[FFML] Remember the fallen of the FFML.

[Gary Kleppe]

Jim here makes a lot of sense. But there are a few other ways you (not  
just Jim, but anyone reading this) can honor our fallen writers:

1) Write something. Because nothing personal, but you could be next.  
Any of us could.

2) Work to make your writing better and better. When someone gives you  
feedback, think about what the person is saying, and if you decide he  
or she has a point, then consider revising, or at least applying the  
criticism for the next thing you write.

3) When something comes across on the list, if the series, genre, etc.  
are palatable to you, then read it. Because that author could be next.

4) After reading a story, post feedback on it. You don't need to do a  
detailed structural analysis, although such things are certainly  
welcome; it's helpful for an author just to know how you experienced  
his or her story. Were you on the edge of your seat wanting to know  
what would happen next? Did you laugh? Did you roll your eyes? Did you  
yawn and wonder what's on TV? Any honest reaction can be helpful, and  
you'll find that once you get going you may well find that you have a  
lot more to say than you thought you would.


Quoting James Kahle <jkahle1 at hotmail.com>:

> My name is Jim Kahle.  Back in the 90s I lurked on the FFML as the  
> Player To Be Named Later, O&O of the Quick & Dirty Fanfic Links site  
> at
> http://web.archive.org/web/20010412121117/http://tiger.towson.edu:80/~jkahle1/links2.html
> A list of most of the writers' webpages on the list, in alphabetical  
> order with both real names (if available) and FFML handles.  I  
> didn't have internet access at home, so I abused the heck out of my  
> college access for reading material.  Bookmarks on public machines  
> were useless, so I kept track of FFML writers with an online links  
> page that I made available for public use.  Heck, I even got credit  
> for it from my HTML design class. Unfortunately, when I graduated,  
> my alma mater deleted my school webpages without warning.
>
> Fortunately, D.F. Roeder took up the cause at  
> http://web.archive.org/web/20110308072731/http://www.rakhal.com/dfroeder/qdlinks.html with my blessing.  Sadly, HIS page went away when rakhal.com went  
> away.
>
> God bless the Wayback Machine.  It backed up both our link pages and  
> the pages they were linked to.  A lot of the FFML pages went away  
> with GeoCities, and now so are the writers
>
> The best way to remember our fallen IS TO READ THEIR WORK.