I think you can. (Or, at least, I've done it.) If it's more than a cameo, I'm not sure.
Every nightmare I have that doesn't revolve around academic failure or public nudity is about that thing. In fact, once I dreamt that it attacked me while I was late for a test and naked.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
erikaj - Jul 25, 2012 2:18:24 pm PDT #5363 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
§ ita § - Jul 25, 2012 2:33:14 pm PDT #5364 of 6690
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Here's an interesting piece about what you're not doing, TB: [link] That's about unflattering depictions. IANAL, but I don't know why you'd be in trouble.
victor infante - Jul 25, 2012 7:19:54 pm PDT #5365 of 6690
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
TB, for the most part, as long as you're not defaming them, you're OK. Having him briefly appear on a talk show would probably be fine. Mind, "Tomas Diaz De La Rubia, Deputy Director for Science & Technology at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory" will mean absolutely nothing to most readers, so I'm not sure you gain much with the real world detail. It's not a bad thing, but if you're uncomfortable, fictionalizing will probably cost you nothing.
erikaj - Jul 29, 2012 11:02:13 am PDT #5366 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
I had a dream last night that I won a prize for a comedy(Not sure if it was a book or movie, actually) called "My Friend's Abortion"...I know a long time ago that I had a talk with Deb G about why there are no schmasmortions in film, whether conservatism(her theory) or that nine months with lots of wacky changes makes a better story(mine) but it is kind of ridiculous that this has been hanging around in my subconcious all this time. Even more ridiculous, trying to pretend I'm Diablo Cody and write down what that makes me think of.
Liese S. - Jul 30, 2012 9:04:44 am PDT #5367 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hey, Gud (sorry to hijack the thread, but this is the last place I saw you), I am going to be in KC area Friday Aug 3rd, and am getting together with Strix & dcp for lunch, so if your schedule happens to be free, would love to see you too, so hie thee over to F2F!
Gudanov - Jul 31, 2012 5:18:25 am PDT #5368 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I posted in F2F.
On the writing side, I've started my rough draft of Cog and the Copper Dragon. Well, started it a few days ago. I don't like the start, but I can fix it later. I don't want to get hung up on it.
hippocampus - Jul 31, 2012 2:59:19 pm PDT #5369 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Go Gud Go!
hippocampus - Aug 04, 2012 5:52:50 am PDT #5370 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
So I seem to have a half-hour reading slot at WorldCon. Luckily, it is the 7-7:30 slot before the Hugos, so everyone will be getting prettified, and I can practice reading in private. It is tempting to screen some of OMWF or Janestown or something. I have things I can read. Still. Panic-flail.
Amy - Aug 04, 2012 6:46:17 am PDT #5371 of 6690
Because books.
That's awesome! (What does that mean exactly?)
Polter-Cow - Aug 04, 2012 7:17:03 am PDT #5372 of 6690
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oooh!! (What she said.)