January 2012
1 post
SNAPSHOT/RANDOM: Old Interviews (Val & various...
Someone requested for val’s old interview (circa 2004). You can find it on AsiaFinest.
Here’s an excerpt:
Ben: Can you tell us about yourself? Val: VAL is an acronym of my full real name and because of a stalking incident that occurred in October 2001, I rarely give out my real name anymore. I’m 23-year-old Vietnamese girl. I can read, write, and speak a little bit of Korean. It’s almost as...
December 2011
4 posts
In spirit of the holidays/holiday cheer,
I started working on a list of fics that are ROFL-worthy. Then I realized I tend to read depressing fics -__-;;V However… here are a few fics that are bound to draw out laughter ^^
As always, I’d love to hear recs from you via reblogs/comments/e-mails. ;)
Sister, Dear by romelee
Super funny and spunky, Sister, Dear’s cast of characters never fails to make me laugh. Every...
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General Update: AKA How’ve you guys been?
Hey writing and reading enthusiasts,
How’ve you guys been? Time Vault’s been quiet as of late because I had some familial things to take care of — and because I wanted to take a break to reassess what I wanted to do next on Time Vault.
I’m still in a miniature hibernation mode (in terms of operating Time Vault) but I just wanted to say hello and that I hope you’re...
November 2011
1 post
Happy 10th Year Anniversary to the Writers' Asylum
I can’t imagine what my fic experience would be like without the WA. It’s always been a place brimming of talent from passionate writers, readers, and fangirls ^^
— My memories of the WA start with its CGI days, though there were older WAs on angelfire/etc. I’ve gathered a few snapshots and headers from over time. This is an incomplete snapshot collection since the WA...
October 2011
4 posts
frostedsnow's kpop history part 1: fan art →
This is about graphics, but it’s from the founder of Aheeyah ^^ — On a fic-related note, I remember looking up FTTS lyrics on Aheeyah for a joint fic I wrote a loooong time ago :P
top-tempo asked: had no idea you had a tumblr~ [hugs phim]. I should ask a question since this is the ask box. What I've been wondering is... en noire, the sofa... I remember all of those sites! [i feel old] Are they all closed down or are the links still working (I don't even remember the urls) because I'd love to revisit them if they are. I doubt it tho. It's been so long! TT_TT
“Fan fiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from...”
– Time
I might have posted a similar Time article this summer, but I saw this on a friend’s blog and thought I’d share it here. :)
Around the turn of the century, Geocities had tens of millions of “homesteaders” as the digital tennants were called and was bought by Yahoo! for three and a half billion dollars. Ten years later in 2009, as other metaphors of the internet (such as the social network) had taken over, and the homesteaders had left their properties vacant after migrating toFacebook, Geocities was...
September 2011
4 posts
fancracked: Do you have any lessons learned based on what you’ve learned/gone through over the years?
kou: It’s really easy to start a story and to stop updating a story. Whenever an author says that they’re on hiatus, it really means that they want to write it but they can’t. The characters run away from the story or the story runs away from the characters and that insanity is what confuddles the writing. They contradict to the point that the characters are no longer enmeshed in the story or the story becomes too big or something and the characters just aren’t ready for that. That conflict is what I’ve come to understand. I think that’s a big thing. Another thing is, there is always something to read. Don’t restrict yourself to the usual authors and the usual story lines. You’re cheating yourself out of a whole history and spectrum of wonderful writing. As a writer, try not to judge other writers without trying to understand their intentions and their point of view.
INTERVIEW: FATSOKO →
kou: If we’re talking about characters that I struggled to understand, it was definitely ChunSang and MinKi from sangmin. I wrote sangmin with the intention of venting. Because I hated seeing the unhappiness, the viciousness of people’s actions and lack of actions. And I felt a lot like DongWon, on the side, involved enough to have an opinion that should matter but not close enough to make the...
“Basically, I write fics because I don’t want to forget. Let’s say, one day I was...”
