He remains dodgy on fanfic. I think that's...well, then again, Jo Walton said she'd stop writing if anyone wrote fic of her stuff, so I guess he's tame compared to what some people have said.

I just don't get it.

I just don't get it.

Do you feel proprietary about your sketchbook? Would you like somebody else inking over your pencils?

I'd guess that's something close to their perspective and objection.

Even though from our perspective the original work remains untouched.

Would you like somebody else inking over your pencils?

If they could do it and leave me with my pencils, I wouldn't care.

Anything I don't want other people to touch I don't let other people touch. If that means keeping it out of their reach, then so be it. But I guess that's what Walton is threatening to do. It just seems weird not to see your work taking root in people's brains as the natural result of it getting out there.

I can understand authors or artists being weirdly proprietary about their own work in the hands of others, but I can't understand why so many authors out there seem surprised by it. People have been doing this FOREVER. Shakespeare used others' characters and basic stories to write some of his plays. This is not new.

I can understand authors or artists being weirdly proprietary about their own work in the hands of others, but I can't understand why so many authors out there seem surprised by it.

Me, too. Esp. since people like to slap lawsuits on people: OMG this is JUST what happened in my fanfic, you big STEALY STEALER! I think if I was an author, I would have a clearly stated policy asking people not to write fanfic, knowing most would ignore it, and then I would just NOT EVER LOOK (although I would be SO curious) and would go after anyone really going with the big ol' fanfic thing.

But mentally, I would probably be a flattered AND proprietary at the same time. It would be conflicty with me, since I totally get the jones to write it.

I think it's simply another interesting result of the internet. It's always been out there one way or another, but it's much easier to *see* it now, and more people can get together and talk about it in one place than ever before.

I probably wouldn't be thrilled if fanfic took my characters in directions I felt were really obscene or OOC, but in the end if they're not making money off it, so be it. Fuck with my income and then there's a problem.

Fic the hell out of my stuff if you want. Just don't expect me to agree with you about it.

in the end if they're not making money off it, so be it. Fuck with my income and then there's a problem.

Yeah, that would be the reason I understand best for nixing fanfic officially as an author.

I've seen authors also specifically post that they do not want to be sent fanfic about their characters, and they do not want to see people making money from same.

Has anyone here read any of the Nursery-Track Mysteries by Ayelet Waldman? I'm currently reading Nursery Crimes and finding it very funny and entertaining.