///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ED README v3.2 The Short History of a fanfic writer Last Updated 99/03/13 Written by Edward T. Hrzic III (You were expecting Lucy Lawless, maybe?) Copyright (c) 1996-99 by Edward T. Hrzic III ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ----------------------------------------------------------------- All the stories mentioned herein may be obtained at the "rec.arts.anime.creative" archive, located at "ftp.cs.ubc.ca" in the directory "pub/archive/anime-fan-works/Miscellaneous/EdFics", unless otherwise stated. This file should also be considered a replacement for the (very old) original file in that directory. ----------------------------------------------------------------- This is a list of the stuff I've done so far, so that people will know WHO and WHAT I am, and what to expect from my demented and emotionally disturbed mind. ----------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to drop one or two of them by at hrzic@hawaii.edu . Thanks! ----------------------------------------------------------------- \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Q And A \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Q: Just who are you? A: Well, I'm a graduate of DGF High-school in Rota, Spain (it's on the southern tip, close to the peninsula of Cadiz). I've been into Japanese animation for quite some time. My father was stationed in Japan (I'm a Military brat -- my father's an E-9 in the Marine Corp. I'm so proud of him!), and I got a taste of some of it. When we left, there wasn't much that we saw of Japanese animation for a while (expect for Robotech :) ). It was back in '89 when I encountered a group at a comic shop in Virginia (Mega City Comics), that called themselves T.A.G. -- Tidewater Anime Group. There, I got A LOT of info, and got to known the people that worked there as friends. Well, I also got into another group called P.A.C. (Peninsula Anime Club). Then I had to leave for Spain. Here I am now -- and several "dubbed" tapes (as "Rarz" from AnimeMUCK can agree with) later from the PX, and writing fanfics. How nice. Q: What do you look like? A: Gah! You REALLY want to know what I look like? I'll spare you of the boring description I had earlier; just see my home page. Q: How did you get into fanfiction? A: I first encountered the term "FanFic" a few months ago. I had been converting the Knight Sabers' Hard Suits to RIFTS with two net acquaintances, and I came across the term in a sig file. Several inquiries later, and amid one "Internet Yellow Pages" guide, I found my way to RAAS, now changed to RAAC. I first started reading "The Crys Saga" by Chris Schumacher. It was a good one. Anyway, I got swept up in the tide and started on another. "Ranma 1/2: The Dragon Comb Mystery #1", since everyone was doing Ranma fics. That turned out to be one of my biggest mistakes. Another idea I got was to do a "Goku vs. Guyver" crossover. The reason why is listed below. THAT got some attention from people; I received several helpful suggestions on what to do with it. I thought then, "Hey, why not start doing some original stuff?" I decided to come up with a show called "Suds". "A Matter of Opinion" came next, and I hope to continue those two. More ideas that I have come at the end of this listing. As you can tell if you've read Ecstatic Vision, I didn't label it 'lemon' even though there was a healthy dose of said material. In my view, a lemon fics introduce such material that is irrelevant to the story. Q: What are you working on now? A: They're secrets. Q: So, you can't tell us? A: If I told you, they wouldn't be secrets anymore, now would they? Besides, if I told you, I'd have to "slay" you. ("Kill" is such a harsh word.) Q: Who and what influences your writing? A: I don't really know WHO influences my writing. I went through a rather emotionally turbulent time during the last two years of highİschool, thus bringing on my "darker" side, which is quite evident in many of my stories. I would just read, and start writing based on the styles that I had seen in books. No SINGLE thing influences me. Q: What fanfic did you first start reading? A: The "Crys Saga", by Chris Schumacher. It was a Ranma fanfic, and influenced my decision to write (the hideous) "Ranma 1/2: The Dragon Comb Mystery". Q: Which fanfics do you like best, of the ones you've read? A: Sadly, I don't get much time to read fanfics, because I spend so much time WRITING them. Ask any author, and they'll probably tell you the same thing. Besides, I've been gone from the 'net for a while, so I couldn't read many. Q: Is there any other place (on-line, etc.) that your fanfiction can be found? A: Yes! My non-lemon fanfiction (due to the location's policies) can also be found at: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/2247/ This page will (most-likely) be the ONLY place that I will update my fanfiction. It is much easier on the moderator (and myself) if I simply update it there, than continually send updates for the "raac" coordinator to archive. Q: Any words for budding fanfiction authors? A: You betcha. First, WRITE SOMETHING ELSE THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T DONE YET. Read: "Something other than Ranma and Sailor Moon." Take myself as an example. My other titles outweigh my Ranma and Sailor Moon fanfiction. Try to make people think: "Wow. I never would have thought to do a fic about that." (like they did with "Macross: Ecstatic Vision" and "Guyver"). Try to be a little realistic if you want to do a crossover ("Urotsukidoji: Sailor Moon" may have its appeal, but may not necessarily be . . . wait a minute! That's actually a GOOD idea for a fic! . . . Well, maybe not.), and try to pair some things that are, at least a LITTLE bit related. So far, few people have written about the Guyver (myself included). I haven't seen anything on "Dragon Half," or "Slayers," or . . . you get the picture. Look around your anime collection (or others'), and see what you can come up with. And good luck! Q: You haven't written anything lately! A: Lately? Try a year or so. I'm trying to get into commercial writing (that way, I'll actually get PAID for the stuff I write). If I find time, I'll try to finish "Mune Knight", and change some of the stuff in my more-hideous fiction. