HIGHLA-L Digest - 26 Dec 2006 to 27 Dec 2006 (#2006-19)
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Topics of the day:
1. From "Tough Guy" to "The Outback Stars"
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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:59:17 -0500
From: "Janine R. Shahinian" <ja9shahinian@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: From "Tough Guy" to "The Outback Stars"
on 12/22/06 7:21 PM, Wendy at jjswbt@cox.net wrote:
> Wendy (And here I thought I was the only one who didn't worship at the
> alter of "Tough Guy")(Or "Seeds")(That sucked too.)
Certainly, it's a matter of opinion whether one likes the subject matter of
any particular fanfic. And, in terms of "Tough Guy," it's not even one of
Sandra's favorite stories since she views her writing in that piece as
technically flawed. However, you cannot deny that Sandra McDonald has earned
her reputation as one of the greatest Highlander fanfic writers we've ever
had, not only for the quality and quantity (over 70 stories!) of her
writing, but also for the sheer scope of her subject matter. If her
Richie-centric stories were not to your liking, she had plenty of excellent
Duncan, Connor and Methos stories to choose from. One of Sandra's favorite
stories, as well as one of her most popular, was "The Victories We Claim,"
the last story in her Methos WWII trilogy.
To refresh your memory of Sandra's Highlander fanfic, most of her stories
are archived at Wendy Perkins's site:
<http://www.galacticfed.com/mcdonald/index.html>. However, I recommend you
start out from Sandra's own fanfic listing, which provides helpful
groupings: <http://homepage.mac.com/samcdonald/list.htm>. A two-book deal
(before the second one was even started) from Tor Books demonstrates that
it's a matter of FACT that bonafide professionals consider Sandra's writing
to be worth their investment. The long list of the scifi/fantasy short
stories she's already sold and published appears on her homepage:
<http://homepage.mac.com/samcdonald/>. That list, along with awards for some
of those stories, also speaks for itself.
- Janine
ja9shahinian@comcast.net
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