Fanfic... fanfic... fanfic...

I didn't call it fanfic at the time, but I started writing fanfic back in the mid to late eighties. I was involved in Elfquest fandom, and I wrote a lot of stories about elves. The less said about that, the better (although, I should probably mention, I published my own Holt fanzine for years: Lone Oak Holt).

Later my friends and I started a sort of shared universe furry space opera fanzine thing called Tales of the Tai-Pan:www.taipanproject.org . At the start we didn't know what "furry" was, we just liked David Brin's Uplift series, CJ Cherryh's Chanur series, and the comic book Fusion (and a few other things like Albeedo and such). I still write and edit for the Tai-Pan, and I guess that qualifies as fanfic too because I don't get paid for it. But at least I'm writing original characters. o_O

As for my anime fanfiction...the first thing I wrote was a piece called Both Halves which I'm still proud of, but which I've never continued (which is why I haven't posted it here, although you can find it on my web page). After that I wrote Monkey Head Butting, which is still my longest "completed" work. A story with a similar title, Bonk On The Head, is a much more recent "completed"story.

Mostly these days I'm working on Girl's School.

Girl's School Divergence fanfic. Ranma and Akane wind up attending school at St. Hebereke's School for Girls. In November 2007 as part of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writer's Month) I wrote about 60,000 words that comprise, at this point, Girl's School chapters 26-30. These will need editing before publication. In November 2008 I again participated in NaNoWriMo by working on Girl's School, this time completing some 63,000 words that form Girl's School chapters 16-24. These will also need editing, and as of today (Sunday, Nov 30, 2008) I am still working to complete chapter 24, after which I will need to write a sort of "epilogue" chapter 25 to wrap some things up. Then I can finally link the story up to everything I wrote a year ago and edit for publication.

This means that, while I have 73,000 words and 15 chapters of Girl's School already published, I have another 120,000 words and 20 chapters written (or nearly written, since I'm still working on chapters 24 & 25) that are yet to publish. Just, you know, FYI for those wondering if I'm even working on the story. _ To be honest I feel quite accomplished, but you guys won't get to see everything I've done for a while yet. I will publish chapter 16 in a week or two though.

Stories that I am theoretically still working on:

A Goddess In Oz This is a fully plotted story with a beginning, middle, and end. I've been working on it for 3-5 years now, and I'm still finishing up chapter 3. We've got a ways to go yet. This is mostly a crossover between Ah! My Goddess and Oz (as in, Wizard of, Land of, etc.) But there are also minor crossovers with several other anime (just a couple of characters each) and a visit to the Sandman (as in, DC/Vertigo/Gaiman's Sandman).

Seven Fiancees I worked on this in Spring of 2006. Hopefully I'll start posting chapters soon. This is an open-ended story of Ranma and Akane and their teenage children, and who will be the next to inherit the dojo... Not one of my top priority projects, but I do have some fun ideas for this and have been working on it a bit.

I Can See Clearly Now. Funny how a five-chapter story can take more than ten years to finish. Mousse encounters a lens crafter who makes very special glasses -- suddenly he can see better than anyone on the planet. Is it enough of an edge to allow him to finally defeat Ranma? I do intend to finish this soon, and post it here.

Muyami Academy Ah. The true monster in the group. An open-ended crossover which attempts to combine nearly every high school anime I was ever fond of, and I believe it succeeds on some basic level...I haven't put out a new chapter in a couple of years but I still plan to. Ranma attends school as a girl, alongside so many characters from so many other high school anime/manga series that even I have trouble keeping track of it all. I have finally uploaded chapters 7-14 which is a massive chunk of text... and I'm pretty sure I've never even had a complete chapter 14 or maybe even a complete chapter 13 available to read before, even on my own web site. Chapter 15 is partially written, and I might start working on it. I also need to go back and do some editing and cleaning up of the original chapters but it seemed like a good idea just to get everything posted first.

The thing that most prevents me from writing more is my on-again off-again addiction to mmogs (currently Second Life ~ Mint Rainbow or various characters on City of Heroes, @shinobu, @shinobu valentine). But I can quit any time I want, honest!

Mark A Davis / Miko