Meme: DVD Commentary

[elrhiarhodan]

Ganked from lionessvalenti

Ask me a question about one of my fanfics or fanfic series. It can be absolutely anything in any fic and I will tell you the honest-to-goddess answer (even on the progress/plans for next chapters of current series).

Don’t hold back. Whatever you ask, I'll answer truthfully and as completely as possible. You can also ask about my writing as a whole, if you like.

Bring it on and repost on your journal so I can ask you, too!

Comments

[elrhiarhodan]

Thank you!

I am truly a two year old when it comes to any fannish activity. My start in fandom came through an odd confluence of circumstances.

For many years, I'd been part of on-line communities - from tech to the jewelry arts to music. I can't remember a time when I wasn't "on-line" be it through dial up BBS systems, GENIE, AOL, the early Usenet newsgroups, etc. Shortly before I "found" fandom, I had "left" my latest on-line community - I wasn't looking for a replacement, and TBH, I may have gone back to it if I hadn't found LJ and White Collar.

In mid-January 2010, one of the author blogs I followed had a link to the whitecollarfic community. I followed it and well, that as they say, was that. I spent most of my waking time looking for and reading all of the fic I could find. It took about a month before I posted on my LJ (which I had for several years but did nothing with), and three weeks after that, I wrote my first story.

The WC fandom was warm and welcoming and I quickly made lots of friends who were far more talented that I was/am - but they encouraged me and helped me and made LJ/DW a very happy place.

I've tried writing for other fandoms. There are a few little fics for other shows - one or two each for The West Wing, Farscape and a few others. I've tried writing XMFC, I've tried writing Grimm, but I never get the same buzz as I do for WC.

I am not normally quite so single minded - and I always read other fandoms. Particularly those stories by my friends. I love H50 fic, but I can't watch the show, it drives me nuts. I suspect that I may eventually write BBC Sherlock when I see S2.

Why White Collar? It's a combination of things. It's a New York show, and I can write New York authoritatively. It's a procedural, and that's appealing. It has just enough law and order that I can build stories and casefic without too much effort. And it has Tim DeKay, my god in a badly fitting suit.

And Matt Bomer, too.

And Satchmo.