On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 10:55:10PM -0700, whimsy wrote:

It would be nice if authors didn't start long multichapter or epic fics 
unless they truly commit themselves to finishing them (Hi Alan, Hi 
Daniel, Hi John).  I find it quite discouraging to spend the time on C&C 
and then see the story abandoned.  I think it would be better if the 

Are you volunteering to subsidize me to write full time so that I don't 
have to spend all my time working on my dissertation so that I don't have 
to spend the rest of my life taking out loans and asking my parents for 
money?


I wish I could still write at the pace I once did, but I'm going as fast 
as I can.  Unfortunately, that pace is slow, especially since two of my 
big projects have co-authors who now work full time jobs.

Why do so few fanfiction authors ever investigate the real Japan?  For 
example, Juuban is a real district in Tokyo.  In fact, Naoko Takeuchi 
lives there with her husband Yoshihiro Togashi, creator of Yu Yu 
Hakusho.  Information about Juuban is readily available online. 
 Similarly, Nerima is a real ward in Tokyo and contains the ultra 
prestigious Waseda University Senior High School.  Yet I don't ever 
recall reading a Ranma fic that used this fact (such as some sort of 
competition between Waseda and Furinkan).

Because 99% of our readers don't know Japan either, so it would be wasted 
effort.  

Especially for those of us who work full-time/school full-time/otherwise 
have big drains on our time which can make our fiction come out slowly.



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