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jarodrussell's LJ.
The Machine was my first serious attempt at serial fiction, from 1993-4, after I'd decided that the parody-based Legion of Net.Heroes didn't fulfill all my writing drives (I'd also done some semi-serious Transformers fanfic before that, but didn't really want to do a continuing story in a setting where lawyers might come to take it away). The Patrol was a sort of Lensman/Green Lantern setting that had been posted to rec.arts.comics.creative and thrown open to anyone who wanted to participate, so participate I did. I created The Machine, setting out to look at the exceptions to the rules of the Patrol. I'd carve out my niche off in the borderlands, leaving the stories of "regular" Patrollers to the few writers who got there before me, so as to not step on their toes.
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So, The Machine was sort of a trial run for me on a lot of things. If you look closely, you can see a lot of elements from that series echoed in ASH. Ah, nostalgia. Sometimes it does more than make you feel old. :)
jarodrussell's LJ.The Machine was my first serious attempt at serial fiction, from 1993-4, after I'd decided that the parody-based Legion of Net.Heroes didn't fulfill all my writing drives (I'd also done some semi-serious Transformers fanfic before that, but didn't really want to do a continuing story in a setting where lawyers might come to take it away). The Patrol was a sort of Lensman/Green Lantern setting that had been posted to rec.arts.comics.creative and thrown open to anyone who wanted to participate, so participate I did. I created The Machine, setting out to look at the exceptions to the rules of the Patrol. I'd carve out my niche off in the borderlands, leaving the stories of "regular" Patrollers to the few writers who got there before me, so as to not step on their toes.
( More behind cut )
So, The Machine was sort of a trial run for me on a lot of things. If you look closely, you can see a lot of elements from that series echoed in ASH. Ah, nostalgia. Sometimes it does more than make you feel old. :)
