Is THOIN still happening?

Not sure what is up with things, but I know that quite a few (a decent sized group) writers currently do writing at some of the other sites that advertise their fic here like Marvel Omega and Marvel Anthology and others. While I understand real life stuff, I just decided myself to let my stuff here go because it gets put up so infrequently that you really can't plan much or do much as you don't know when it will go up. Justin writes at Marvel Omega now as well, and I know he shelved the All Star Universe awhile back as the interest from others waned. X-Treme/Josh I don't know. Haven't talked to him much in the last like six or more months. Has a new job somewhere I think. Sadly THOI might have passed on at this point, unless their is a surge to get some new editors to help them out and a surge of stuff being turned in.

The problem with sites like Marvel Omega and Marvel Anthology is they're restrictive.  If you want to write a series that fits into their continuity, and you're willing to make changes because certain characters are being used by other writers then you're all good.  However, if you want to write your own X-men series that won;t fit on any of the "continuity" fan fic sites then THOIN is really your only hope.

THOI is a great place when it comes to doing your own thing, when you have stories to tell that don't fit into the the Marvel Omega's and such of the fan fiction world. I love writing for those sites and being part of a community as it is a great feeling working on things with others and such much like when we had universes like X-M and All Start and such going here. It would be nice though to have a regular place here to get back to some solo work and such that can't be done elsewhere. I know I still have ideas for the Omniverse and other side things.

What would really help THOI is to have some system in place for some sort of at least semi regular to regular update. Once a year or so really kills the momentum that people have in their writing and causes them to go missing. Perhaps getting some more of us involved in the process of editing titles (proofreading, coding, etc) would help so that they can easily then be put on site by someone if Justin and Josh are too busy or such to do it at this point. Which is more than understandable, they've been doing it for years and are bound to get burned out or have real life over it.

I know I'd love to see THOI back up and going as its where I started and I have wanted to give my Intolerance universe a jump start as I was enjoying writing in that time period of the X-Men. Getting some ultimate style universe in the vein of All Star up and going would be something I'd love to do as well, as well as jump start Omniverse to get some stuff up there alongside Outsiders.

I would LOVE to write more of my own fics, but I'm just too focused on making my comics. >.< I do a few odd projects here and there - an Agent 13 mini for Altered Visions and Slipstream for Marvel Omega - but I just can't muster up the energy to sit down and crank out fanfic like I used to.

I wouldn't mind seeing some new stuff here though - especially UncannyScott's Intolerance uni, I really liked the original burst of stuff from there before it disappeared.

One suggestion I'd like to make is renaming the General Section. It just sounds so...general and meh. How about the Idependent Section or the Indepenent Imprint?

Lol, I'm unemployed myself right now (have been for four years) so I have tons of free time so I'd be more than willing to step up and become an editor and help get this going. Some new editing blood might really help get things jumping with X-treme away for a in depth job and such. I would love to see this place hopping once again the way it should be.

Oh, Xtreme... You of course realise that it's now my goal to have the next XXTNC, Haven and Outsiders in your inbox by the end of next week now, right?

Originally posted by das_boot Oh, Xtreme... You of course realise that it's now my goal to have the next XXTNC, Haven and Outsiders in your inbox by the end of next week now, right?

Best goal ever :)

@Uncanny: True, I guess get content up again and then start advertising. Again though, that's up the writers too. Like I said, I haven't been updating because we haven't gotten any stories. If I have stories, I update. So writers...start writing :-p.  Again we don't need three editors to edit three stories a month. I might be busy, but I'm not THAT busy. But hey if we can get a steady flow of stories again from the writers we have, I'm all for it!!

But back to advertising, which I think is a major thing. We can advertise it as a reboot/rebirth of the Fan fiction site. Unlike say an X-Men RPG or other fan fiction sites, we get to put a unique spin on our site because we're a sister site of the Mega awesome and mega popular UncannyXMen.net. We know for a fact comic writers check out UXN. We know artists do and even the people who make the Marvel Handbooks and editors, etc.

I think our best place for advertising would be forums; either writing forums or comic forums. Yeah we can throw an ad up on other fan fiction sites but I don't think we'll get much bit.

Maybe, since we'll soon have more editors, we can also try and do more special things like spotlight months(remember the Magneto one?), bring back things like the Fan Fiction awards, and have other neat things which can attract people and make them stick around. I think things like that would be WAY easier with other editors involved.

And I think making our presence known again on UXN wouldn't hurt.

So I guess right now we should concentrate on getting an update out again.

Also, just a note to all wanting to be editors. You'll not only have to proofread and editor the stories you'll receive, you'll have to REVIEW/FEEDBACK them too! That will be my one requirement for an editor. I think feedback is important and it creates a sense of community. I don't know about you, but I don't just stick around here just because I like writing. I'm here because I like you crazy people and I love reading your stories, discussing them with you and hearing feedback on my own stories.

Anyway, I have to leave for work in like six hours so I should be sleeping..But yeah I'm happy to see people are interested in getting THOIN back. I am too. I actually have an issue of COTA written from MONTHS ago, so that's one story down!

I guess my own stories will need their own editor considering they're about the size of five stories put together ;-).  To be fair though, I doubt I'll be doing much writing! Just more time to edit :).


Edited by XtremeOne1 - 30-Aug-2011 at 5:38am

I would love to see THOIN going again. I miss reading some of the series on there.

I would also love to try writing again, maybe something smaller in scope so I can have time for it, but I miss it. At any rate I am happy to read/edit.

I have been batting an idea around for a story but I will see how things go. Real life is way too real sometimes! :p

Who was involved in THOIN's web design? Do we have anybody who can do that stuff? After getting some new material in/updates going I think it would be wise for us to think of ways make THOIN more user-friendly and visually appealing.

Yeah, and my Outsiders, Outsiders though they might be, are very lonely... 

You also have the last two unreleased issues of my Infection series as well Red Strings, but I'm not bitter.

*cough cough I'mbitter cough cough*

; )