I’ve been a devotee of fan fiction for many years, going back to my teen years when I discovered Star Trek fan fiction.  At sixteen, I even tried to write my own Chekov story, which I’m sure was godawful.   Back in those days, fan fiction was all hard copy, in the form of “fanzines”.

In the mid-90s, I began writing my first serious fan fiction, this time for Deep Space Nine.  I had a word processor machine by that time, and I eventually churned out 22 continuing stories under the title “Cardassian Chronicles”.   The first 16 stories were produced as two hard copy fanzines, of which I sold a modest amount.  After I got my first computer in 1998, I posted these, plus six more stories on my own, now defunct, site.   James Flowers, the author of “The Incredible Internet Guide For Trekkers”, thought my stories were good enough for him to include my site in his book.   But if I were to eventually repost these stories, I’d want to extensivly re-write them.

Also during my first couple of years online, I wrote several NASCAR-themed song filks, winning Racecomm’s filk contest in 1999.

My next fan fiction focus was the movie, “The Patriot”.   This is the movie where I first discovered my now-favorite actor, Jason Isaacs.  Once he galloped onto the scene, as the deliciously evil Colonel William Tavington. there was no turning back.  I’ve always had a thing for sexy bad boys, as I think they’re much more interesting and complex than the traditional hero-type character.  Indeed, my Deep Space Nine stories revolved the wonderfully sinister Cardassian, Gul Dukat.

Not long after seeing this movie, I was inspired to write my first story with him as the main character.  I wrote two longish stories, one vignette, and a collection of song filks in this genre.  I got five chapters into a third Tavington story when my inspiration hit a brick wall.  I went for five years uninspired to write anything more than updating my Christmas-themed Tavington song fics.

I didn’t discover the Harry Potter universe until I went to see The Chamber of Secrets.  I’d gone just to see Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy, not expecting to really care about the story itself.  But I was pleasantly surprised — I left the theater, then headed straight to the bookstore to buy the four books then available.  The rest, as they say, is  history.  Though I have several favorite characters in this genre, Lucius was and remains my favorite.

I’m currently writing and posting my first story in the Potterverse.  It’s a Lucius/Hermione story entitled “Hermione’s Choice.”  I won’t say anything more about it on this page, but to direct my readers to start with the first post about this story.