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taking a break...
Must stop listening to "Prelude to War" from the BSG soundtrack eventually, but man, you have no idea how PERFECT it is for my fic.
I also bought as a treat for myself the latest Joseph Ellis book on the American Revolution, American Creation because I loved his book "Founding Brothers". I get to read it AFTER I upload. (I'm still holding Empire of Ivory for my![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
reel_sg1 fic. yes, still.)
y'know, I'm all about changing my bulbs to Compact flourescents. BUT, I have to say - the bulbs massively SUCK. For something that's supposed to last a gazillion years, I'd say 25% are defective out of the box. I've had to replace THREE that stopped working almost immediately. AND they contain mercury so you can't toss 'em in the trash like with regular bulbs. No cookie, CFL makers!
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Also, I can't believe FANS are bitching about the Organization for Transformative Works. Jeez, the fanfic genie bottle is way the fuck out of the bottle, people. Hoping the mean nasty corporations will go away if we just close our eyes isn't going to work anymore (just ask the WGA). This isn't about mid-list authors being terrified of fanfic messing with their pretty dolls, despite what those authors and half of fandom seem to think. Seriously, unless it's Harry Potter, there aren't many novels whose fandoms are too big foryuletide
But OTW isn't about that anyway; it's about the prospect of NBC forming a partnership with Fanlib and making that the ONLY place they will accept Heroes fanfic archived, except the fanfic can't contain any of the main characters or graphic sex (rather like Scifi.com's BSG "video" contest, where you couldn't use any clips from the show). That'll leave the rest of us with even LESS legal ground to stand on.
Look, I thought of entering the Stargate novels contest. I write long plotty gen stuff, as a general rule, so I figured I should give it a go at least, right? But there were so MANY RULES, it was utterly stifling (that some tie-in writers manage to produce stuff that is NOT crap when hemmed in by all that is downright amazing). I seriously couldn't come up with a single idea that didn't break at least one of the rules (or was awful, but that's a different problem).
But fandom isn't (and shouldn't be) about becoming tie-in novelists. I don't want corporate owners to dictate to me what I can write.
Funniest thing to come out of all this is the Anti-Fanfic Bingo Card by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ithiliana. Next time you're reading some blog that mentions fanfic, just whip out this handy card and see how soon you can get BINGO from the entry and its comments... *lol*
I don't want some corporation dictate what I can write, but I do completely let ficathons push me around (FOR FREE!), and I need to get back to it.
Must stop listening to "Prelude to War" from the BSG soundtrack eventually, but man, you have no idea how PERFECT it is for my fic.
I also bought as a treat for myself the latest Joseph Ellis book on the American Revolution, American Creation because I loved his book "Founding Brothers". I get to read it AFTER I upload. (I'm still holding Empire of Ivory for my
reel_sg1 fic. yes, still.)y'know, I'm all about changing my bulbs to Compact flourescents. BUT, I have to say - the bulbs massively SUCK. For something that's supposed to last a gazillion years, I'd say 25% are defective out of the box. I've had to replace THREE that stopped working almost immediately. AND they contain mercury so you can't toss 'em in the trash like with regular bulbs. No cookie, CFL makers!
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Also, I can't believe FANS are bitching about the Organization for Transformative Works. Jeez, the fanfic genie bottle is way the fuck out of the bottle, people. Hoping the mean nasty corporations will go away if we just close our eyes isn't going to work anymore (just ask the WGA). This isn't about mid-list authors being terrified of fanfic messing with their pretty dolls, despite what those authors and half of fandom seem to think. Seriously, unless it's Harry Potter, there aren't many novels whose fandoms are too big for
yuletideBut OTW isn't about that anyway; it's about the prospect of NBC forming a partnership with Fanlib and making that the ONLY place they will accept Heroes fanfic archived, except the fanfic can't contain any of the main characters or graphic sex (rather like Scifi.com's BSG "video" contest, where you couldn't use any clips from the show). That'll leave the rest of us with even LESS legal ground to stand on.
Look, I thought of entering the Stargate novels contest. I write long plotty gen stuff, as a general rule, so I figured I should give it a go at least, right? But there were so MANY RULES, it was utterly stifling (that some tie-in writers manage to produce stuff that is NOT crap when hemmed in by all that is downright amazing). I seriously couldn't come up with a single idea that didn't break at least one of the rules (or was awful, but that's a different problem).
But fandom isn't (and shouldn't be) about becoming tie-in novelists. I don't want corporate owners to dictate to me what I can write.
Funniest thing to come out of all this is the Anti-Fanfic Bingo Card by
ithiliana. Next time you're reading some blog that mentions fanfic, just whip out this handy card and see how soon you can get BINGO from the entry and its comments... *lol*I don't want some corporation dictate what I can write, but I do completely let ficathons push me around (FOR FREE!), and I need to get back to it.