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 wrote this about a week ago. And I mostly wrote it for me (hence it's snarkier than usual), to rebut the constant refrains I keep seeing about why people are opposed to pulled-to-publish fanfiction. It seems people want to put words in the mouths of those who are opposed to P2P, so that they can claim we're flip-floppers, or hypocrites, or that ( Read more... )

So first, I must admit this idea didn't simmer all that long, and yet at the same time, it's been simmering for a month. When it was first announced that FIFTY SHADES was breaking mainstream, I thought, "I should parody it." When it was announced that it had gotten a million dollar publishing deal, I thought, "I should parody it." I thought this ( Read more... )

(this post has been partially bastardized from a comment on A Different Forest in the campfire on this topic.)

So MoTU/Fifty Shades of Grey made quite the splash on Publisher's Weekly today. I think I've made my stance on publishing fanfiction pretty darn clear, and I don't think there's a lot of "grey" area. Either you, as the author, know in your ( Read more... )

Rant. Brace yourself. This is me not being terribly nice, but being very real.

First rights are important in publishing. This is why where you publish your book matters. Yes, it's true that more good publishers are willing to take a risk on something that's been self-pubbed or badly pubbed (provided the rights have reverted), but it's also still ( Read more... )

I don't get it.

And before you start in on it, YES, I understand that occasionally people have personal problems. And YES, I do agree that authors have the right to do with their fics what they want. For the life of me, I never understand why that's the counterargument. Maybe some people are saying the author doesn't have the right to take fics ( Read more... )

It's no secret that I am very, VERY against the practice of pulling fics to publish, and there are a lot of reasons for that. But pursuant to a discussion on A Different Forest last night, I want to clarify one of them. 
If there's one thing that I hope is always true of me, it is that I do legwork when I have an argument to make. I don't believe in ( Read more... )