Hey.

[to_cry_about]

I'm putting this in my userinfo, but it merits a mention in its own post.

For those who know me from waterstrider: I really and truly do not want or expect you to friend this journal UNLESS you actually do read my writing and/or fandom musings. There's a reason for the separation. I feel weird writing with an audience composed partially of people who don't

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[talktooloose]

I haven't friended this journal, though I check it regularly to see if there is more Aphanes to be read.

It's true what you say about fanfic having a built-in familiarity that will draw readers. I wouldn't make that a reason not to post original fic. Even if only a few people read it and appreciate it, that is certainly better than not giving those people the positive experience and you the experience of having readers.

The Aphanes is practically original fic! I've never read an X-fic where the main character was an OC and I love it. Does your original writing ever contain SF elements? You balance the hardcore real world with the fantastic elements very believably.

I will friend this journal so I don't miss anything from this half of your life!

[to_cry_about]

It is practically original fic, you're right. I feel odd about that, like I should write more straight-ahead fanfic to prove I can work within those constraints. Maybe I'm being silly.

I've written a lot (or tried to write a lot) in sci-fi and fantasy genres, and never really had it gel for me. Maybe the problem was trying to write in an entirely fictional universe and getting bogged down in world-building, because I LOVE writing this way, combining the real with the unreal. That's part of what draws me to X-Men. I love Charles DeLint for the same reason, even though his books often piss me off.

Anyway, thanks. :) If I write any original fic of a manageable length, I'll post it and see if anyone's interested.

[ex_the_epic80]

Phil promptly decides to keep to_cry_about friended.

[waterstrider]

Good. I'd be interested in hearing what someone who's somewhat outside "fandom" thinks of fic like this, so be sure to give me your thoughts sometime.

[ex_the_epic80]

Of course. Would you like me to give you my opinions of the things I've read before? Or just start now?

[waterstrider]

Anything; I'm terribly gay for meta discussion of fan works. If you haven't yet encountered the worst excesses of fanfic, I can point you towards the more horrifying stuff.

Also I'm very curious about what someone who knows me (if only online) makes of my own writing. I suspect that a lot of my tricks are very transparent to someone who reads my regular journal.