Subject: Re: [VP] For fun or money?
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000
From: sdmartin
I am only just working on my first S/H story, but have been writing in other fandoms for 13 years now, and I have to tell you that, for me, you are right on the mark. I have every single LOC I ever received or was printed in an LOC publication. When I think I just don't have the time to write fanfic anymore, I pull out that file and remind myself that I'm not the only one who enjoys my stories. If I was, I'd just write them in my head.
Many thanks to you for your efforts.
Dana

Subject: Re: [VP] How did you get into slash?
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 00:43:32 -0400
From: sdmartin
I was into Starsky and Hutch slash before I even knew slash existed. I adored the show when it first aired and remember telling a friend so. She told me she couldn't stand it because of "all the lovey dovey stuff between them", which made me realize that was why I loved it!
I didn't get into a slash fandom until about 13 years ago and that was K/S. I wrote in it for 12 years (still do occasionally). A friend who I'd drawn into K/S then drew me into Pros. She brought the zine she had published on a weekend visit and I mean, really, could I tell her I didn't want to look at her baby? Before that, I had been pretty successful at resisting all blandishments because I knew exactly what would happen to my interest in K/S if I became interested in something else. Pros, oddly enough, led me very quickly back into my interest in Starsky and Hutch. Without getting too deeply into reasoning, I think perhaps it is because S/H is so much more openly loving. So far S/H and Pros are managing to live quite contentedly side by side in my fan room. I am very slowly attempting to write in both fandoms, but that old o/c personality is cropping up again insisting that I need to know these characters before I write them. Taking my time and hoping it will be worth the wait in the long run.
Which is probably all much more information than you wanted.
Dana