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Cascade Library Interview with Danae (2000)
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| Interviews by Fans | |
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| Title: | Cascade Library Interview with Danae |
| Interviewer: | Cascade Library |
| Interviewee: | Danae |
| Date(s): | April 10, 2000 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | The Sentinel |
| External Links: | interview is here, Archived version |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
In 2000, Danae was interviewed for Cascade Library.
Also see Cascade Library Interview with Danae (2009).
Some Excerpts
I found out that there was such a thing [as fan fiction]... by accident. I was actually searching the web for ideas to use with my creative writing class and had entered the word fiction for a search. One of the webapges I got from that search was a Sentinel fan fiction site. My first response was, "Cool! That's that show I like." My second was, "Oooo, people are writing stories here!" Then I read Counting in Fives by Shelly. I had to respond to that. I wrote her, we started corresponding and she challenged me to write a story. Two weeks later, I was done!
Feedback is great. I like to know that I'm not just amusing myself here. I love getting it, especially when the writer points out particular things that worked or did not work for her. I'm not spun glass. I can take constructive criticism. I may even act on it. On the other hand, I think that someone who writes to a writer for the sole purpose of being mean and hateful is a sad and lonely individual who needs to put down others in order to feel better about themselves. I've not been flamed... yet. <finding some wood to knock on> But I have known others that were. Bless their hearts, it can't be a nice feeling. I live by my mother's words, "If you can't say something nice, keep your damn mouth shut because you aren't worth hearing anyway." Can I say that here??
[The first piece of fanfiction I read] was either River's Edge by Lois Balzer or Deliver Us by Ysone. Both fantastic pieces! I have read both again many times since!
Actually, [the first piece of fan fiction I wrote] was a Miami Vice piece before I even knew that fan fiction existed. I was challenged during that last miserable season of MV by my best friend because as we were watching a really bad episode, I commented that I could do better than that. She said, "prove it." It will NEVER see the light of day! Think I purposefully lost it... although my friend liked it.