This little questionare was posted to help answer some of the frequent questions we receive here at The Second Light. Please read over them to see if a question you wanted to ask has already be answered. If it hasn't then feel free to email us with your question. Thanks!
>> Related Specifically to our Fan Fictions
Now that you've finished the last fanfic what will you do this site?
Are you planning on writing other fan fics?
Can I use your story images, covers, characters? ...Crossover stories?
If I can't use your work, why are you accepting fanart?
Why, oh why did you change some of the art in IOTMS? I liked the old work better!
Are you really Haruka? Are you really Michiru? Are you gay/lesbian?
Who are you guys... er, girls, really?
Will you post my fan fic?
Can you tell DiC, Cartoon Network, etc....? Do you own Sailormoon?
Now that the stories are complete, I will be doing lots of little things. I plan to add a lot more illustrations to all the fanfic chapters and finish up the cover designs. Basically, I'll just make lots of other little features for the site for everyone to enjoy.
No, not on this timeline. Full Moon is the last... the very last. I want to write other continuities not related to the current stories and I want to spend more time on my original works.
For the answer to any of these questions, please refer to the Usage Policy section. It has the answer to all of these inquiries and more. Thanks so much!
Fanart is a completely different matter. Fanart is to show your appreciation of our characters and story, not to use them for your own story or works. See the difference? As long as you are sending them to us (so you get credit for the art, and we get the proper credit for the characters). It's one type of flattery that we accept.
Ahhhh! While it's very flattering that you liked my old art in Illusion of the Morning Star I'm kinda hurt that you think my new art work is worse. I thought I was improving over five years ;_; The reason why I changed it was because it was so old, the scanner I used made everything look grainy and yellow, and basically I wasn't happy with the old work. Once I learned how to use Photoshop and my style improved I wanted to update the work. That's pretty much why I changed it. I hope you can grow to like my new work.
No. We are real people using these names as writing handles, or pen names. Haruka's real name is Gina Biggs (before marriage it was Maglio) and Michiru's real name is A.N.Ferguson. Although the character names we use as writing handles are in fact lovers, we are NOT. Gina is married and Ms. Ferguson is engadged. We have been friends for many years now and love the anime/manga series Sailormoon. It turned out that liked Sailor Uranus while Ms. Ferguson liked Sailor Neptune. As it turned out the two made an unbeatable team.
"Haruka", aka Gina Biggs (or Bunny if you are at some of my other sites) is the one who runs this little fanfic site. I provide updates and keep this page maintained. I also provide artwork for the stories as well as write the stories. "Michiru", aka A.N.Ferguson also writes the stories here. We wrote three stories together. Gina has written the last story, Full Moon, on her own. For more of our works see Moonation Comics where we do shoujo-style comics.
No, The Second Light is for OUR stories only. We do not have the space on our site to be posting other people's stories at this time. Gina's other site, The Tour, gladly accepts fanfictions from fans. If you would like to submit a story just go to the site, follow the submission rules, and you'll be set.
No, we cannot tell DIC or Cartoon Network or whatever company you wish us to contact for you about keeping Sailormoon on the air, playing new episodes, or anything else. We have nothing to do with them nor do we know how to contact them. The only thing connecting us to the Sailormoon series is this fan page which is only a dedicated to one of our favorite animated tv shows/manga series. Any further than that does not include us.
The Second Light © 1997-2003. This website [formerly haruka & michiru's fanfic center] is owned and operated by Gina Biggs & A.N.Ferguson. All website designs, artwork, new characters, and stories were created and are owned by the two of us. Pretty Soldier Sailormoon is copyright of Takeuchi Naoko-sensei, TOEI animation, and other companies. This site and its stories are non-profit and are only for free entertainment purposes.