Comments on: Interesting Fan Fiction Promotion Event

By: JulieLeto

JulieLeto — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:18:02 +0000

You could be right, Meljean, but titles are picked way in advance and I know that I always Google and do Amazon searches on my titles before I submit them to my publisher. It’s probably just an unfortunate coincidence, but I know that if I were her, I would have changed the second book so I didn’t have a HEX series like another author. But that’s just me.

By: Meljean

Meljean — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:31:35 +0000

Julie — I actually thought it was the same series until you mentioned something (I didn’t really notice the author.)

But Wisdom had an earlier book with Hex in the title (March of this year) and VLT’s first came out in October of last year. Could it just be one of those things? I imagine Wisdom’s was already in production when VLT’s was first published.

By: JulieLeto

JulieLeto — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:29:17 +0000

I’m sorry…but is Ms. Wisdom aware that Vicki Lewis Thompson is already doing a series with the word HEX in all the titles? Wild and Hexy, Overhexed and Casual Hex? How about a little originality?

I’m not touching the fan fiction thing.

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:11:54 +0000

I don’t know. I think I would want something that says I confer all copyright over to Sourcebooks. (or the author specifically). Not sure, though.

By: Meljean

Meljean — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:08:48 +0000

Hmm, it does say: All stories submitted will become the property of Sourcebooks, Inc. to avoid copyright complications.

Will that actually cover the author/fanfic author?

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:05:15 +0000

Yep and I think that is why some authors are so wary of the whole fan fiction thing.

By: Meljean

Meljean — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:03:42 +0000

I do hope there is some kind of waiver. That is precisely why many authors, even if say they don’t care if readers write fanfic, also say they will never read it.

Wasn’t it MZB who ran into that very problem with her Darkover series?