Writer's Block: Your Username
Aug. 18th, 2008 09:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I'm sure I've told this story before. In 1996 an awesome series screened called American Gothic. Alas, American TV couldn't deal with a main character possibly being the devil reincarnate - or something - and axed it after 20 episodes/1 season.
So, I continued the story in my own fic. This was before I even knew what fanfic was. Seems I wasn't the only one - there is a rather good virtual second and third season of the series online written by various fans.
In my version I added a new character - essentially a Mary Sue - and her name was Glory Gemfire. I'd gotten the Gemfire name from the TV guide. On the opposite page to an article about American Gothic was an ad for a flower called Gemfire.
A couple of years later I went through a phase where I was spelling everything with a "y", so my name briefly became Belynda and Gemfire became Gemfyre. I now spell my real name correctly, but Gemfyre stuck - it's been my main online nick for about 11 years now.
I'm sure I've told this story before. In 1996 an awesome series screened called American Gothic. Alas, American TV couldn't deal with a main character possibly being the devil reincarnate - or something - and axed it after 20 episodes/1 season.
So, I continued the story in my own fic. This was before I even knew what fanfic was. Seems I wasn't the only one - there is a rather good virtual second and third season of the series online written by various fans.
In my version I added a new character - essentially a Mary Sue - and her name was Glory Gemfire. I'd gotten the Gemfire name from the TV guide. On the opposite page to an article about American Gothic was an ad for a flower called Gemfire.
A couple of years later I went through a phase where I was spelling everything with a "y", so my name briefly became Belynda and Gemfire became Gemfyre. I now spell my real name correctly, but Gemfyre stuck - it's been my main online nick for about 11 years now.
