Nothing to discuss. Ray says no fan fiction. If you want to do it then feel free to introduce
yourself to his lawyer. Authors have the right under law to say that you cannot play in their sand
box. More than a few of us are responsible for alerting him to violations too since we prefer that
he continue to write.
-James
----- Original Message -----
From: "Parks White" <[email protected]>
To: "feistfans-l" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: How has your writing been influenced by your fans?
Sent from my iPad
On 13/04/2012, at 3:16 PM, LAR <[email protected]> wrote:
And that, ladies an gents, is why we can't have fanfic.
re: fanfiction....fair enough...but.....
(from Wikipedia)...
In recent years, several prominent authors have given their blessings to fanfiction, notably J.K.
Rowling. Rowling said she was "flattered" that people wanted to write their own stories based on her
characters.[30] Naomi Novik is another author who is supportive of fan fiction: she is a member of
the Organization for Transformative Works and began as a fan fiction writer. Similarly, Stephenie
Meyer has put links on her website to fan fiction sites about her characters from the Twilight
series.[31]
However, Anne Rice has consistently and aggressively prevented fan fiction based on any of her
characters (mostly those from her famous Interview with the Vampire and its sequels in The Vampire
Chronicles). She, along with Anne McCaffrey and Raymond Feist, have asked to have any fiction
related to their series removed from FanFiction.Net.[30] George R.R. Martin, who was selected by
Timemagazine as one of the "2011 Time 100" and is most famous for his epic fantasy series, A Song of
Ice and Fire, is also strongly opposed to fan fiction, believing it to be copyright infringement and
a bad exercise for aspiring writers.
Comments anyone?
Parks3
COME ON - the dude wears a dress and sandals all day - I'm just trying to give
him some flair.
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