Blakes7 January 2002

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Re: fanfics
by Helen Krummenacker 06 Jan '02

06 Jan '02

People really write stories just for themselves? I feel baffled-- writing is hard work, whereas picturing things in my head is easy, and can be done in endless variations. I write only in order to be read. The self-insertion fic in the Harry Potter universe would actually be made much more difficult because I have to write it for the other two people I'm inserting... if it was just me, I'd change the name and no one would know, but this would actually be a collaboration, making things much more complex, and then there is the question of would anyone else want to read it. I really don't want to bother committing to paper that which does not have an audience. So, tell me, why does a peerson write it out if they don't care if anyone reads it? As a record of their imaginings? I'm seriously curious.

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Re: [B7L] Haircuts
by Sally M 06 Jan '02

06 Jan '02

What I'd like to know is how Jenna smuggled that full make-up kit and hair-colouring kit onto the London. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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Haircuts
by Ellynne G. 06 Jan '02

06 Jan '02

I just got to thinking, who cut their hair? I'd vote for Cally. You know the old story about, if there are only two barbers in town, go to the one with the bad haircut since the other guy's the one who had to have done it? Can't you just see Cally, after months in the wild with no decent conditioner and sure she's overloaded with split ends, getting one of the others to trim it for her with, er, memorable results? Other questions this raises. What security steps would Avon take before letting anyone stand behind him with sharp scissors? Who did Cally get to trim hers? I ask only because more than one culture has felt there was something flirtatious about a woman letting a man touch her hair and I'm anxious (as always) to get as much as I can out it of these little debates. But would even Blake have suggested Avon could learn brain surgery on the fly when Gan had the limiter breakdown if this was what happened the last time someone let him near their head with a sharpened instrument? Ellynne ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

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Re: fanfics
by Mel Saxby 06 Jan '02

06 Jan '02

When I write, I consider it 'work', whereas the day to day job I do is merely for money, if you get my meaning. I find myself writing much less at weekends because Saturday and Sunday are 'rest days', while during the week, before and after my shifts at the factory where I earn a living, I power up the PC and get down to pinning my imagination to disk.(It used to be paper, but a friend persuaded me to enter the 20th century, and I haven't looked back since.) Never having had an audience, my stories are chiefly an escape from mundane reality, but I find they do reflect my feelings and interests over the years, if somewhat obliquely. Looking back over things I've written, it's interesting to see what was pre-occupying me at the time, as filtered though what I concentrated on in my fic. My writings seem to constitute a kind of diary, without actually relating directly what was going on in my life at the time, yet they remind me of my feelings, etc. I write mainly because I love to do it, and in some way feel compelled to. I just wish I had sufficient talent to go pro, but I've learned to recognise the difference between reasonably good stories and those good enough to make it in the cut-throat world of publishing. I only wish I had a tenth of the originality or talent of some of the writers I've encountered in zines. I'll never stop writing for my own pleasure, but I've accepted I'll probably never be the novelist I'd like to have been. But good luck to anyone who's made it, or who hopes to in the future - I say, go for it, if you think you've got what it takes. Mel --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.311 / Virus Database: 172 - Release Date: 12/27/01

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Re: [B7L] Where to publish?
by Sally M 05 Jan '02

05 Jan '02

Jen wrote; <How does one go about finding a zine?> Not too sure myself, generally, but with most of the most recent ones I can think of, I recall that the editor-to-be posted to the Lyst (and sometimes to FC) to tell us all that they were planning one. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

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Re: [B7L] Star Hunter
by Sally M 05 Jan '02

05 Jan '02

Nico wrote: <Some people have asked about Star Hunter. I did a search on the web and found it's a Canadian show. I could find details of only one season. If you're interested, here's a description I found.> Sounds more like horse opera than space opera ... Dante Montana????? (mind you, a spaceship called the Tulip is oddly appealing ...) I know it's OT, but I'd be quite interested in hearing what it's like if anyone watches it ... _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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RE: Fanfics
by JEB31538＠cs.com 05 Jan '02

05 Jan '02

>I like to think of writing as collapsing a probability wave: until it's >written, it's potentially many stories; only by actually writing it can >you find out which one. > >steve > This is true for me. I daydream constantly, and the stories always change. The only way I can pin them down is to write them which I absolutely hate doing. I write for me and for me only. Whenever I get the urge to submit something to be actually published, it is torture. I rewrite and revise the story twenty times or more. Then, of course, when the editor gets the story, he or she normally asks for revisions as well. I just counted up my stories. In over eight years of being in Blake's 7, I have done published and unpublished only three (or maybe four?) gen stories and 19 slash stories--a total of 22 stories. That's not much of a record for eight plus years. This year, my ninth year in B7 starting this March, will see my last things published and what isn't published in 2002 then is just for my pleasure. It's just too much work to get stories ready for the public, as far as I'm concerned. And I think that 22 stories is also my limit. I have run out of things to say. And inspiration as well. I still adore Roj Blake, but I am not as obsessed with him as I once was. BUT I will still continue to daydream. And I think I will be enjoying these daydreams much more because I won't be thinking about them as anything but my own personal enjoyment. In other words, I won't have to worry about plot holes the size of Jupiter. Nor will I have to justify why characters act the way they do. I like daydreaming stories a lot more than trying to write them down. Joyce

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Re: fanfics
by Helen Krummenacker 05 Jan '02

05 Jan '02

steve said - >I like to think of writing as collapsing a probability wave: until it's >written, it's potentially many stories; only by actually writing it can >you find out which one. That is an excellent way of describing it. You want to actualise it, but that is simultaneously a reduction of the limitless possibilities to one actuality, so it is always a loss. Alison You two are spot on-- but that's why I *don't* write it down unless I want to show it to *someone*. I love the feeling that all possibilities are open for the characters.

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Re:Haircuts
by Helen Krummenacker 05 Jan '02

05 Jan '02

Ellynne asked: What security steps would Avon take before letting anyone stand behind him with sharp scissors? I think you may have hit upon the reason why his hair style kept getting longer.

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Other SF
by Nico Mody-Nikoloff 05 Jan '02

05 Jan '02

Here in NZ they're starting an SF Monday evening on Sky 1, comprising Stargate, Andromeda, Starhunter and Lexx. I'm delighted at the chance to see Stargate from the beginning as I came to it late. I'll watch Andromeda too; after all the discussion on the Lyst, it sounds interesting. However, are Starhunter and Lexx worth it? Starhunter is described as being about 'an interplanetary bounty hunter in the year 2275'. Could be good, or standard 'planet of the week' stuff. Does anyone like it? I know some of you liked Lexx. Are there echoes of B7 in it as people seem to see in Andromeda? Any good avatars? Do either of them have humour? A vital ingredient IMO, and one of the reasons I love B7 so much. Nico

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