There are some people that make me happy!

In the wake of last week's unhappiness over fanfiction via Diana Gabaldon, check out the happiness that is Jim Butcher! Be sure to scroll down to April 29!

(This has been in my locked Twitter posts for some time but I've been really bad about following up on them! Kudos to innerslytherin for RTing this!)

ETA: It looks like DG has taken down her blog posts (a smart move) but here is a nice link about what happened with her blog and how other PUBLISHED AUTHORS have reacted. There's also a tiny little bit on her official author blog about her stand that has taken all the ire out of her statements and reduced it down to, essentially, "She doesn't like it so don't write it" which I think is the best way to leave it.

If nothing else, I'm interested to see how this continues over the next month. There are a lot of published authors that started out as fanfic writers - cause if Cassandra Claire can make it, we all can!

There are some people that make me happy!

In the wake of last week's unhappiness over fanfiction via Diana Gabaldon, check out the happiness that is Jim Butcher! Be sure to scroll down to April 29!

(This has been in my locked Twitter posts for some time but I've been really bad about following up on them! Kudos to innerslytherin for RTing this!)

ETA: It looks like DG has taken down her blog posts (a smart move) but here is a nice link about what happened with her blog and how other PUBLISHED AUTHORS have reacted. There's also a tiny little bit on her official author blog about her stand that has taken all the ire out of her statements and reduced it down to, essentially, "She doesn't like it so don't write it" which I think is the best way to leave it.

If nothing else, I'm interested to see how this continues over the next month. There are a lot of published authors that started out as fanfic writers - cause if Cassandra Claire can make it, we all can!