FORKNI-L
Digest - 1 May 2015 to 2 May 2015 (#2015-29)
Sat, 2 May 2015
There are 2 messages totaling 73 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. First mention of Mel's site on list (2)
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Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 15:59:57 -0500
From: Nancy Kaminski <nancykam@c.......>
Subject: Re: First mention of Mel's site on list
Okay, dredging up old memories, I believe that Jamie, who created and
managed FKFIC, could no longer take care of it, hence the message
about it shutting down. Mel stepped in to take over the website, and
ran it for a number of years before she too could no longer work on
it. When that was I can't remember---but it was around 1999 that
things started getting erratic (the 1999 fanfic award votes were never
tabulated, and the contest was never turned over to any of the several
volunteers who wanted to help out).
I joined the fandom in 1994 and FKFIC was active then.
Nancy Kaminski
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Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 13:31:46 -0400
From: L McDavid <mclisa1014@g.......>
Subject: Re: First mention of Mel's site on list
Actually Jamie Pryor, who created Forkni-l, also created Fkfic-l after
fanfic began to be posted on the original list. Some people didn't want
fanfic, and it was increasing an already high volume, This was in 1992.
This isn't the same person as James Walks-with the Wind, who created and
ran JADFE. The latter was for erotica because Fkfic-l, being on a publicly
funded site, couldn't take JADFE type material even with an Adult: topic.
Fkfic-l, like Forkni-l, had to give up being archived at PSU because the
volumes were high enough that the existence of the lists was threatened.
I didn't remember James W.'s Fkfic-l site, although there was an archived
site originally run by another member. Mel's site came, I think, slightly
later but eventually was the only site. As for JADFE and any website
connected with it, they had no connection with Fkfic-l or Forkni-l except
that the writers and readers were likely to be from those lists. I was
never involved with JADFE so can't say anything else about it.
McLisa (Lisa McDavid)
listowner of the two PSU lists now and for xetensive periods in the palmy
days (or maybe that should be the barmy days <EG>)
On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Nancy Kaminski <nancykam@c.......> wrote:
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> Okay, dredging up old memories, I believe that Jamie, who created and
> managed FKFIC, could no longer take care of it, hence the message
> about it shutting down. Mel stepped in to take over the website, and
> ran it for a number of years before she too could no longer work on
> it. When that was I can't remember---but it was around 1999 that
> things started getting erratic (the 1999 fanfic award votes were never
> tabulated, and the contest was never turned over to any of the several
> volunteers who wanted to help out).
>
> I joined the fandom in 1994 and FKFIC was active then.
>
> Nancy Kaminski
>
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