You make me feel guilty about my own lack of research. While it's true that some of my fic stuff comes from research/knowledge I already have, I ought to do more to be really effective. Problem is, I'm still in a sort of guilty phase of ficmanship, so time spent researching something that won't get published is time I ought to be writing my book. Which won't get published either, but whatever. It's also the reason I do those wanky one-offs instead of writing real stories; I figure my lack of preparation won't show.