Liz Ashe, or echo.
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1. What is your definition of fanfiction?
A written work not published for monetary profit written by a fan of the original material.
2. How does it differ from “literary fiction”?
Literary fiction is original work on commissioned work. It’s done for monetary compensation. Fanfiction is more about showing love for the subject matter.
3. Describe the type of fanfiction that you write? (Character, universe, genre, lengths, series/single story, etc…).
I would have to say mine is mostly character-driven. I love characters. I have written things as lengthy as novels and as short as drabbles. I have do singled and I also do series. I would say I am mostly know for being a crossover writer. The two fandoms I tend to dabble the most in are Harry Potter and the Buffyverse.
4. How long have you written fanfic? Which fandom did you first write in?
12 years
5. Why do you write fanfiction?
It’s a fun hobby. It’s also a way to keep me sharp. If I am always writing, I never get rusty. It has also helped my hone
my skills as a writer over the years. When I had my first novel published, I had a ready fanbase because people had been
reading my work online for years before that.
6. Do you also read/comment/interact with other people’s fanfiction? Why/why not?
I used to, but there comes a point when you read so much that you might wonder when you have a new idea if it’s really so new. I don’t want to unintentionally claim a twist that’s been done before as one of my own. Fanfic writers can be really sensitive about that sort of thing. Also, I don’t have the time. If I’m at the computer, I’m working on my own stuff.
7. Which fanfiction communities are you a part of?
I used to be heavily involved with Twisting the Hellmouth. I’ve dabbled in various Harry Potter communities including the Fire and Ice Archive (Draco and GinnY). I was also a writer on Cuplaepatria, Caliga Ortus and Scriptificus Totalus. The first two are Harry Potter writing communities and the second is a Harry Potter Buffy crossover community.
8. How do you interact with members of those communities?
I’m friends with people from TtH, Caliga and Scriptificus. Some of them I have met in real life. A few of them I have taken vacations with. If we are writing together, we either use Skype or YIM to communicate.
9. Of the three major archives for fic (in my mind) - ff.net, AoO, and LJ -- which do you prefer posting to, as far as reader
interaction? Why?
If those are my choices – LJ. Ff.net is a good place for beginning writer to cut their teeth, but it’s not a place you
seriously want to post to get good feedback. It’s also a breeding ground for fic plagiarists.
10. What are the benefits of online fan/fanfiction communities?
They bring together writer with similar interests. It’s also a way to hone your skills as a writer and become better because of the constant and almost immediate feedback.
11. What are potential problems of online fan/fanfiction communities?
Personality clashes causing online drama, and like high school, there are cliques. There’s also the problem or not getting real feedback because of infighting or clique-y-ness. There’s also the problem of since it’s online and not face to face, people feel much more free to be mean and spiteful for the sake of being mean and spiteful.
12. Anything else that I should know about you, fanfiction, and online fan communities?
Through being online, I have met and affected people I would not have otherwise. In turn, they have met and affected me. I’m always amazed by how devoted my readers can be. It was written almost a decade ago, and I still get people sending me feedback on my most known crossover work. I once had a fan take one of my stories and print it out into a book with a cover and a binding as a gift to me. But I think the thing I am most proud of and humbled by was a girl who is dyslexic and hated reading that told me my work made her like to read and through her continual trying, though it was difficult for her, she came to love books and reading.
Because I started writing fanfic, I met people who became some of the most important friends I have ever made.
And this quote:
“Fanfiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped in a sealed bunker. They don't do it for money. That's not what it's about. The writers write it and put it up online just for the satisfaction. They're fans, but they're not silent, couchbound consumers of media. The culture talks to them, and they talk back to the culture in its own language.” – Lev Grossman
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A written work not published for monetary profit written by a fan of the original material.
2. How does it differ from “literary fiction”?
Literary fiction is original work on commissioned work. It’s done for monetary compensation. Fanfiction is more about showing love for the subject matter.
3. Describe the type of fanfiction that you write? (Character, universe, genre, lengths, series/single story, etc…).
I would have to say mine is mostly character-driven. I love characters. I have written things as lengthy as novels and as short as drabbles. I have do singled and I also do series. I would say I am mostly know for being a crossover writer. The two fandoms I tend to dabble the most in are Harry Potter and the Buffyverse.
4. How long have you written fanfic? Which fandom did you first write in?
12 years
5. Why do you write fanfiction?
It’s a fun hobby. It’s also a way to keep me sharp. If I am always writing, I never get rusty. It has also helped my hone
my skills as a writer over the years. When I had my first novel published, I had a ready fanbase because people had been
reading my work online for years before that.
6. Do you also read/comment/interact with other people’s fanfiction? Why/why not?
I used to, but there comes a point when you read so much that you might wonder when you have a new idea if it’s really so new. I don’t want to unintentionally claim a twist that’s been done before as one of my own. Fanfic writers can be really sensitive about that sort of thing. Also, I don’t have the time. If I’m at the computer, I’m working on my own stuff.
7. Which fanfiction communities are you a part of?
I used to be heavily involved with Twisting the Hellmouth. I’ve dabbled in various Harry Potter communities including the Fire and Ice Archive (Draco and GinnY). I was also a writer on Cuplaepatria, Caliga Ortus and Scriptificus Totalus. The first two are Harry Potter writing communities and the second is a Harry Potter Buffy crossover community.
8. How do you interact with members of those communities?
I’m friends with people from TtH, Caliga and Scriptificus. Some of them I have met in real life. A few of them I have taken vacations with. If we are writing together, we either use Skype or YIM to communicate.
9. Of the three major archives for fic (in my mind) - ff.net, AoO, and LJ -- which do you prefer posting to, as far as reader
interaction? Why?
If those are my choices – LJ. Ff.net is a good place for beginning writer to cut their teeth, but it’s not a place you
seriously want to post to get good feedback. It’s also a breeding ground for fic plagiarists.
10. What are the benefits of online fan/fanfiction communities?
They bring together writer with similar interests. It’s also a way to hone your skills as a writer and become better because of the constant and almost immediate feedback.
11. What are potential problems of online fan/fanfiction communities?
Personality clashes causing online drama, and like high school, there are cliques. There’s also the problem or not getting real feedback because of infighting or clique-y-ness. There’s also the problem of since it’s online and not face to face, people feel much more free to be mean and spiteful for the sake of being mean and spiteful.
12. Anything else that I should know about you, fanfiction, and online fan communities?
Through being online, I have met and affected people I would not have otherwise. In turn, they have met and affected me. I’m always amazed by how devoted my readers can be. It was written almost a decade ago, and I still get people sending me feedback on my most known crossover work. I once had a fan take one of my stories and print it out into a book with a cover and a binding as a gift to me. But I think the thing I am most proud of and humbled by was a girl who is dyslexic and hated reading that told me my work made her like to read and through her continual trying, though it was difficult for her, she came to love books and reading.
Because I started writing fanfic, I met people who became some of the most important friends I have ever made.
And this quote:
“Fanfiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped in a sealed bunker. They don't do it for money. That's not what it's about. The writers write it and put it up online just for the satisfaction. They're fans, but they're not silent, couchbound consumers of media. The culture talks to them, and they talk back to the culture in its own language.” – Lev Grossman
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