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any and all who provided useful quotes for this essay. Also grateful acknowledgements to anyone who pointed out technical mistakes along the way. Finally, thank you to Professor Ede, who helped me find my topic and let me have fun with my assignment.

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Appendix A: Snippets from Question and Answer Session on Baen’s Bar Forum, with Grantville Gazette Writers

1. What is your relationship with the 1632 world (author/fan/beta reader/etc) ?

rboatright

Yes… all the above. I was recruited from fan position to consultant during the writing of 1633. Now, writer, editor, researcher, fan, etc.

Johnzeek

yes Reader, Beta reader, Fan, Writer(author would be pretensious)

Karen

I'm an author of a number of fact articles and fiction stories. I'm also one of the GG Ed Board members and so read every story posted. Every one who reads and comments on stories is a beta reader.

GWV17

I write stories, I participate in the 'writing group' discussions here on the bar, and I'm the art director for the magazine.

2. How has working with the Grantville Gazette impacted your development as a writer?

W1PK

It's entirely responsible for my becoming a fiction writer. The EB nagged me to attempt a piece of fiction, and then showed me what I was doing wrong. I had no idea I was capable of it.

kao16

It's where I've done all my writing. Looking back at my early efforts (published) sometimes makes me cringe

virginiaeasleyd..

I still have trouble thinking of myself as a writer (of fiction) rather than a historian.

LisaS

Can't really say it has.

dvdscar

Definitely improved my skills at the craft, and proved to me that I can write professional level work that editors will buy.

ivergmail

I doubt I would have written fiction otherwise. In terms of nonfiction, I have already published quite a bit, both in my field (intellectual property law) and in connection with other hobbies (in the early 80s, Apple II assembly language programming).

I was sending out queries and proposals for a book on mirrors in history and science to agents around the time I became active in the bar. If I hadn't started writing for the 1632 universe, I would have rejiggered my book proposal as one agent suggested to focus on mirrors in nature. But the Bar's quick response times rather spoiled me.

bhasseler

The two more frequent pieces of advice given are 'show, don't tell' and only change the point of view at a