David Macintyre:
You and your insider knowledge.
Sean Catlett:
Hehe. Answer the question!
David Macintyre:
Okay, I think I remember how it happened.
I had just finished Kung Fused 2 and I was doing my advertising-- sending it around to a few people who seemed to enjoy the first one. At the time I had read a few fics by Stephen Zacharus and he apparently found some humor in Kung Fused so I sent him my automated announcement letting him know that I'd put up a second piece of shit. And he told me that I showed promise and I should try something more serious rather than more half-baked kung fu crap. Less scathing, of course, but the message was there.
So I sat for a few days trying to come up with a solid idea, and I finally did after several failed attempts and a short draft, and that became the Final Step.
Sean Catlett:
The Final Step.
David Macintyre:
The Final Step of Steppity Stepness which is, of course, Final.
Sean Catlett:
You know, that fic changed my life. For... about two weeks.
David Macintyre:
Mine too. About 56% of the people I know nowadays are people I met through some consequence of that story. Pretty much everyone I know online I met as a direct result.
Sean Catlett:
Would you say that it's your best work?
David Macintyre:
Mmmm definitely my most influential, inwardly and outwardly, and it's probably my favorite concept. But my actual prose has improved since then, considerably. It's almost embarrassing to look at.
And I only say almost because people still suck my cock over it, so I guess it must be okay.
Sean Catlett:
Would you say that it catapulted you into fanfiction superstardom?
David Macintyre:
Not by itself, but if I ever achieved such a grand adjective for myself, it helped considerably. It established my name recognition factor. So yeah.
Sean Catlett:
Hell, I named my dog Macintyre after I read the fic.
David Macintyre:
Did you really?
Sean Catlett:
I don't have a dog. Next question!
David Macintyre:
Faget.
Continue to Part Five
