LAST EDITED ON Jul-07-01 AT 11:38 AM (EDT)

>You guys at Eyrie have had a huge influence on my writing, let me tell
>you; before, I'd thought the fictionalization of yourself as nothing
>more than blatant self-insertion on the part of the author, to self-
>grandize him/herself and make up for some personal short-coming.
>
>I don't think like that anymore. Many of my projects, since reading
>UF,
>have been "write yer' own"s in the spirit of what you've accomplished.
>I just think its a shame you've closed the gate on new authors to
>contribute
>to your universe.

My first thought when I found UF was "Oh... another SI.*sigh* *yawn*" But it took only a few moments to send me to the ground laughing. Luckily I don't drink in front of my computer. ^_^
And without UF I would never have had the idea for my new project "Dragonchronicles/Dragons of the rising sun" (I'm not completely sure about the title yet.) It was on a weekend when I couldn't acces the 'net (damn Windows to hell!!) that I got the idea and, I have to admit, it started as a UF story. I had forgotten about the 'No New Authors' bit, I only knew that there as something about new authos, but not what. But I think I got the UF elements out of it. Luckily I didn't get to far in planing the story before I could acces the 'net again.

BTW is anybody here willing to preread 'Dragoncronicles when I get the first part ready? I could have it finished in a few weeks at best, a year at worst. ^_^;

Benjamin Brill
who lives near one of the (former) largest cities of the world and is still as far away from civilisation as Tatooine.