Oh, did you know I write fanfiction? Fanfiction Writer Meme - Day 1

Totally stolen from shadowycat

1 - How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?

I first read fanfic when I stumbled upon a Dr Who fic for the 1996 movie. I'd of course imagined such things, (and put myself right into the middle of them - who wouldn't!) but hadn't realised other people do it too! Oh god, when I read about "Mary Sues" and author-insertions and all the traps that beginner writers fall for ...

The first fanfic I wrote was a piece for a HP Het Slash competition with rare pairs. Entitled Flaming Christmas Puddings, I also put it on the Restricted Section. I've just noticed it's got a very old and completely out of date email address on it!

What pulled me in? Characters that had backgrounds and histories that were only hinted at. I've rather enjoyed working out "where the hell did they come from?" for a lot of stories - I have fond memories of driving with a friend working out the backgrounds of all the characters in The Boat that Rocked. I adore little slipped bits of information that make you wonder what else a character has done in its life. And I especially like taking a character that has a total of 3 references in an entire series and making them far more interesting, while still sticking with the infomation we have.

( All the questions behind the cut for anyone else interested in playing. )

Fanfiction Meme Day 2

2 – Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.

Quite a lot for Harry Potter, of course - and still very active. The longest was 13k but something's happened to my sshg_exchange fic and it's gone ... feral.

1 story for Castle (with an Ashes to Ashes twist) so far. I think there will be quite a lot more on this.

1 story for Torchwood - only as a silly crossover. Not likely to go any further. There's too much that annoys me about it.

1 part-planned rather long one for the Wimsey universe that with any luck will make a decent novel based on a character who is only mentioned three times in passing.

( All the questions behind the cut so that you don't get bored - but you can find them when you want them. )

A very sweet lady pointed me to this one.

It's Harry Potter - Deathly Hallows done as an anime banner. It's very large. And very beautiful.

*scuttles back to writing up the sshg_exchange piece, wondering where the paragraph about the large gelatinous cube with the inferiority complex got to.*