From: julie@pascal.org   
      
   On Sunday, January 4, 2015 10:54:11 AM UTC-7, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:   
   > On 1/3/15 9:40 PM, J.Pascal wrote:   
   > > 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'm well-known in that area, along with my wife. It taught me to write    
   > well enough to get published.   
   >    
   > > Also... what property engaged you enough to make you crazy enough to write   
   in that world?   
   >    
   > 	I don't see it as crazy. 	   
   >    
   > 	Varies. There's some that's more anti-Fan fic than fanfic -- i.e., I    
   > HATED something so much about the story that I HAD to fix it, make sense    
   > of it.   
   >    
      
   Ah, yeah, that was most of the inspiration for my Highlander ideas.  I'd   
   watched the whole series of the TV show on Hulu and the 6th season something   
   dire seems to have happened to the actor and the last however many episodes   
   were clearly try-outs for    
   new main character immortals and they were all so very very wrong.  So I was   
   all... nooooooo.... that's wronggggg.... it's should be like THIS.   
      
   -Julie   
      
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