Fanfiction--Do you read it or Write it?

I've writen fanfic for years. I've writen several Doctor Who stories back in the '80's and some Man From UNCLE. I've even writen a Wild Wild West story. Most of my Doctor Who stories were cross overs, Who/UNCLE, Who/MASH, Who/Time Tunnel. I've also writen some original fic. I lost a dear friend almost 9 years ago & really haven't writen anthing since. I used to say I couldn't write if I was really happy. Well, guess what, I can't write when I'm really sad either!

The term fanfiction is actually new for me. Forgive my ignorance, but can you elaborate more on this. I assume its writing about something you obviously enjoy. Is it something you post online, like a blog? Do you go to a website and join a discussion board? Is this like a group or organization that you become a member? I'm just curious about the whole thing.

FanFic became popular long before the website. There is a lot of Battlestar Galactica fanfic from the old series before they pretty much decided to start the series over from scratch. There was also a lot of Star Trek fanfic, so much of it that uh ... Well - quite a few good stories too. I've even read a few cross-over stories of Star Trek & BSG, Star Trek & Star Wars, & I think I even stumbled upon all three in a story. Most of the crossover stories were pretty good. I've done a bit of that myself a while back, but most of it never really got too far. Actually, I might still have all or most of those unfinished stories somewhere on 3 1/2" floppies.

I've never written any but I've read many that I have enjoyed. I've read Xena/Hercules, Angel/Buffy, Stargate, Harry Potter, and Lord of the Rings. I haven't found any Battlestar Galatica yet but I'm sure I will in time. Sooner or later I get to a site with one.

I've never really wrote that much fanfiction although I wrote a little for Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I read mostly Harry Potter fanfiction nowadays.

I mostly read fanfiction. I've tried writing it years before and tried it one again, but all I can do are one shots that are of poor quality. I usually read Harry Potter and anime's... By the way, who are you in fanfictio.net? I'd like to read your fanfics if I have some time.

I discovered fan fiction last year. I read Battlestar, Veronica Mars,Harry Potter and a lot more. Right now I'm writing American Gothic, Hex, and Subspecies. I mainly read it off of fanfiction.net and Livejournal.

I used to write a lot of fan fiction, but not that much anymore as I am now writing my novel, practicing my singing, and of course mylot. I write mainly Prey and The Pretender Fan fiction. I find that when I start a fan fiction and the show is still on, I make a mess about it and what I predict happens does not = not even close. IO have not started a Battlestar Galactica fan fiction because I have not had a chance to watch each episode more than once and have missed some and I want to get the characters right.

Oh yes. I started out in Star Trek Voyager, then moved to the Stephanie Plum series, then Harry Potter and now I read a lot of Wolverine/Rogue XMen movie stories. I love that in fan fiction you can add depth to characters by re-imagining them.