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[Madame Wolf]

This is aimed at the writers here (read: all of you ).

After was reading the B Word again for inspiration (I'm reading the newest Stephanie Plum novel and hopefully I'll be able to write another chapter. Maybe.), I realised that the B Word was my baby. I consider it my youngest, the one that gives me the most trouble but gives me the most joy.

I thought more on this. Listening to the Rain, inspite of the few chapters, is what I consider my middle child. It is well behaved, not much trouble and I can forget it is there but I'm proud of it all the same. I doesn't get as much attention as my other fics, yet I still love it.

And then there is my eldest. When the Past Needs You has moved on, has disconnected itself from me and has moved away from the nest so to speak. It has a "child" of its own (Remus Kicks Butt) and no longer needs me. It was the firs time around for me, and I have learnt a lot about writing, or raising, the other fics from it.

So, do any of you think about your fan fiction in a similar light? And if so, how? Am I just crazy for thinking that my stories are my babies? (Although sometimes writing feels like I'm giving birth to the words)

(Oh, and we can't forget A Bittersweet Victory. That's the bastard in the basement .)

[mrsnilescrane]

Oh, my fanfics are totally my children. I loff them... except, as my writing gets better I tend to think of them as the Elder Children. My older fanfics when my writing wasn't particularly stunning are the ones I consider to be my "toddlers"...

[AJRoald]

Yes, I do think of my stories like children.

War of Remembrances is my baby...it is the most demanding (being the only chaptered story I'm working on), yet it is also like a teenager, independed and strong willed, yet still needs me once in awhile.

My Neil Finn stories (Into Temptation and Private Universe) are also really 'close' to me still... as I don't feel that the series is complete. Into was a realatively easy child, that just went with the flow, while Private fought me tooth and toenail (like the child that wont stay in the shopping cart in the grocery store). I'm half afraid to start another sibling to these two .

My other stories are all grown up. I go back and visit them once in awhile, but for the most part, the apron stings are cut.

So no, Madame Wolf, you are not crazy... I think many will agree that their stories are their children, and they can be as challenging and rewarding.

[Spunky]

Yes, my little ficlets are like my children...

Without You is my eldest fic, and like the oldest child it feels like the apron strings have been cut.

Frozen is my little star, the fic that has attracted the most attention. I'm proud of it, and it too is complete. The same really goes for Denial too.

Till I Get Over You is sort of the middle child. It's there, and although it doesn't need any attention and doesn't really recieve it, I'm still proud of it.

Wishes Granted is literally my youngest, and although it stands alone it's been demanding my attention a lot lately. What started as a birthday cookie for aikakone could very well become something bigger. So, if speaking in child terms, I suppose it would be like Ron is to Ginny: not quite the baby, but right next to it.

~Spunky