An Awkward Introduction
So between 2005 and 2006 I wrote Naruto fanfiction. A lot of it. Since that time I've sold enough original fiction to start getting paranoid that someone on the internet would someday read one of my stories, then read one of my fics, and go "hey that's totally the same person," and then every "real" writer I know would laugh at me and kick me out of the Real Writers Club because I used to write stories about anime characters.
That fear is ridiculous.
But I pulled all my fic anyway, and tried to erase it from the internet. I failed. What's more, people noticed what I was doing. I got a lot of really nice e-mails from a lot of really nice people who still liked my Naruto stories, and wanted copies of their own to keep. And then I thought about how bummed out I get when I try to re-visit a favorite fic, only to realize it has disappeared from the net. So, fuck it, here are all my Naruto stories back. I'll never be famous enough to have to worry about being "outed," and anyway fandom was my family long before SFWA stepped into the picture.
Besides, I started writing fic again in 2011, albeit in different (but equally silly) fandoms.
You just can't keep a geek from geeking out.
-Klay