::rubs face:: Folks. Okay. Gather & #39;round. Let me & #39;splain a thing.
I love fanfic on general principle! I still write and read it myself! But.
Stop sending me your fanfiction of my stuff.
I love fanfic on general principle! I still write and read it myself! But.
Stop sending me your fanfiction of my stuff.
I have repeatedly pointed out that I cannot read fiction based on my own works. This is for your protection as well as mine! Ideas can& #39;t be copyrighted but language can be, and adaptations of my stuff probably use some of mine. Stop sending me shit.
It doesn& #39;t matter if you do it in the form of a screenplay, or a "free-form poem as part of a visual art exhibit," or whatever. If I see it, I& #39;m going to tell you not to do it. I am not going to give you my blessing. And if you *send it to my inbox,* I& #39;m likely to see it. Stop.
At any given time, my agents -- including film agents -- are actively shopping my works around to Hollywood and other adaptive media venues (comics publishers, audiobook publishers, etc.). You want to see my works adapted, right? Me, too! So stop sending me shit.
I genuinely love your enthusiasm, folks. I& #39;m flattered to know that a fandom exists for my work! But there& #39;s a way this has to work. A social contract, so to speak. Your end of it is super-simple: DO. NOT. SEND. ME. YOUR. FANFIC. OF. MY. STUFF.
Third time this month alone. WTF.
Third time this month alone. WTF.