I decree that everyone who posts a longass story should make it available somewhere as one single file.
So let it be written, so let it be done.
t /Yul Brynner
Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books!
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Consuela - May 01, 2003 5:21:08 pm PDT #5292 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Theodosia - May 01, 2003 5:25:40 pm PDT #5293 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I think the Conncel of Connies is in agreement on this.
Atropa - May 01, 2003 5:32:14 pm PDT #5294 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Palms are lovely
I have no idea how to hook my Visor up to the work computer and get text-y files. This will all be a moot point when I switch over to the shinyshiny iPod, as I still won't be able to upload text files, but I'll be able to have all my contact info on a little shiny toy that will store 5000 songs. Shiny candylike iPod, as Clovis would say.
I'm going to read Transfigurations on the bus tonight.
Connie Neil - May 01, 2003 9:02:30 pm PDT #5295 of 10000
brillig
Neat! A Council of Connies! Is that like a murder of crows?
Anne W. - May 02, 2003 5:23:09 am PDT #5296 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
When I was reading the rants, I assumed it was like the Cassandra Claire case, where someone took sections of a published work and claimed this as new.
Was CC the plagiariser or the plagiarised? I remember hearing something about a kerfuffle, but never got the details.
Dana - May 02, 2003 7:23:46 am PDT #5297 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
CC was the plagiarizer. Alleged plagiarizer, I suppose I should say, since I only know about the thing from secondhand accounts.
Nutty - May 02, 2003 7:29:44 am PDT #5298 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Micole posts here occasionally, and she went through a CC story and catalogued its textual similarities to a novel whose title I've forgotten. (It was a relatively obscure [published] fantasy novel, or obscure enough that I, not really a fantasy reader, had never heard of it.) I saw the two texts side by side, and it sure looked like plagiarism to me. I don't know if Micole's around and is willing to bring back fond, bilious memories of it all, but her research was some pretty damning evidence.
Dana - May 02, 2003 7:32:57 am PDT #5299 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think Jintian also went through a chapter or two of Draco Dormiens and pulled out all the references she recognized from TV shows like Buffy.
Dana - May 02, 2003 8:02:14 am PDT #5300 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Incidentally, the Gray Day site seems to have been reorganized a little. The Wall of Shame is gone, unless I'm blind, and there's a message board instead to talk about various thing, including instances of stolen stuff.
Connie Neil - May 02, 2003 8:10:17 am PDT #5301 of 10000
brillig
all the references she recognized from TV shows like Buffy.
Are the references a bad thing? From a story universe point of view--I'm assuming it's an HP story--I doubt television in general and Buffy in particular are particularly well known in the wizarding world, but a wizard with a great deal of Muggle contact could know TV shows. What's the line between a reference and plagarism? The characters don't exist in a vacuum.