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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