Fan Fiction: Against

[rolanni]

Robin Hobb has posted a cogent rant here. Link from pegkerr

I know that some folks on my friends list write fan fic, and may thus not agree with Robin's points. If you feel compelled to disagree with them here, please be polite and rational. Posts deemed impolite, irrational, or both, by Eagles Over the Kennebec Management will be deleted.

In the service of Full Disclosure and Fair Warning, I do agree with Robin's points. Scott Lynch (link also from pegkerr) does not.

Comments

Low Port and Anthologies

[cirrussundog.livejournal.com]

Ahah! Thank you for your clarification. What I didn't pay sufficient attention to was seeing if every author was writing in their *own* universe. (I did recognize several of the stories as being rooted in other works I'd already read, which is what prompted my curiosity.) Such an editorial policy does, certainly, make your practice consistent with your principles: admirable, that.

Since I brought up the topic, may I inquire about what you think of shared-world anthologies which are based on the universe of a single writer? I've always been curious as to why pro writers do or don't get involved with such projects.