From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com

On 2/15/15 10:02 PM, Bill Swears wrote:
> On 2/14/2015 12:46 PM, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:
>> On 2/14/15 12:48 PM, C. E. Gee wrote:
>>> On Saturday, January 3, 2015 at 6:40:51 PM UTC-8, J.Pascal wrote:
>>>> I was wondering who'd committed fan fiction (and was willing to
>>>> confess) and what effect you think it had on your writing ability and
>>>> career?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -Julie
>>>
>>> Seriously, if you want to write SF, but cannot conjure up your own
>>> cast of unique characters, settings, etc., you probably should give up
>>> the idea of being an SF writer.
>>>
>>> And someone who is able to do the above will besmirch their reputation
>>> as a writer by writing Fan Fiction.
>>>
>>
>>      My reputation doesn't seem to have suffered in the least.
>>
>>
> I don't care about the fan-fic.   My tendency is to want to think less
> of you because you were lightening struck but I wasn't.  Your  writing
> keeps dragging me back in, though.
>
> Bill
>
Really, it was more like that little static zap you get when shuffling
across the carpet!


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