At 19:18 10/16/97, The Eternal Lost Lurker wrote:

As to why *I* write...I write fanfics because it's fun. I get ideas of
things that could/should/would/might happen, or would be fun to see, and I
decide, "well, let's just see..." and write it. That's been the formula
that has produced every single fic I've ever written. In the beginning,
before I even knew of RAAC or the FFML, I wrote and sent them to my friends
on AOL. Why? Ego? No. I wanted to share, and wanted to see what they had to
say about it.

[[analysis begins]]

<<click>>  <<whirrr>>

<<ping!>>

<operation>

Global - Search-and-Replace

Search For:    "written"

Replace With:  "started"

</operation>

I admit that now, here on the FFML, I've developed quite an ego. However,
one thing has not changed: I write for fun. The fics I abandoned, I did not
abandon for lack of attention...to this day, "Faux Existence" has outbid
everything else I write except "Onna: Red Side" for attention. I still get
death threats <shoots Zen an evil glance> about by abandonment of FE.

ABANDONED??

You told Zen, "Don't worry - I WILL finish it..." on SEVERAL occasions, and
Zen **trusted** you!  NOW Zen finds out it has been ABANDONED?
Aiiiiggghhh!

Zen hopes, for your sake, that you are... exaggerating here.

-=FINAL IMPACT=-
Lurker's new crossover epic
Coming soon...

sure sure... *sigh*

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The Eternal Lost Lurker

Zen no Itan-sha