Hi all:

I'm Michael Sacal and I'm Editor in Chief of The Omniverse Fan Fic Site.

I've gathered all my fellow writes for a little Q&A session, to let you, our readers, know what we're about and what you can expect from our web site.

The format of this Q&A will start with a question and answers by as many of the writers that were available at this time (2 of our writers, Karl V ( The Triumvirate) and Gordon T. Shuckrow III ( Cloak & Dagger ) weren't available at press time.)

There are 10 questions total, and since there are 10 answers to each question, this interview will be presented in 3 parts. Part 1 will cover 4 questions while the other 2 will cover 3 each.

(What is The Omniverse Fan Fic Site: The Omniverse Fan Fic Site revolves around the concept of Merging the DC, Marvel, Wildstorm, Image and Extreme/Awesome Universes into one single, cohesive reality, as well as featuring the Scifiverse Fan Fic imprint, which features a merged Star Trek and Babylon 5 fan fics, with more sci fi merged stories to come later on, and the Omegaverse Imprint, which specializes in more animated style fan fic, like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Transformers.The cut off point for the site is January 2001. All events happening before December 31st 2000 in the comics is part of continuity and any happening after are not. When it comes to the Scifiverse, those series start from scratch.)

I'm Michael Sacal (MS), and besides being Editor in Chief and Webmaster, I write Superman, JLA (Justice League Avengers) for the Omniverse and Babylon: The Next Generation for the   Scifiverse Imprint.

Trevor Lee (TL) and I write Fantastic Four.

Bill Kte'pi (BK) and I write Defenders.

Jason Helf (JH), Toronto, Canada and I write Nightcrawler and Demons.

Well my name is David Grouix (DG) and I come from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and I write Flight.

Gordon Lyons (GL), from Cape Coral, Florida... also known as the slowest writer on the site :). I write Suicide Squad.

My name is Kris Morris (KM) and I live in Norris City, IL and I write a series of Spider-Man team up stories for World's Finest Tales of Suspense.

I am Matthew Pierce (MP).  I am from Niagara Falls, NY and I am currently in sunny Japan! I write Team7.

Well, my name is Matthew E. Rowe (MR), and I'm the Editor in Chief of The Omegaverse Imprint.

I'm Daniel Sauve, and I write the Authority and Planetary.

MS: I've only done 2 fan fic series, Crime Syndicate of Amerika for DC Legends and Timewalker for the Valiant 1 Fanfic Group and later for the Valiant Fanfic Association .I believe I'm better known for my work on Timewalker.

TL: This is my first time writing fan-fic and it's been a blast!

BK: Powerpuff Girls: Future Shock for the FS Mag!

Actually, I'm not sure what I'm known for -- probably the Defenders at Avengers 2000 because it's the largest site I write for, Swamp Thing at DC Future Shock because it was my first series, and editing the DC and Marvel Year Two sites (as well as Another Amalgam)

JH: This would be my first attempt at fanfics other people are actually gonna read.

DG: This is actually my first work done in fan fiction, I have written quite a bit but it has remained only in my hard drive.

GL: This'll be my first effort, and hopefully, not my last.

KM: This is my first attempt at fan fiction. 

MP: I don't think I am known for anything fic related.  You can find my Iron Man series at Marvel-X, and some various works at Marvel and DC Future Shock, some more work at Marvel and DC Year 2 and even more if you visited DCX before its demise. 

MR: Well, I am new to fan fiction, so i guess this would be my first known fan fiction work.

DS: I think I'm better known for aborted attemps at things so far, frankly. Though I still get e-mails on that one issue of Generation X...

MS: I think around a little over 18 months. I believe I started working on Timewalker in the fall of 99.

TL: Just started.

BK: I think a little over a year now.  Feels like both longer and shorter.

JH: Well, not counting all the stuff I wrote for myself, a little over a month. 

DG: See above.

GL: Again, this'll be my first attempt, which is why it's going rather slooooooooowly. 

KM: About a month or so ago.

MP: My first fanfic was a Captain Mar-vell piece in 1987.  My first web-related work was in Summer 1999.

MR: Well, this is my first fan fic series, so I guess I could say since the time Mike and myself started up the idea for the Omniverse in early 2001.

DS: "Working"? I'm sorry, this is how I relax. I'm a freelance writer. Fanfic wise, I've been relaxing for 10 years. My first fic was writed at ten, and it was a He-Man fic

MS: The chance to create my own fan fic site was just too good to pass. After a little over a year of working on Timewalker I thought I was ready to have my own site. The idea first came to me while at the CBR chat room, talking with Matthew Rowe, who is head of our Omegaverse Imprint , and while chatting on ICQ with Barry Reese. I originally wanted a DC site to host the half of a JLA/Avengers crossover Trevor Lee and I have been working on for around a year now. Barry suggested the idea of coming up with a new kind of web site, not just another DC site. I mentioned that I wanted to do a site in which all the characters from all comic book universes existed, and that's how Omniverse came to be. 

TL: A site that I was going to write for shut down so fellow writer, and friend, Mike convinced me to join up.

BK: The chance to write stories I couldn't or wouldn't write elsewhere -- same thing that brings me to every site.  In this case, it's a combination of characters and possibilities that just don't exist anywhere else.

JH: Well, I had planned on starting a similar site with David Grouix, who's also a writer here, and we were still in planning stages when he joined up here, so, since we somehow always end up being a team, I followed suit.

DG: I was excited about the idea of being part of the start of a new site, the possibilities are limitless and the people involved are all really nice.

GL: Trevor got me interested, and, this might be the only way I get to work on Suicide Squad... at least, till DC hires me. 

KM: Mike and Trevor convinced me to write a Spiderman Team Up series.

MP: Everyone else dismissed the idea of involving Wildstorm in a DC related universe even though DC owned it.  There was not enough fandom interested in creating a new fanfic group based on Image/Wildsorm and the 'other' merged site declined to include non Marvel/DC properties.  Omniverse advertised itself on HEROES and then I saw the ruthless and menacing Barry Reese was already here.  I am only here to ensure that everyone else survives his wrath.

MR: Well, I thought it would be fun to do fan fiction, and Mike and myself just started talking in a chat and the omniverse idea started to form.

DS: Frankly, the fact that Barry Reese left. I'd of loved Barry to write these titles. He choose not not to, for many valid reasons. So I figured I'd help out.