The Wolverine & Rogue Fanfiction Archive Interview with J Marie T.
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| Title: | The Wolverine & Rogue Fanfiction Archive Interview with J Marie T. |
| Interviewer: | The Wolverine & Rogue Fanfiction Archive |
| Interviewee: | J Marie T. |
| Date(s): | May 16, 2003 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | X-Men |
| External Links: | interview is here, Archived version |
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The Wolverine & Rogue Fanfiction Archive Interview with J Marie T. was conducted in 2003.
Other Interviews in the Series
See The Wolverine & Rogue Fanfiction Archive Interview Series.
Some Excerpts
I've been writing fan fiction since long before I even knew that there was a name for it. I don't recall exactly when I started, but I'd say it's been a good 15 plus years. I really learned about fan fic during my "Star Trek" phase after finding some fanzines at a convention. Knowing that people were interested in reading original stories featuring those particular characters, I really got into writing. Most of those stories still remain unfinished however. It was during "Voyager" that I finally managed to complete some stories, though I only shared them with a few of my closest friends, and they only got to see the tame stuff. :)
It wasn't until after "X-Men" came out that I got brave enough to share my stories with the world, or at least the world wide web. Also, with the release of "X-Men", my "Star Trek" obsession finally began to wane, so this is the only fandom in which I write.
I have gotten some extremely in-depth and absolutely wonderful feedback, and I've gotten some very short but also nice feedback. I love the first kind, but I'm happy to receive the other as well. I think all authors like to know that there effort is worth something to someone and feedback is really the only way we have to know that.
There is nothing better than getting an email that's almost as long as the story you posted. I love hearing what the readers think I did right, or well. At the same time, I also want to know what they think I could have done differently. I have written sequels/companion pieces to stories before simply because of feedback and I'm sure that I will again.
I think all feedback is good, as long as it doesn't contain flames. There are ways to put a positive spin on something negative and I've been incredibly lucky in that I haven't had to deal with anything nasty, though I know it could happen at any time.
Feedback is very important to me, as I think it is for all writers, especially in fan fic. We spend time and energy pouring our hearts and souls into a story and the only reward we get is feedback. It's really the only way to judge our success, or lack thereof, as the case may be.