Travel Meme

Travel Meme, ganked from yourlibrarian...who took it from a new social media site, Pillowfort. I'm not sure why we need a new social media site. I'm having troubles keeping track of the ones we already have and that I'm on. I'm too busy, I can only handle two at a time.

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Fanfic

1. Hmmm...found on SmartBitches of all places... From Star Trek to Fifty Shades - How Fanfiction Went Mainstream

I personally preferred it when it wasn't mainstream. A heck of lot more interesting and far less watered down. Mainstream publishing doesn't like taking risks, it makes them itchy. That's why JK Rowling received so many rejection slips before Scholastic finally took a chance on her. (Can you imagine how the publishers who rejected her manuscript felt? I betting a few people got fired.)

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At Worldcon there's apparently a panel discussion on the topic.

Author vs. Fan Ownership, room 210DH: How much do readers “own” the books they read? Writing is a private art intended for public display. Once the story is out of the writer’s hands, it can take on a life of its own–inspiring fandoms, fantheories, and fan interpretations that can vary widely from the author’s. How much do the fans own the work? Can you (and should you) divorce the writer from their fiction? What is the writer’s role in participating via social media in debunking or encouraging fan theories? Can the author be “wrong” about their own work? Our panel of authors and expert fans discuss the various and increasingly complex interactions between work, author, and reader.

I've never heard of any of the writers on the panel, except John Scalzi, whose post I swiped this from.

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Curious, what does everyone else think?