At 06:41 PM 4/28/96 -0400, the Wolfmeister wrote:

On Sun, 28 Apr 1996, Ryan Mathews wrote:

First, I'm not angry.  I could care less, actually, since I'm not a big 
enough fan of RANMA to bother reading those 'fics.  I don't mean to 
upset anyone; after all, if you didn't like DIRTY PAIR, I wouldn't 
expect to read my DP stories.

But that's the whole point!  It works both ways.  I read your fics, then I
went and watched Dirty Pair.  I watched Ranma 1/2, and then went to read
the fanfics.  Why must it be a one way street?  For some anime, there are
more fanfic stories than there are anime. 

I admit that I read Ranma fanfics before I ever watched Ranma.  My only
Takahashi experience before reading Ranma fanfic was UY (animation first,
fanfic second).  Had it not been for UY (and Robotech) I wouldn't have ever
read Fanfic.  And if it hadn't been for Fanfic, I would not have ever
watched Ranma, AMS!, or Gundam.

detracts.  My number one goal is to get people to read my work, and to 
accomplish that, I need people reading fanfic.  If potential readers 
who aren't RANMA fans log onto r.a.a.c and for days see nothing but 
RANMA 1/2 stories, some of them are going to quit.  It helps everyone 
to have a wide variety of universes for the reader to choose from.

So you're afraid you'll get lost in the flood?  Think about those of us 
who *do* write Ranma fics.  How the hell do I make mine stand out?  The 
*only* way to have people notice you is to write well.

I'm constantly afraid that mine will do that.  That's why I'm slow to
release new material for Careful Destiny (and re-writing existing parts).  I
want it to be an effort worth reading, and (personally speaking) I feel that
parts of it are tripe, so I'm trying to change it accordingly.  (Those of
you who've read the new Part One will know what I'm talking about).

Speaking of getting lost in the shuffle, did my final release of the rewrite
for Part Two ever get out to the list?  I never saw it come out, nor have I
seen any response to it.  Anyone?


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