Steven Galloway, a longtime message board visitor and author of "Revelations" and "Visitations," has been doing author spotlights for over a year, now. They began on the Outpost Daria Fanfiction Message Board as a way to encourage authors, and soon developed into a ritual. He has analyzed the works of countless fanfic authors (with more to come), as well as fan artists, usually taking time in the end to invite the author or other MB visitors to comment.
Sadly, these Spotlights have always been homeless, popping up on the MB and then vanishing within a week... until now. I'm storing as many Spotlights as I can find on this page, along with fan comments.
If you have been Spotlighted and have saved it, please don't hesitate to send it this way. It would be a shame for such a nice gesture to vanish into thin air.
One last thing: as Steven has pointed out on several occasions, these Spotlights are meant to encourage, not to pinpoint the "haves" and the "have nots." As many authors as possible will get the spotlight eventually. Also, I am adding other board visitors' comments just as a way of showing how other people view the work, not to show how popular that particular author is. The number of comments received may simply depend upon how many people were around that week, or whether those who chose to frequent the board that week were fans.
Enjoy!