I was sent this list in an e-mail. How many of these items apply to you?
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REPOSTED: You Know You're a Fan Fiction Author If...
You assume one character and carry on conversations with another in your head, typing as you go.
You know of at least fifty ways to describe the color brown.
Every place you go is a potential setting and every person you meet is a potential character.
You love long commutes on public transportation because you can use the time to think about your stories.
You space out in the middle of conversations with your friends, assuming you have any.
You don't have a significant other, or your relationships are always long-distance because when you're not doing your day job, your writing takes top priority.
Your entire family, your friends, and even your family pet have been written into your work in one form or another.
The letters on your computer keyboard are wearing off, or they already have but that's okay because you have learned to touch-type.
You don't notice that the sun has already set and you can't see the keyboard anymore. As long as the letters come out on the screen, you can write and edit just fine.
You growl, laugh, and cry in front of your computer screen, sometimes all at the same time.
You are livid when your story is marked as a favorite, but no feedback is left.
You have a love-hate relationship with your beta reader/editor.
You pass up GLEE when you're hot on a story.
You resolve your personal problems by having your characters live them out and resolve them for you.
You live vicariously through your favorite character.
You go, "WTF?" when your the story and/or its characters slip out of your control.
When your review count is low, you find comfort in tracking reader traffic. Then you growl in anger because hundreds, if not thousands, read your work but did not even leave a comment. The bastards!
You have a template of responses for reviews you get. "Thank you" and "You're very kind" are the top two that you copy/paste.
You have little to no control over your own life, so you enjoy playing God to your characters, only to find that they often outsmart you and go where they want to go.
You know that fanfic writing is a total waste of time and that you will never make any money off of it, but you write anyway.
