My First Fanzine

[cnvarbiter]

I spent some time last week with a friend I haven't seen in 30 years. He's seventeen, he wants to be a science fiction writer, and his name's Steve Wilson. Which is my roundabout way of saying that I recently sat down and read, for the first time in a looooonnnggg time, the first piece of fiction I completed once I realized that, whatever else I

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[pgiunta]

It's great that you touch on the origins of your Arbiters characters. I talked a bit about fan fiction in my presentation to the Main Line Writers Group last week. I have every piece of my old fan fiction, although all of mine are only short stories, and I do go back and read them once in awhile. To me, fan fic was my training ground, a springboard if you will, before moving onto original fiction. That is not meant to diminish the value or enjoyment of writing fan fic. I loved every minute of it and it made me realize, too, that a writer is exactly what I wanted to be when I grow up. Of course, I'm deeply grateful to you for helping me get there. I wouldn't have it any other way, amigo!