a href="http://members.aol.com/janemort/fanfic.html">THE ADVANTAGES OF FAN FICTION AS AN ART FORM: A SHAMELESS ESSAY by Jane Mortimer
FANTASTIC essay about why writers write fanfic and the many factors that sometimes makes it more appealing than commercial fiction even for published authors.
a href="http://members.aol.com/janemort/erotic.html">THE ADVANTAGES OF EROTIC FAN FICTION AS AN ART FORM: A MORE SHAMELESS ESSAY by Jane Mortimer
Very insightful and at times VERY amusing, this essay takes a look at the appeal of erotic fanfic, comparing its appeal to the more traditional commercial erotica available to the sexes. Although Jane's examples and observations are primarily extrapolated from the X-FILES fandom in which she's active, her conclusions are universally relevant and should be of interest to anyone who writes or enjoys erotic fanfic in all it's wonderful, wacky, diverse manifestations.
a href="http://media-in-transition.mit.edu/articles/index_cumberland.html">PRIVATE USES OF CYBERSPACE: WOMEN, DESIRE, AND FAN CULTURE by Sharon Cumberland
Presented as a paper at the Media in Transition Conference at MIT on October 8, 1999, this essay discusses the involvement of women in fanfic and how this Internet genre has created a forum for women to write and share erotica geared specifically toward their interests. The writer is a fan of actor Antonio Banderas but discusses fanfic from several different fandoms including Xena, Star Trek, and Highlander.
a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/eguide/archive/1999/09/30/neva.dtl">SPOCK DOES MULDER WOMAN-WRITTEN 'SLASH' FICTION COUPLES MALE CHARACTERS FROM FILM AND TV by Neva Chonin - in a href="http://www.sfgate.com/">SF GATE Sept. 30, 1999
A humorous look at the world of slash fanfic, tracing its evolution from mostly m/m fiction to the f/f fiction that is now growing increasingly popular with the emergence of strong female heroes on TV and in the movies.
a href="http://www.merrycoz.org/papers/MARYSUE.HTM">TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE: 150 YEARS OF MARY SUE by Pat Pflieger
A look at one of the most enduring character types in fan fiction - the much-used, often hated but still popular Mary Sue, recognizable to fanfic readers as a projection of the author into the story itself.
a href="http://www.brillscontent.com/features/slash_0500.html">THE X-RATED FILES by Austin Bunn - in a href="http://www.brillscontent.com/">BRILLS CONTENT May 2000
Comprehensive article about the history, development and current state of slash fanfic on the Net.
Added the following to the
a href="http://www.fanficweb.net/directory/index.htm">THE FAN FICTION DIRECTORY by Rayhne
With the goal of listing all the fanfic-related sites on the Internet, this site is well organized featuring a number of different categories and fandoms.
a href="http://www.ar.com.au/%7Ejriddler/slash1.html">SATYRICON AU GO GO by The Riddler
Huge slash archive featuring fanfic from many different fandoms. The collection of links to other sites is particularly impressive.
