One reason I remain staunchly opposed to the practice of publishing one's fanfic without credit to the original author (which, by the way, happens automatically in the case of publishing a fanwork of an out-of-copyright source--by keeping Mr. Darcy as Mr. Darcy, you implicitly acknowledge your debt to Austen in the creation of the character) is ( Read more... )

I was searching for an email today to see if the library had notified me about a book they claim they recalled (they didn't, those bastards), and came across this. It was an email I wrote to a friend who was a big fan of MoTU, but, at the time she read MoTU, was new to fandom and fanfic. She asked if I would explain why people who are so angry ( Read more... )