tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post116343508878485522..comments2023-10-31T11:37:50.028-04:00Comments on on life & other inconveniences: Sometimes, It’s Nice To Be NobodySandra Ruttanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1163520979909818542006-11-14T11:16:00.000-05:002006-11-14T11:16:00.000-05:00Thanks for dropping by Buffy!Thanks for dropping by Buffy!Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1163483977314268012006-11-14T00:59:00.000-05:002006-11-14T00:59:00.000-05:00I've stumbled upon some enjoyable blogs tonight......I've stumbled upon some enjoyable blogs tonight...but I think yours has to be my favourite. <BR/><BR/>Thanks.Buffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529901414066479088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1163478637980363192006-11-13T23:30:00.000-05:002006-11-13T23:30:00.000-05:00World domination? Ugh. Why would anyone want to ...World domination? Ugh. Why would anyone want to run the world? Every waking hour would filled with trade treaties, keeping all your nation states under your iron thumb, the possibility that some British super-spy in a tuxedo will show up and brings the whole works down around your ears. Who needs it?Stephen Blackmoorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01241134280141088631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1163461324350467422006-11-13T18:42:00.000-05:002006-11-13T18:42:00.000-05:00Well, world domination is tempting...but you're ri...Well, world domination is tempting...<BR/>but you're right to think about non-writing interests. It helps keep insanity at bay.Lisa Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273391238820872246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1163457145093060032006-11-13T17:32:00.000-05:002006-11-13T17:32:00.000-05:00Maybe I should let you read that other thing, the ...Maybe I should let you read that other thing, the thing Stephen's read. Then you can tell me if I can write hawt. ;)Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1163456840677368792006-11-13T17:27:00.000-05:002006-11-13T17:27:00.000-05:00I just hope it's hawt.I just hope it's hawt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1163452981444253552006-11-13T16:23:00.000-05:002006-11-13T16:23:00.000-05:00Bill, I know what you're getting for Christmas. ;...Bill, I know what you're getting for Christmas. ;)<BR/><BR/>Patrick... I just snorted coke (the cola variety) up my nose. Thank you so much.Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1163451874840587142006-11-13T16:04:00.000-05:002006-11-13T16:04:00.000-05:00I was going to say something negative about fan fi...I was going to say something negative about fan ficcers. But then I remembered you already know what I think of them, so there's really no point in my going on yet another rant about these worthless, lowlife bloodsucking vermin who should be forced to endure atomic wedgies while the whole world watches via satellite.<BR/> <BR/>See? I've learned to keep my opinions to myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1163448216467868142006-11-13T15:03:00.000-05:002006-11-13T15:03:00.000-05:00Poor John! Don't you know it never gets easier? :-...Poor John! Don't you know it never gets easier? :-)s.w. vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102544611773720262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1163447242444013122006-11-13T14:47:00.000-05:002006-11-13T14:47:00.000-05:00Quite honestly, I'd be flattered if someone took t...Quite honestly, I'd be flattered if someone took the time to write a fan fic about one of my characters. Maybe a Peter/Ruby Jane/Skin threesome. Yuck, but ha ha ha! I'd get a total kick out of it.<BR/><BR/>And the post that you linked to about the satirical Rhombus et. al. book? Well, I would have no problem with that either. One sign of success is when you become enough of a cultural phenomenon that someone is able to mock you for money.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't see it as perverting my work but rather validation of my work. It would be saying, "That Bill Cameron has produced a body of work significant enough to fuck with." Bring it on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1163446759603686492006-11-13T14:39:00.000-05:002006-11-13T14:39:00.000-05:00I can see that John. And there are contests, like...I can see that John. And there are contests, like End of Story, where the first part is written by a famous author and people are invited to write an ending and submit it and the author who penned the beginning picks the winner.<BR/><BR/>But it's the being published online stuff. Ugh. Did you know there's fan fiction of Harry Potter having sex with Hermione? That's not learning to write, that's just perverting somebody's work.<BR/><BR/>I think it would be incredible to be so defined by style that there was an anthology tribute to you as a writer, where each contributor wrote your style, or with permission used a character from your work in a story. That would be incredible, to achieve that. I mean, that's hearing authors say, "I want to do what they do." That's cool. We all want to emulate the authors who influence us... I just have no plans to write a Rebus story.Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1163445906435347152006-11-13T14:25:00.000-05:002006-11-13T14:25:00.000-05:00Okay, this isn't exactly a defense of fan fiction,...Okay, this isn't exactly a defense of fan fiction, but an observation. When I was learning how to play guitar I learned a lot of famous songs. When I joined a band, we played a lot of well known songs before we ever wrote any of our own.<BR/><BR/>Elmore Leonard has said that when he was learning to write, he'd type the first half of a page from a Hemingway novel and then try and write something that would fit with it. For practise.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes that's what I think fan fiction can do - it's like a cover version.<BR/><BR/>But I don't think it should ever be published. Even online. Or shown to anyone. It can be practise, but that's it. (I say all this, but I've never tried to write any and I've never actually read any).<BR/><BR/>And yeah, the 2nd book. Harder. For sure. And now the 3rd. Even harder. When does this start getting easier?John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1163442639875291892006-11-13T13:30:00.000-05:002006-11-13T13:30:00.000-05:00SW, it's a good thing to have in common, in my opi...SW, it's a good thing to have in common, in my opinion!Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1163437538435013512006-11-13T12:05:00.000-05:002006-11-13T12:05:00.000-05:00Writing a better book next time -- that's what I l...Writing a better book next time -- that's what I live for, too. :-) It's the best thing I can think of for a reason to keep writing.<BR/><BR/>LOL Another thing we have in common, Sandra!s.w. vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102544611773720262noreply@blogger.com