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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[shamanicshaymin]

And some of those authors wrote fanfiction themselves! Anne Rice did the "Sleeping Beauty" trilogy and several books about Jesus (1st-person through his POV too!), and Orson Scott Card did a homophobic version of "Hamlet." They've got room to talk, but hey, totally doesn't count!

Gabaldon also bitched about fanfiction being nothing but porn, when not only are her books packed with erotica, there were graphic rape scenes. It's okay when she does it, but not her fanbase!