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Day Nineteen
How do you feel about this?
How Authors Feel About Fanfiction
After reading them all, I have to laugh. Evidently authors are rather a stupid lot. They worry that fanfiction will infringe on their way to make a living. WHO THE FUCK DO THEY THINK BUYS THEIR BOOKS?
Having said that, I do not buy books new from authors who openly oppose fanfiction. I buy them used if I buy them at all. I have always encouraged fans to read the books in the Tolkien fandom as well as any other book fandom that I write in. We write out of love for their work but if they choose to be assholes, well, I don't have to read their crap.
One author was actually a fanfiction writer before she became published - Lynn Flewelling - yet she opposes fanfiction. Needless to say, I stopped reading her altogether. Let someone else buy her books.
There are many writers who do not oppose fanfiction and some even embrace it such as Katherine Kurtz and Storm Constantine.
Oddly enough they mention J.D. Salinger as an author who opposes fanfiction and who will actively sue you. His estate might but he's kinda dead. The ONTD article doesn't seem to know that. Maybe they can't read.
And of course, there is the queen. Ms. Rice. I've read rumors that she actually tracked down a fanfiction writer and sent them a box of dog poop as well as stories of her stalking fanfiction writers.
If I were published, I might feel differently but I hope I'd remember that every fan you alienate is one who will not buy your books or see your movies. I know as a fan, I feel that way.
How Authors Feel About Fanfiction
After reading them all, I have to laugh. Evidently authors are rather a stupid lot. They worry that fanfiction will infringe on their way to make a living. WHO THE FUCK DO THEY THINK BUYS THEIR BOOKS?
Having said that, I do not buy books new from authors who openly oppose fanfiction. I buy them used if I buy them at all. I have always encouraged fans to read the books in the Tolkien fandom as well as any other book fandom that I write in. We write out of love for their work but if they choose to be assholes, well, I don't have to read their crap.
One author was actually a fanfiction writer before she became published - Lynn Flewelling - yet she opposes fanfiction. Needless to say, I stopped reading her altogether. Let someone else buy her books.
There are many writers who do not oppose fanfiction and some even embrace it such as Katherine Kurtz and Storm Constantine.
Oddly enough they mention J.D. Salinger as an author who opposes fanfiction and who will actively sue you. His estate might but he's kinda dead. The ONTD article doesn't seem to know that. Maybe they can't read.
And of course, there is the queen. Ms. Rice. I've read rumors that she actually tracked down a fanfiction writer and sent them a box of dog poop as well as stories of her stalking fanfiction writers.
If I were published, I might feel differently but I hope I'd remember that every fan you alienate is one who will not buy your books or see your movies. I know as a fan, I feel that way.