Man, J.K. Rowling's the only one with sense.

[shamanicshaymin]

How your favorite authors feel about fan-fiction.

I'm just going to leave my response riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight here.

Meanwhile, I learned something new today; If an author can write "Twilight" fanfiction, swap out the names and become published (Ex. 50 Shades of Gray, which has a friggin' movie deal), my writing has a chance of making it out there too.

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[swordianmaster]

At least Orson Scott Card and Charlie Stross are honest about it.

"Bitch, fair use can go suck a dick, I don't even want the CHANCE that you'd cut into my royalties."

I also like Martin's. "Only I'M allowed to fuck up my characters. >:C" Awfully like a RPer there, aintcha? XD

[shamanicshaymin]

Gabaldon's full response to fanfiction is a whole lot worse than the post lets on, as the commentors pointed out; she compared fanfiction to "selling children into white slavery." Nope, not just any slavery, but *gasp* white slavery! Gory details at 5.

[swordianmaster]

...Is it bad that the part that upsets me the worst there is "you're implying there are OTHER KINDS of slavery?"

[shamanicshaymin]

'Cause clearly white slavery is more awful. Somehow.