Fan Fiction Mailing List

The Fan Fiction Mailing List, or FFML for short, was originally launched by Thom WoosleyFFML FAQ (Link subsequently deleted) in August 1995 as a means for writers to gain C&C on their stories before posting them to RAAS and then later RAAC and Fanfiction.net.
==History==
*The first story posted to the mailing list was Ranma vs. the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Menace of Nerima, Tokyo (25/Aug/98) by Jason Ng.
*Reached 100 subscribers on November 2nd, 1995.Post at FFML - Retrieved 13-Apr-2021
:*August 1995 Posting Stats (12/Nov/95)Retrieved 13-Apr-2021
:*September 1995 Posting Stats (12/Nov/95)
:*October 1995 Posting Stats (13/Nov/95)
*On April 3rd, 2021 Dennis Carr announced that the FFML would be shutting down on July 1st of the same year.Post at FFML (Link subsequently deleted)
==Moderators==
*Christopher J. Angel
*John Walter Biles
*Dennis Carr
*Alan Harnum (August 1999~January 2002Post at FFML)
*Gary Kleppe
*Matthew Lewis
*Mike W. Loader
*Brian Randall
*D.B. Sommer
*Tybalt (May 1997Post at FFML - Retrieved 03-Aug-2024~)
*Adrian Tymes
*Thom Woosley (August 1995~)
==FAQ==
A for the list was put together by Andy Skuse and Sapphire, with several other prominent writers taking part in updating it over the years:
*Michael A. Chase
*Gary Kleppe (October 1997Announced October 2nd, 1997. Post at FFML - Retrieved 03-Aug-2024~)
*Robert Morrison
*Sapphire (August 1995~)
*Vincent Seifert
*Shunsuke
*Andy Skuse (August 1995~September 1997Stepped down September 14th, 1997. Post at FFML - Retrieved 12-Jan-2022)
*Switch
*Warr
===FAQ Posts===
*FAQ final version 13/Jan/96
*FFML FAQ UPDATE for April 1996 10/Apr/96
*April FFML FAQ - Correction 10/Apr/96
*FFML FAQ - New Members Please Read! 18/Jun/96
*July FAQ 17/Jul/96
*FFML FAQ For September! PLEASE READ! 14/Sep/96
*FFML FAQ POSTING 22/Nov/96
*FFML FAQ For December Repost! READ THIS PLEASE!!! 06/Jan/97
*CURRENT FFML FAQ REPOST - PLEASE READ!!! 13/Jan/97
*FFML FAQ Repost!!! 09/Feb/97
*FAQ REPOST 18/May/97
*FFML FAQ for July '97 PLEASE READ!!! 16/Jul/97
*At last... the FAQ revision!! 18/Oct/97
*FFML FAQ 01/Dec/97
*FFML FAQ 02/Jan/98
*FAQ for the NEW and IMPROVED FFML! 05/Feb/98
*The FAQ for the *NEW* FFML! 06/Feb/98
*FFML FAQ 15/Apr/98
==Resources Guide==
*FFML Resources Guide 04/Nov/97
*FFML Resources Guide 01/Dec/97
*FFML Resources Guide 02/Jan/98
*FFML Resources Guide 15/Apr/98
==Drinking Games==
*The Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction Drinking Game 07/May/96
*A _different_ fanfic drinking game 07/Jul/96
*r.a.a.c. Ranma FanFic Drinking Game 07/Feb/97
*The FFML Spam Drinking Game! 14/Feb/97
*The Crossover Drinking Game! 14/Feb/97
*Lemon Fanfiction Drinking Game 1.0 beta 09/Jun/98
==Weekly Synopses==
==Observations==
By 2006 the list was looking decidedly thin. Mike W. Loader made a post highlighting this, reasons why it had happened, and why he felt it was irreversible on June 16th, 2006.Post at FFML
==Archives==
*An archive of posts from 1995 to 2007 was once stored at the following locations:
:*ffmlsearch.inklesspen.com
:*sanjiyan.co.uk
*An archive of posts from 2007-2021 was once stored here: www.chez-vrolet.net/pipermail/ffml/
*Some posts (from February 16th, 1998 onwards) were archived here: db.netimages.com/cgi-bin/fetch
*Another archive was launched March 14th, 1998 archiving posts from the previous year and half: skynet.gt.ed.net/ffml/
*A current archive of all posts can be found here: FFML Archive 1995-2021Retrieved 03-Aug-2024
==Dead Web Sites==
*gopher.web.aol.com/FFML
*plaza.snu.ac.kr/~wacko/fanfics/ffml-faq.html
*illusion.snu.ac.kr/~wacko/ffml/
==See Also==
*Fanfiction Mailing List at Fanlore.org - Retrieved 13-Jun-2015
==References==
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