in style, not locale.   
      
   Any practice writing is practice writing.   
      
      
   --   
      
   Kay Shapero   
   Address munged, try my first name at kayshapero dot net.   
      
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