Washington Post piece on the man who is The Tolkien Professor online and in itunes.
He was my colleague at Washington College! Sadly, he wasn't part of our Wednesday night drinking group. Students love him.
Do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not madly in love with a beautiful woman who can kill me with her pinkie!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
megan walker - Feb 09, 2011 9:34:14 am PST #13919 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
§ ita § - Feb 09, 2011 1:19:57 pm PST #13920 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
sumi - Feb 09, 2011 1:22:21 pm PST #13921 of 28282
Art Crawl!!!
Man, I was just coming to post that.
And I have to say - I find the idea confusing. At first, I thought she was writing an episode for the tv show but no- that's not it at all. She must have given up ownership or authorship of her series, huh?
§ ita § - Feb 09, 2011 1:30:10 pm PST #13922 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She never had it. It was work for hire all the way.
Amy - Feb 09, 2011 1:32:41 pm PST #13923 of 28282
Because books.
Work for hire is a specific type of contract. The publisher essentially wanted a vampire series, so they contacted agents looking for writers who wanted to try out. When they found one with a decent idea, they hired her to write the books, on a book by book basis. The publisher retains rights to the series in that case -- the author is an employee.
I did a deal like that with Penguin, and it was a circle jerk and a horrible experience, but it was essentially book by committee, which I hadn't anticipated.
tiggy - Feb 09, 2011 1:50:00 pm PST #13924 of 28282
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
yeah...she's been emailing fans for days now about it. esentially the publisher wasn't happy with the direction she was taking the series(i.e. a Damon/Elena ending) and so they fired her and hired ghostwriters to finish up the series. apparently, they have no clue about the fanbase because most of us are wanting an endgame of D/E. even in the books, S/E is BO-ring!
sumi - Feb 09, 2011 1:52:12 pm PST #13925 of 28282
Art Crawl!!!
Wow.
Amy - Feb 09, 2011 1:52:18 pm PST #13926 of 28282
Because books.
You just have to remember, she's essentially a ghostwriter who just got to use her own name, though.
It sucks, but she's really being classy about it.
Rayne - Feb 09, 2011 3:05:35 pm PST #13927 of 28282
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
The new books were horrible though. Horrible! Kind of excited about The Secret Circle tv series though!
Volans - Feb 09, 2011 3:18:05 pm PST #13928 of 28282
move out and draw fire
Someone needs to help The Tolkein Professor with that website problem.