Cory Doctorow praises fan fiction. In Locus. Huh.
Is the fan force stronger?
Over at Livejournal, the hotbed of fandom-as-I-know-it (Sorry, TFN) writer Keith R.A. DeCandido posted an interesting entry about the difference between fan fiction and tie-in (licensed) fiction, aka profic. Much of the fanfic community weighs in in the comments, and the result is a rarity – a “reasonable, civil discussion about the merits and/or lack thereof of fanfic,” to quote Kelly. And defensive fanfic fans, please note that “superior” is in quotes before knee-jerking.
Yearning for more? The folks over at Making Light had a truly epic discussion of fanfic (874 comments?!?) in the wake of last year’s Lori Jareo brouhaha.
Qui-Gon Jinn fansite soon to fade away
The Qui-GonLine.org archive is going offline soon. The site is host to more than 500 Qui-Gon-centric fanfic stories, so if it’s the only place for any of your favorites best grab them now.
Fan film awards add fanfic category
Yes, fan fiction. The fan film awards also get a name change – it’s now the Fan Movie Challenge Awards, and Spike TV is on board to give the results a wider audience. As in previous years, it all comes to a head at Celebration.
A vision! Of the future!
So what exactly will happen when the last Harry Potter book comes out? Well…
A fanfic article with a point
What’s the right way for the media to cover fanfic? Get someone with a clue to write it. Finally!
Well, at least they got the lingo down
It’s time for another round of ‘hey, fanfic exists!’ Apparently Cassandra Claire and Heidi Tandy speak for us all. Good to know.
But I wanna write a Star Wars novel!
It’s an infrequent yet irritating occurrence: Fan shows up on Star Wars novel forum saying they want to write a novel. Old fans sigh, roll our eyes, and tell him or her it’s not easy. Established authors. They call you. Write your own stuff, or fanfic, if you’re so set on Star Wars, etc, etc. One lucky fan on TFN gets replies from comic pros John Ostrander and Randy Stradley. Turns into a pretty interesting conversation.
Years and years ago, Corellian trilogy author Roger MacBride Allen wrote an article on this very subject. It’s still worth reading.
Time for another fanfic article!
This one is from The Guardian and covers pretty much the same ground (right down to the authorial examples) as the Wall Street Journal article from a month or so back. And where the hell are they getting the idea of Long Island as a fanfic hotbed?
A vampire with a soul? How lame is that?
AfterElton.com explores slash. Yes, it’s another article about fan fiction that focuses on slash, but at least this time it’s warranted.