– Katrina
INTERVIEW: KATRINA →
Name: Katrina DOB: 03/20/xxxx Contact information: asteroid.miniscule[AT]gmail.com Online aliases: skyvory, meirenyu, icekachang, aironmelody…and the list goes on~ Forums most frequented: soompi, BM, V your legs Completed fics: A Singer, A Mobster, Tangerine Songs from the Angel’s Cradle, Porcelain Notes, Little Love Songs, Mary’s Land, Current fics: I Like You Only On Rainy Days Additional...
August 2011
20 posts
INTERVIEW: MELONBAR92 →
sarah (melonbar92): Dialogue is one of my favourite things to write. I think it’s really important for each of your characters to have a distinct voice for dialogue to come through effectively. It should be realistic enough to be relatable but kind of fantastical in the sense that everything is crafted to fit into a bigger picture. I think that in real life we sometimes have too many conversations...
FAN ON THE STREET: MISS_VICKY →
SHOUT BOX… For those who are still writing stories, or poetry, or whatever, keep it up. Whether or not you “suck,” or if anyone reads it, or if you kind of abandoned it, but returned, or it helps you to release out all the ideas flowing in your head, just keep it up. It’s not easy, and honestly, writing besides talking, is another way to share some magic into the lives of other people. No matter...
FAN ON THE STREET: JOAN (BLACKESPRIT) →
joan: Hmm.. well, what can I say about me…uhm.. I’m obviously a TVXQ / JYJ fan (*sigh*I’m still not used to thinking of them as separate groups…their break-up shattered my fandom world to pieces T.T) and Jaejoong is my bias. I love listening to different music genres, and I must admit that music has helped a lot in my whole writing process. Oh, and I’m also into graphics. Making posters is my...
“To all fangirls, co-authors and reading-friends out there, don’t make your world...”
– joan/blackesprit
questions for fatsoko
Hey guys, I’ll be interviewing fatsoko soon. If you’d like to send her a question or two, please leave a comment here or reblog this entry on tumblr. ^^
SNAPSHOTS: in*dreams, the sofa, etc. →
more snapshots can be found on the timevault wordpress but here’s a preview:
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Reflections/Recollections →
**This entry will be a bit long, and it’s more personal than the rest of the posts here (aside from perhaps my recommendations), so do not feel in debt to read this entry. Nonetheless, if you’d like to hear a bit of my story/my roots, I humbly invite you to read on. ^^;;v
I remember the day my sister’s friend lent her a copy of What I Did For Love by Val. The fic had been...
FAN ON THE STREET: FARORANGE →
farorange: I’m currently a final year medical student who writes as a hobby and to unwind from the hectic school work. I love comedies and that’s why I mainly write about comedies. I feel that there are enough sad things happening in the world. I hope to reach out to the general audience and make people smile with my writings. My favourite fics are all rom-coms. keke. I love Big Bang, 2ne1 and...
FAN ON THE STREET: HELLOCATTY →
hellocatty: At heart I truly am a hopeFUL romantic so love stories with happy endings are always my guilty pleasure. I mean, even if I understand why certain characters can’t be together it still wrenches at my heart strings. But I think that’s what I love most, stories that make me feel something and make me go out of my mind so that I’m screaming at the screen.
FAN ON THE STREET: D_ER-01 →
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general update
Hey guys,
Hope you’ve been enjoying summer (: Here are some highlights of recent activities:
Fan on the Street interviews: rintard, manyhx3, bitememonster, ramen, llovex3_her of AFF, and d a y.b r e a k.
Long interviews: elevatormusic, sleepii, and vietgirl604.
The library has been updated with fics by anirtak, Yui., fatsoko, NAI., and more.
Don’t Touch My Corn by farorange was...
“I think fanfics are amazing, and Soompi as well. The idea of giving writers a...”
– vietgirl604
INTERVIEW: VIETGIRL604 →
July 2011
16 posts
REC: DON’T TOUCH MY CORN! by farorange
If you’re in the mood for a pick-me-up, I recommend reading Don’t Touch My Corn by farorange. It’s a fun read that’ll leave you smiling and laughing to yourself.
