I've struggled with how I feel about fanfic. I like some TV fanfic stuff (SG-1, most notably). There is very little written FanFic I like [Very Secret Diaries, which isn't really "written" except that the books came first; and a slash Harry Potter with Naked Quidditch Calendar, which was too funny in my opinion].
I've read the book tie-ins of the Star Wars universe. And it was interesting to me. Some I liked. Some I didn't. And some authors couldn't seem to keep their hands off the "new" characters from other authors without twisting them, though they kept the trilogy ones fine. I've never read the fanfic off those tie-ins, but I'm willing to bet some of the authors came up through those ranks.
TNH at Norescon 4 talked about how FanFic can be a great training ground and that many, many of the authors writing pro now have done at least one fanfic. However, she didn't address the copyright issue.
Out of curiosity, does anyone know if the stories from Mercades Lackey's anthology of Valdemar came out of her "Queen's Own" fanfic list? [having looked up her stance since yesterday, I know she prefers no fanfic outside that list]
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Date: 2004-10-20 12:58 pm (UTC)I've struggled with how I feel about fanfic. I like some TV fanfic stuff (SG-1, most notably). There is very little written FanFic I like [Very Secret Diaries, which isn't really "written" except that the books came first; and a slash Harry Potter with Naked Quidditch Calendar, which was too funny in my opinion].
I've read the book tie-ins of the Star Wars universe. And it was interesting to me. Some I liked. Some I didn't. And some authors couldn't seem to keep their hands off the "new" characters from other authors without twisting them, though they kept the trilogy ones fine. I've never read the fanfic off those tie-ins, but I'm willing to bet some of the authors came up through those ranks.
TNH at Norescon 4 talked about how FanFic can be a great training ground and that many, many of the authors writing pro now have done at least one fanfic. However, she didn't address the copyright issue.
Out of curiosity, does anyone know if the stories from Mercades Lackey's anthology of Valdemar came out of her "Queen's Own" fanfic list? [having looked up her stance since yesterday, I know she prefers no fanfic outside that list]
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