Susan M. Garrett

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[edit] General biography

Susan Garrett was a member of the Forever Knight, Doctor Who, Shadow Chasers, and The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne fan fiction communities. Her first official fanfic was written for the series Fantastic Journey back in the mid-seventies.

In the summer of 1995 in the Forever Knight fan fiction community, Susan Garrett issued a "Song Challenge." This would inspire authors well into 1999. That same year, in 1995, she published Daydreams and Knightmares. It was a two-sided story collection. In 1996, this zine would win a FanQs for best Forever Knight fanzine. Susan is the author of over 400 fanfic short stories, multiple novels and novellas and the editor/publisher of over 45 fanzines.

Susan shares the honor of being the co-creator (with Ann Larimer) of the Not The MediaWest*Con Program Book, a satirical homage to all things fannish published for many years and distributed at MediaWest*Con.

She was given the title of "The Finder of Lost Fandoms" due to her interest in limited episode series - if a pilot was written but never filmed, she was probably a fan of the show. Due to her interest in a multitude of fandoms and the inability to tie her to one, Susan's catchphrase was "I am not a fandom, I am a free fan."

She was given the title of "The Empress of FK-Fic" by the FKFIC-L list. On the FKFIC-L list she started the practice of Story Challenges, participated in a number of round robins and was a part of the first fictional FKWar. In addition, it became a tradition to post Forever Knight fiction to the FKFIC-L list to help Susan celebrate her birthday.

In 1998, Susan M. Garrett created and ran the The Forever Knight Fan Fiction Awards. Awards were given to the authors of Forever Knight fan fiction that was nominated and voted upon by Forever Knight fans - all items posted on the internet during or previous to December 31st, 1997 were eligible for nomination. In 1989, Susan again ran the awards, during which Forever Knight fan fiction posted on the internet during or previous to December 31st, 1998 were nominated and voted upon by Forever knight fans.

Susan's many interests included the fandoms listed, as well as Q.E.D., Beauty & The Beast, Quantum Leap, The Man From UNCLE, Kolchak:The Nightstalker, X-men (comics), Dark Shadows, The Man From Atlantis, The Avengers, The Prisoner, etc.

She eventually became a professional author with the 1997 publication of the Forever Knight TV tie-in novel Forever Knight: Intimations of Mortality. Susan is currently the moderator of two Yahoo The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne fanfic writing groups - SJJV - The Secret Journals of Jules Verne for gen fiction and SJJVA - The Secret Journals of Jules Verne Adult for adult fanfiction.

In November of 1998, Susan spent the day as an extra on the set of Homicide: Life on the Street. She appears in the episode "Bones of Contention", which aired in season seven, January, 1999.

[edit] Fan fiction policy and history

According to Fanfic is simple and complex, Susan M. Garrett was ordered by her publishers to leave all Forever Knight fan fiction mailing lists after she made a book deal with them to publish a Forever Knight book. [1]

[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of Susan M. Garrett's involvement in fandom:

[edit] 1970s

In 1976, Susan becomes the first American female member of the British Doctor Who Appreciation Society.
Although she had written a number of proto fan fics as a child without really knowing that she was comitting fan fiction, Susan completes her first fan fiction story based on the Fantastic Journey television series.
Susan has a poem and a story published in two different issues of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society's club fanzine, The Celestial Toyroom or TARDIS.
In 1979, Susan has a story published in two parts in subsequent issues of the Doctor Who fanzine, The Eye of Harmony.

[edit] 1980s

In 1983, Susan started editing and publishing fanzines. The first 6 issues of both Time Winds - a Doctor Who gen fanzine - and the multi-media/original fanzine Wynter Tydes were published in that year.
In 1984, Susan edited and published the Karenina Continuity Chronicles 1 - Desperate Tymes, Time Winds 8, Time Winds 9, and Time Winds 10 (which was co-published by Mark Hernandez.
In 1985, Time Winds 11, Time Winds 12, and Time Winds were edited and published by Susan M. Garrett.
In 1986, the Karenina Continuity Chronicles 2 - Dance Into Fyre, Time Winds 14, Time Winds 15, Time Winds 16 were edited and published by Susan M. Garrett.
In 1987, Time Winds 17 and Time Winds 18 were edited and published by Susan M. Garrett.
The Karenina Continuity Chronicles 3 - Ecstasy of Flight, Time Winds 19, and Time Winds 20 were edited and published by Susan M. Garrett.
The Karenina Continuity Chronicles 4 - A Stranger to Sun was edited and published in 1989 by Susan M. Garrett.

[edit] 1990s

The Karenina Continuity Chronicles 5 - Power of Gold was edited and published in 1992 by Susan M. Garrett.
Dreaming of the Knight was a Forever Knight fanzine novel written by Susan M. Garrett published in March, 1993.
False Heart was a Forever Knight fanzine novel written and published by Susan M. Garrett in May, 1994.
In 1995, Susan M. Garrett published Daydreams and Knightmares. It was a two-sided Forever Knight story collection. Also published in that year was Kind Soul, written and published by Susan M. Garrett as a sequel to False Heart.
In 1996, Daydreams and Knightmares won a FanQ for best Forever Knight fanzine.
On May 27th, 1997, Susan began the first of what became 31 separate online raffles for Forever Knight - people who registered for the raffle were asked to write a letter in support of Forever Knight, in exchange for a chance to win a Forever Knight prop or a piece of memorabilia signed by a Forever Knight cast or staff member. The final raffle was held in March of 2001.
In 1997, she was the author of a professionally published Berkeley/Penguin/Putnam Forever Knight TV tie-in novel. [2]
In 1997, Susan M. Garrett published the Forever Knight fanzine, Grave Secrets to benefit the chosen charity of the Geraint Wyn Davies fanclub, Children's Hospital.
In 1998, Grave Secrets by Susan M. Garrett won a FanQ for best Forever Knight fanzine. Susan also ran the first The Forever Knight Fan Fiction Awards.
In 1999, Susan ran the second The Forever Knight Fan Fiction Awards.
In 1999, Susan appeared on an episode of Homicide: Life on the Street.

[edit] 2000s

February, 2001, Susan began The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne raffle, in which promotional items (signed by the cast), were raffled online, the winner chosen from fans who registered at the site by promising to write a letter of support for the television series. The sixth (and final) raffle item was awarded on July 13th, 2001.
March, 2001, the last Forever Knight raffle item is awarded.
On September 29, 2001, Susan M. Garrett joined FanFiction.net. [3]
2002, Susan edited and published two The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne fanzines - No Time For Landings (gen) and Spicey Airship Stories (adult).