You have your usual suspects for the humorous high school kingka versus common girl setup: a hot but 4D Choi Seunghyun and an exasperated “just want to live a quiet life (eating and selling corn)” Park Bom who has to deal with said hot...
library updated
follow the source link for the complete list the update in a glance:
angelfightrJ - Home Run, Raining Sun, Smile
LilB0o - Cry, Abandoned Soul, Last Snapshot
NAI. - Black Vodka, Nowuhna, Cinderella, Unexpected
fatsoko - Bully, Coma, Frozen Grey, Rising Gods of the East, SANG.MIN, Stay Still For Me, The Tiger, Unicycle
JENNY* - A Temptress’s Enticement, Eyes of Red, Kissed By You,...
FAN ON THE STREET: D A Y.B R E A K →
SHOUT BOX… I really feel old now, returning to soompi so many years later. The fanfic section has really changed, and everyone says you shouldn’t hang on to the past but I’m really honestly sad about how neglected the forum has become. I can’t ask old members to return, because people really do grow out of the forum. The people who I used to look up to are probably in their twenties trying to make...
library update →
Hey guys,
I’ve started to update the library with fics from anirtak (the writer of Ethereal Pastels, Quintessential Tones), jyl, sleepii, angelfightrJ, s u n d a e _., sooji, fatsoko, Yui., and more ^^ There’ll be close to 100 more fics added to the library by the end of this week.
Keep it up and stay inspired (:
P.S. Since I’ll be updating the library differently now,...
INTERVIEW: SLEEPII, PT. II →
In terms of how it affects my writing, I no longer have that desire to write such depressing struggling-love stories just because I simply don’t feel that way anymore. I write more about what I see and hear and feel. Lately, I’ve been aching to write something for the girls. My friend had introduced me to the right song (Lonely) and I’m really liking the sort of message that 2NE1 sends out: to be...
thelavinagency:
“Right now fan fiction is still the cultural equivalent of dark matter: it’s largely invisible to the mainstream, but at the same time, it’s unbelievably massive. Fan fiction predates the Internet, but the Web has made it exponentially easier to talk and be heard, and it holds hundreds of millions of words of fan fiction.”
— Time book critic Lev Grossman on the world of fan...
questions for vietgirl604
Hey guys, I’ll be interviewing vietgirl604 soon and I’m wondering if anyone has any questions for her ^^
— Questions are still open for melonbar92 as well.
(:
INTERVIEW: SLEEPII PT. I →
sleepii: Ahhh Fly to the Sky! During the time I was participating in the reading & writing of fics, there were a set of artists that were very popular: ShinHwa, DongBangShinGi, various actors/actresses from popular dramas at that time like HyunBin and of course, Fly to the Sky. With most of the groups, people tended to incorporate them all or one 1-3 of them as the main characters. Fly to the...
One Day My Heart Told Me...
Like book spines aligned on a shelf, certain fic titles have intrigued us to choose them over others.
Sometimes it’s the short but impacting title that shouts (or whispers) confidently to alert its presence. Sometimes it’s the long, flowy title that breezes by, forcing you to chase after it for a second read to make sure you understand its meaning. Sometimes it’s the bizarre...
FAN ON THE STREET: LLOVEX3_HER →
FILL IN THE BLANK… I’d like to dedicate this song Replay to this person/fic/character candyredhearts, my Yoong dongsaeng because she’s such an awesome and amazing writer and well..I believe Replay is important for Yoona xD If I could spend a day with one character from a fic, it’d be Choi Minho from Dear Juliette because he’s helpful and kind, although seemingly a little…er..never mind xD If any...
“I started reading/contributing when HOT was being taken over by ShinHwa so I...”
– sleepii
questions for sleepii
hey guys,
i’m currently interviewing sleepii & am wondering if you have any questions you’d like to ask her (;
(i’ll be e-mailing her the questions so don’t feel rushed for time ^^;)
questions for melonbar92
I’ll be doing an interview with melonbar92 shortly. Please reblog/comment on wordpress with a question or two if you’d like ^^
Happy reading & writing as always (:
- fancracked
FAN ON THE STREET: RAMEN →
Name: Cynthia DOB: 06/19/91 Contact information: inbox me~! :) Online aliases: ramen Forums most frequented: soompi Current fics: Playing Mouse Additional information: Hi guys~! Well, I’ve been out of the loop of fanfics for a while but I’m coming back~! :) Ramen is actually my online alias everywhere unless its already taken by someone else on a forum :) It’s my nickname in real life too so why...