On Fri, 29 Nov 1996 06:21:39 -0500, gaffney@iconn.net wrote:

Things are fairly quiet on the FFML, with Thanksgiving influencing a large
portion of the list.

Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to talk to you on behalf
of fanfiction public television.  You may not realize it, but there are
several authors out there who, without our support, would not be able to 
continue the fanfics you love so much.  Imagine a world without Bridget
Engman's Flambe, without Marisa Price's Lesson in Love.  Both of these
fanfics would not have been possible without the continued support of
fanfiction public television.  Just e-mail: fanfic@fanfic.com and you
could be helping hundreds of authors less fortunate than yourself.

...

We don't have much time, we're about to go back to your regularly scheduled
fanfics.  Please, help us to make fanfiction public television a place where 
authors do not have to fear the spam threads.  With your help, it can become 
the sharing  community it has been.  But only if you continue to post to 
fanfic@fanfic.com.  Give generously, please, go to your computer --

Let me add that without the support of you, the readers, anime
fanfiction will have to go the way of real public television, and
depend on corporate sponsorship. Imagine a world where Flambe had to
be sponsored by Wesson oil, Lemon Sherbet by Breyers, Hearts of Ice by
the cardiac unit of your local hospital. (Hey, it's the best I can
think of at the spur of the moment.)

A serious note here: Fanfic authors really do depend on encouragement
from their readers. If you read and like a fic, drop an E-mail to the
author or to the list about it. This is the only reward these people
get, and I would expect most of them _will_ stop writing if they think
that no one is reading their stuff.

So think about it, won't you? Now back to our regularly scheduled pork
luncheon meat...

Gary

Gary Kleppe
kleppe@execpc.com, http://www.execpc.com/~kleppe