I get a fair amount of e-mail about my fanfiction, which is great. Sometimes, however, I get the same question over and over, and my fingers are going numb from typing the same answer over and over. Thus, here is a handy list of frequently asked questions, and the answers to those questions!

1. Who wrote [insert name of fic featured on this webpage]?
   
   I did, for the LOVE OF GOD! It SAYS "The Fanfiction of Rose Argent," I'm Rose Argent, hence, my fanfiction. I wrote it. All of it.

2. Can I post your fics in my archive?
   
   No.

3. Why not?
   
   Because I sometimes edit my fics for typos or other mistakes, and I like to know that once I have made the change to the copy hosted on my server, it's made, and that's the end of it. I prefer not for there to be archives with incomplete or outdated versions of my fics. It's much easier, and cleaner, this way.

4. Any exceptions?
   
   Nope. BUT I do very much encourage people to link to my page, and even directly to the fics themselves, if they wish.

5. What's with the "summaries" you put up for unfinished fics?
   
   I've always known what happens next in these stories, and when I got to the point where I knew I simply would not be able to continue them in full prose, I felt it would be extremely unfair to keep the endings to myself, so I wrote summaries.

6. Can you e-mail me when you update?
   
   I really don't have time to personally e-mail everyone who asks me this. Hell, I barely answer all my personal e-mail. But, the good news is that I do have a Mailing List where I post my fics as soon as they're ready. ^^

7. Where'd all your e-mail links go?
   
   I took them down for personal reasons. Please feel free to leave a message in the guestbook, though.

8. I love your stuff. Can I leave a one-line messages saying so?
   
   Sure. I have no problems with some ego stroking, every now and then.

9. I love your stuff. Can I leave insightful messages explaining WHY I love your stuff, and what nuances of style, characterisation or plot really make your stuff stand out to me?
   
   Oh please God do. I don't get NEARLY enough of this. Okay, almost none.

10. I think you're going to Hell for writing such sinful things. Can I leave incoherent messages about how much I hate you?
    
    Sure. But do TRY to be amusing. Type all in caps. Misspell EVERYTHING. Foam at the mouth and be as irrational as humanly possible. I love those. I laugh for weeks.

11. I'm a professional editor and/or author. Can I leave lengthy messages about the nuances of style, characterisation or plot that I really think make your work suck balls?
    
    Uhm. No. My ego is fragile. When the day comes that I am getting PAID to write, I will accept criticism and editing as a necessary evil, but since I do this for FUN and get NO monetary compensation, I reserve the right not to CARE about my overly complicated sentence structure and tendency to wax verbose. So there.

12. Where'd the Hall of Shame go?
    
    Its original purpose was to discourage people from e-mailing me if they did not have something nice to say. Because of certain people, at a certain point it stopped serving its purpose. So I took it down.

13. Why are you such a bitch?
    
    Because I enjoy it.

14. I saw you at a con/found a pic of you somewhere. You're hot.
    
    Not a question, but thank you.

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