Q: What led you into writing fanfictions?
A: I began writing AV fanfictions after I read excerpts from AV odyssey's fanfiction section. I was delighted to find a way to satisfy my writing bug while having fun with the celebrities I liked, so I decided to go for it.

Q: When did you start writing stories?
A: I started to write stories when I was around 12 or so. I wrote mostly short stories before, so fanfiction was my first try at serialized writing.

Q: What do you wish to achieve with your stories?
A: My goal in writing is to make readers identify with the characters in the story. Then they could enjoy going through the characters' experiences with them. At the end, the readers could also come back to the real world and live with whatever they have gained from the stories.

Q: What do you think is most important in being a good writer?
A: The most important things about being a good writer are having a desire to communicate with one's readers and having the skills to do that. Skills without a desire will not produce good writing, and a desire without skills will not produce successful communication.

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For the month of October 2007, the spotlight is on ghostdarTealc, author of four AV fanfictions, amongst which is AV Odyssey's longest HZGG continuation.

Q: What led you into writing fanfictions?
A: It was actually after i watched HZGG II in 2001 that i discovered there are tonnes of fanfictions on the net on the continuition of HZGG. i loved reading them, and had a couple of favourite writers (none of which never finished their stories, sadly). I never imagined of writing a fanfiction of my own; for me reading is probably my thing. I had ideas of HZGG III, but never thought about putting it into a real story. It was actually the news of Qiong Yao filming the third installation, and the rumours that it won't include the original cast, that made me decide to write up a version of my own. I was extremely disappointed and pissed off to know that my favourite actors won't be joining the cast, so i guess you can say that my anger led me into writing fanfiction :p

Q: When did you start writing stories?
A: I started HZGG III around the early of 2002, before i went to college. I was pissed off, and had loads of time in my hands to write, and so i went for it. The next thing I know, I had four AV fanfictions on going.

Q: What do you wish to achieve with your stories?
A: I wanted to express my imagination, to incorporate what i have done in my life into my stories and to share with my readers the excitement i felt in writing them. I love reading, and i know satisfaction comes from reading a good material. i intended to contribute one of those, and i hope those who reads my stories would have the very same satisfaction as I had while writing them.

Q: What do you think is most important in being a good writer?
A: For me, I would say self-motivation and the love for what you do. A writer cannot be a good writer if he does not enjoy writing, no matter how many ideas he has stocked up in his head. Although some say motivation comes from the feedbacks and the number of readers who actually reads your story, to tell you the truth, the lack of those shouldn't put you down. I write for my own pleasure, although I'd be more pumped up with the feedbacks I get from my readers, I never actually stopped writing when I never had any. Two of my stories have been completed, and while two other are still in production, I dare say the lack of time for me to spend on writing won't put me down and abandon any of them ;) It has been a very slow ride for me (and for my faithful readers; those few who had stayed with me for the past five years) but as I said before, as slow as it may go, the arrival to the destination is definite :) Compliments and feedbacks from readers are important, but without it, you're no less than of what you are now. It is your work, and if you really enjoy it, you wouldnt stop even if no one reads it. This is what that have kept me going, and kept my stories alive.

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