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ The Fanfiction \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ The following is a list of the works that I have done. I also give my own Author's Rating, based upon a four-star format; I am usually very critical of my own work. In addition, many of the following works have the last part only available through me. This means that you have to send me a request, along with your comments about the story. ATTENTION: From this point on, I will NOT respond to any requests that simply say "I want the last part of ," with nothing else in the message. I NEED YOUR COMMENTS TO GET BETTER! So, I am adopting the standpoint: "No comment, to story." ...And it seems that people don't know what comments are. Ever seen reviews of stories, books, movies, etc.? Of course you have. "Your grammar could use some work, etc." does not count. Now, I'm not asking for a review (but that would be nice); I WOULD like you to give me some information on my writing style, character DEVELOPMENT (not something lame like "I liked the characters"), plot DEVELOPMENT, things you liked. Remember, when you make a comment, back it up with words! Hollow comments do NOTHING to make me improve. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------| Macross: Ecstatic Vision |------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Macross] Category : DRAMA / (considered LEMON due to sexual content) Setting : Future Parts currently available : 1-4 + Epilogue (epilogue available ONLY through me) Author's Rating: *** The story of a young man's struggle with his own feelings -- those in the future, and those of the past. ---------------------------------------------------------------- -------------| Ranma 1/2: The Dragon Comb Mystery |------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Ranma][Vanity] Category : COMEDY / DRAMA Setting : Modern Parts currently available : 1-5 Directory : "pub/archive/anime-fan-works/Ranma/" Author's Rating: * What happens when an author gets sucked into the Ranma 1/2 world? And what will happen to him when he stays there? Will he become an anime character? ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------| Goku vs. The Guyver |--------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Guyver][Dragon Ball] Category : ACTION Setting : Modern Parts currently available : 1-4 (complete series) Directory : "pub/archive/anime-fan-works/Miscellaneous/" Author's Rating: **1/4 Sho is sent to Rota, Spain for an exchange program. Unknown to him, so has Son Gohan, with his parents. Along with this, the Space Warrior, Triang, has come to Rota searching for a crystal -- which is a Guyver unit. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------| A Matter of Opinion |--------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Original] Category : ACTION / ADVENTURE / COMEDY / DRAMA Setting : Fantasy Parts currently available : 1-9+10 (complete series; part 10 ONLY available through me) Author's Rating: ***1/2 Ryum finds himself in the world of Dutare after a boating accident, under the care of a flaky mage and a warrior woman. He soon must dress up like a woman to enter a city, then almost gets killed by a thief. Now he's on the run, dodging the attacks of the greatest mage on Dutare, Chao. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------| Suds |---------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Original] Category : ACTION / COMEDY / LEMON Setting : Modern Parts currently available : 1-7+8 (complete series; part 8 ONLY available through me) Author's Rating: *** Yoshi is having women problems. The new girl at the school, Myashi Ryuki, also known as Suds, is given the opportunity to work with him on a project. He finds himself in love, but also a target of the mad inventor, Mick. ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------| Guyver: Screaming Will |------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Guyver][Vanity] Category : ACTION / DRAMA Setting : Modern Parts currently available : 1 (plus apology) Directory : "pub/archive/anime-fan-works/Miscellaneous/" Author's Rating: * Another vanity trip, Guyver: Screaming Will was about my attempts to give myself a Guyver unit. However, it is in the preliminary stages of being re-worked, and parts of the story have already been written. Look for it some time in the (way) future. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------| Iczer-4 |--------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Iczer] Category : ACTION / DRAMA Setting : Future Parts currently available : 1-3+4 (complete series; part 4 ONLY available through me) Author's Rating: **3/4 As the story opens, Iczer-2 is fighting a cat-like animal, called an Iurthur. It starts to take on her characteristics, and so becomes Iczer-4. The new Iczer snaps Iczer-2's spine and leaves her where they fought. Humans have rebuilt Earth, and are starting a colony on another planet. Iczer-3 is now grown up (hey, I like Iczer-3 as well, now that she IS grown up), and is starting to succumb to her own feelings for a young human. The humans encounter the Lopany, an insectoid race, and a battle ensues. ----------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------| Mune Knight |------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Original] Category : ADVENTURE / COMEDY / LEMON Setting : Fantasy Parts currently available : 1-6 Author's Rating: **3/4 So far, our hero Clap, has left home for an adventuring career. He frees a young lady, named Resia, from a gang of bandits, and is taken back to her home. After some encounters, he meets a nymph and three orcs named Tom, Dick and Harry. With their help, he frees the mayor's daughter from the clutches of a troll. After a rousing adventure in a cavern full of four-armed women, he is now walking around with one of the four-armed women and an android. ----------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------| Ranma Meets ??? |----------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Ranma][X-over] Category : COMEDY Setting : Modern Part currently available : 1 (one-shot fanfic) Directory : "pub/archive/anime-fan-works/Ranma/" Author's Rating : **1/2 During a trip through the United States, the Tendos come to a well known park, and meet some very strange, but familiar, animals. