friends through fanfiction

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I discovered fanfiction last year, and I met some wonderful people through it.

They've helped me a lot, just getting used to replying to comments, and finding nice things to say to people, both through email and comments on their stories. And just remembering it's important to respond to people.

Anyway, that helped me a lot. I even met two people I consider real, true friends now. It's awesome. I mean I never met them in person but we email.

One of these people, I've emailed her a ton and she's emailed me a ton. But sometimes I'm not sure, maybe I'm over talking to her. It's just so unusual for me to write to someone who actually understands me in many ways, and is interested in the same thing as me, that I've maybe talked to her too much and wearied her with my company.

Well I'm not sure of this, but it's something that's a concern to me. So, right now she's studying hard for school stuff, and will be busy until January. And I wished her luck and I said I'd try not to bug her until then.

Is that a good choice? Give her a little space? Or would it be better to keep in touch once in awhile with a 'hang in there, hope it's going well' message?

I'm still wading in uncharted waters in many ways, although somehow she'll still write to me when she has time. I mean, we've even had fights and everything, and she hasn't cut me out of her life.

Saying something like that every once in a while sounds fine. That way, she knows you're thinking about her but you're not really "bugging" her (it's a statement of well wishes, not a question like "Hi, how are you doing?").

Do you go to the site Fanfiction.net? Do you write stories of your own? Which shows are your favorites?

Thanks for your thoughts on this, conundrum!

I sometimes post on Fanfiction.net, but I tend to find LJ comms easier. Yes, I write as well as read. I will PM you about my fandom.

I used to write Lion King fanfiction but never posted them on the internet because I never thought about it. I would write myself into the stories as the total opposite of a Mary Sue. I even wrote a Lion King/Titan A.E. crossover but changed the timeline of Titan A.E. to current times and that it was only a major city that got wipped out on another planet. I lost it when my computer crashed but have been too busy to rewrite it and probably never will. I'm not really that good at writing because I can't describe things from another person's perspective.

I can only speak for myself but it was a fun way to get to know some people through shared interests. And getting feedback was *wonderful.*

It sounds to me like it would be difficult to have a Titan A.E. and Lion King crossover -- you must be really creative, PunkyKat!

silly question but what is fanfiction?