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rez_lo in life_wo_fanlib

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May 21, 2007 13:59

Edit and update: Uh, I'm a little confused, here, but this page on Diane Duane's Young Wizards site makes it seem as though she's working with FanLib?

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I haven't seen much discussion around the fact that Hilary Rosen of the RIAA is the head of FanLib's test-case site for The L Word. I've posted about that on my LJ.

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ggreenapple May 22 2007, 20:17:55 UTC

How about TV Reporter Cynthia Boris? Something about her site reminds me of the FanLib employee who was trying to convince people that she didn't know what the fuss was about.

Cynthia Boris is jdsampson

rez_lo May 22 2007, 22:30:02 UTC

That's the one! Thank you! The tone/style seemed similar to the recent comments she's posted.

dduane May 23 2007, 14:31:55 UTC

Hi all! A brief note about this:

FanLib launched in its original form in '03/04, as a testbed for their collaborative fiction software. Its first major outing was as "The Potter Project", a largish collaboration with an HP website, SnitchSeeker.com. (See for a reference to the site and FanLib's involvement. You can also see info about the original gateway at the Wayback Machine.) This format of collaboration turned up later (I believe) as the thing they did with The L Word. At that time, the FanLib site contained no fanfic except the Potter Project, and no indication of any intent to host any.

Intrigued somewhat by the PP, I had some correspondence with FanLib regarding what something of the same kind based in the YW universe would look like -- with the addendum that the series author in this case would be working with the fans on the fic in question. (The software remains interesting. Interested ficcers post material in a modified screenplay format: then all member-contributors vote on which submission they like best: the winner ( ... )

rez_lo May 23 2007, 16:08:24 UTC

You are very kind to share this; thank you! I was at a loss to know why FanLib wasn't bragging about working with you.

What you describe does sound much more interesting from the fannish point of view as well, imo: working under the writer's aegis is a far cry from handing one's stories over to a marketing arm of the entertainment industry.

dduane May 23 2007, 16:39:59 UTC

Hey, my pleasure to add something to the pot, as it were. :)

Re the aegis: I was trying to find a way to let people play in the YW universe that would also leave me free of "cause for concern." (Snort. Yet another move in the Search for a Perfect Universe...) After all, I've been a ficcer myself -- you could make a case that I was doing fic before I knew what it was: before I'd met organized fandom, or ever knew there was such a thing (either fanfic or fandom, I mean). So even though my loyalties are now divided -- since there are reasons I have to protect the YW material, and these will become plainer in the next year or two -- I hope they're divided in a good way. At least it's an affectionate one. (For your amusement: a quote which was taken kind of the wrong way by some people who don't know that I am kindly disposed toward fanfic in general.)

desrose November 2 2008, 02:18:29 UTC

I, and many other people I'm sure, am sad that we never got to read "Wizards on Call". All the links are down at both your website and FanLib and The Wayback machine. How sad is this? Maybe I'm ignorant of a spot where it is archived but where oh where would that be? Could you point me in the right direction?