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------| Video Girl Hosoi |----------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Video Girl][Vanity] Category : DRAMA Setting : Modern Parts currently available : 1-3+4 (complete series; part 4 ONLY available through me) Author's Rating: **1/2 I had a good time reading all of the translations of Video Girl Ai and Video Girl Len, even though I didn't have the comics to follow along. The story was wonderful (though I like VGAi better than VGLen), and I was inspired. There is more of me (and my personality) in this fic than any of my other ones, and people should be able to piece together who and what I am. I didn't want to put myself as a main character, so at least I'm trying not to be vain. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------| X-Cross |--------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Guyver][Gargoyles][Bubblegum Crisis][TMNT] Category : ACTION Setting : Various Parts Currently available : 1-2+Ending Outline Author's Rating: *1/2 We open on Kronos New York, with the production of a TAG -- Teleporting Anti-Guyver Unit which can see into the future to predict the Guyver's moves. Unknown to them, Guyvers-1, -3 and -Q have launched an attack on the building. They are then assisted by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Elisa and Goliath. In the resulting battle, and energy vortex opens, pulling them into an alternate dimension. At the end, Mike and Raph stand in front of the 'Hot Legs' club. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------| Kronos |--------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Guyver][X-Files] Category : ACTION / MYSTERY Setting : Modern Parts Currently Available : 1+2 (complete series; part 2 ONLY available through me) Directory : "pub/archive/anime-fan-works/Miscellaneous/" Author's Rating: **3/4 Mulder and Scully began an investigation of the death of some children, whereupon they come into contact with the Kronos Corporation, and the killing machine known as the Guyver. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------| Sailor Moon: Changing Face |----------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Sailor Moon] Category : ACTION / DRAMA Setting : Modern Parts Currently Available : 1-2+3 (complete series; part 3 ONLY available through me) Directory : "pub/archive/anime-fan-works/Sailor-Moon/" Author's Rating: *** Three strangers have appeared have appeared in Tokyo, and are intent on killing Sailor Moon and the Scouts. What is there story? And what power do they have? NOTE: This story uses the character names that appeared in the Spanish broadcast of the T.V. series. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------| Guyver vs. Aliens |---------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Guyver][Aliens] Category : ACTION Setting : Future Parts Currently Available : 1-2+3 (complete series; part 3 ONLY available through me) Directory : "pub/archive/anime-fan-works/Miscellaneous/" Author's Rating: *** Colonists are one there way to a new planet. However, they find out that they are not the only ones there. What are these things, and can the biological weapon, known as the Guyver, save the people? ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------| Kasumi, What's Wrong? |-------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Ranma] Category : DRAMA Setting : Modern Parts Currently Available : 1 (one-shot fanfic) Directory : "pub/archive/anime-fan-works/Ranma/" Author's Rating: **3/4 A depressing story, as the Tendos and Saotomes find out that something is wrong with Kasumi. Akane and Ranma evaluate what Kasumi mean to them, and what they would do for her. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------| Star Wars: Macross |--------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Star Wars][Macross] Category : ACTION Setting : Sci-Fi Parts Currently Available : 1 (one-shot fanfic) Directory : An exclusive EHP! release. Author's Rating: **1/2 A U.N. Spacy battleship folds to an unknown location, where it must assist the Rebellion to take a planet back. ----------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------| I, Immortal |------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Ogre Slayer][Highlander] Category : ACTION Setting : Modern Parts Currently Available : 1+2 (complete series; part 2 ONLY available through me) Author's Rating: **1/2 An immortal enlists the aide of two ogres to become completely invincible. This attracts the highlander, Duncan MacLeod, and the Ogre Slayer. ----------------------------------------------------------------- -------| Ranma 1/2: Thou Shalt Keep Holy The Sabbath Day |------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type : [Ranma] Category : DRAMA Setting : Modern Parts Currently Available : 1 (one-shot fanfic) Directory : "pub/archive/anime-fan-works/Ranma/" Author's Rating: **1/2 After an accident, Ranma wants to go into the priesthood. Originally part of a decalogue project that was not really a decalogue, since most of the people involved didn't complete their stories. ----------------------------------------------------------------- And that concludes our show for this evening. So, until the next time that the bell tolls for your truly, keep the comments coming, and "adios, amigos . . . adios my friends . . ." TTFN. -----------------------------------------------------------------