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==Biographical Information==
Wild attended the University of California at Berkeley, graduating with a B.A. in English and History. She later moved to Los Angeles to pursue a professional writing career. Having not found it, she [http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=19073 announced] in August 2007 that she would be starting law school in the fall. Wild obtained her law degree in May 2010. In November of that year, she passed the California Bar.
==Early Fandom History==
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==Essays==
From the summer of 1999 through May 2000, Wild wrote several short to medium-length essays: "[[On the Subject of Quinn and Rape]]," "[[The Unflappable Jane Lane]]," "[[Amy: Savior or Chimera?]]", "[[The Helen-Jane-Jodie Connection]]," the afore-mentioned "[[The Moderator Is In]]," "[[The Off-Canon Approach]]," and "[[It Happened to Jane]]."
Some were basic chacter explorations, like "The Unflappable Jane Lane" and "The Helen-Jane-Jodie Connection," while others addressed controversial issues. "On the Subject of Quinn and Rape" took some fanfic authors to task for treating rape like a vehicle for redemption. (Though compared to later essays on the topic, Wild's was relatively mild.) "Amy: Savior or Chimera?" challenged the widespread belief that Amy only cared about or was a grown-up Daria. "The Off-Canon Approach" was a response to authors like [[Daniel Suni]], who believed that only strictly on-canon fanfics met the standard of true Daria fanfiction. "It Happened to Jane" came about because Wild was tired of fans claiming that Jane's character or the show was ruined because of a clumsy episode plotline ("The 'F' Word"). Wild's main point was that if the writers wrote it, it couldn't be off canon or out of character.
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Wild would be involved in a number of other projects, both large and small. Some of these projects were intended to spark controversy and reflection, while others were just for fun.
In early 2002, she joined [[Milo Minderbinder]] and [[Thomas Mikkelsen]] in writing the <b>[[Tales from the Burbs]]</b> series, which consisted of three horror-comedy tales. Wild's contribution was [[Revision]].
In fall of 2002, as a joke, Wild wrote a fake fanfic, [[DariaNTrent For-EVER!!!!]] and a fake author name (Darialuvstrent) with a fake e-mail address, which she then submitted to Fanfiction.net. Her goal was to see whether this attrociously written 'shipper fanfic, just 408 words long, got more feedback than longer, more thoughtful fanfics. Within hours of posting it, Wild saw that someone had posted a link on PPMB. Responses rushed in, both on Fanfiction.net and the PPMB itself. Some fans thought it was fake, while others thought it was real, written by someone who was obviously very young or mentally deficient. Wild finally revealed herself to be the author, provoking appreciation from some and anger from others. Because Wild mentioned in her reveal that the idea came to her after she had posted her Driven Wild Universe fanfics on Fanfiction.net, critics accused her of deceiving them just because she was bitter over not getting more feedback. Wild countered that she had posted her DWU fics in early summer, but did not actually follow through with the spoof fanfic idea until several months later, when she just wanted a little fun after an intense period of script writing. Besides, what if the author had been real? Were the often brutal comments the fanfic received any kinder? In any event, Wild's point was proven. While the better fanfics that surrounded it received maybe 10 comments, "DariaNTrent For-EVER!!!!" snared close to 50. It still exists at [[SUSU]]'s [[Lawndale Leftovers]].
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* [http://www.the-wildone.com/dvdaria/ DVDaria]
* [http://www.the-wildone.com/AA/ Outpost Amy]
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* [http://ssw.ssw.net/fansub/fanfic/tz/wild/wild.htm Fanfics on Sick, Sad World]
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