I don't 'know why I found this so amusing...

[ms_scarletibis]

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[goldenusagi]

Ha, I also saw that on fandomsecrets!

[ms_scarletibis]

Glad I wasn't the only one to find it amusing :P It really did make me...I don't know, chortle :P

[musicbitch]

I have that book, which I actually did read and can't for the life of me remember what it was about. I have several of those books that I read way before I got into fan fiction, so back then I probably thought they were the best thing ever.

I honestly don't get the appeal of 50 Shades of Grey, I have no interest in that.

[ms_scarletibis]

Re 50 Shades, you weren't into Twilight, right?

Anyway, just from what I know about it (and how terribly written it is), it frankly makes me feel sad for Nauti Bitz. She could have made a mint.

[jacobs_muse]

Well, Nauti plans to submit an original version of her human Spuffy story at some point, so she still can. She has an agent for her YA book.

[ms_scarletibis]

YA book?

[jacobs_muse]

Yeah, the problem with tie-in novels is that they are controlled by people that have usually never seen the source material. Authors are contracted to write within a narrow set of guidelines and don't own a word of it. Writers only take these jobs for the cash or a publication credit. Hell, part of why they're usually bad is the author isn't familiar with the source material, either, or only a bit of it. These books have short deadlines, so you don't have time to research if you also have to work a day job.

[jacobs_muse]

RE: 50 Shades, according to Twi-fandom people, the author did a ton of promo and rallying the fandom to buy her work to begin with, which is only barely legal because it's not set in the Twilight-verse. The characters are barely-masked Bella and Edward, just in an all-human light-BDSM scenario. And of course the writing isn't terribly good at all. Regular writers of BDSM erotica novels are pretty pissed this is getting so much attention since they've actually *worked* at craft and publishing.

But, the UK book market is different from US, and that's where an original publisher initially picked up the trilogy.

[ms_scarletibis]

Huh, the UK book market...

Do you think it's better to pitch a novel there as opposed to here?

[jacobs_muse]

You usually don't pitch to foreign markets unless the US ones pass. Every country has a different market, with genres that sell more or less and specific preferences.

[rahirah]

I think we have that book. I gotta agree, it is pretty crappy writing, and I couldn't even get past the first twenty pages.

[ms_scarletibis]

I didn't have this book, but I think I had one fandom book before for Buffy. I'm not even sure I read it (or wanted to read it...). All of my fandom reading took place with fan fic :)