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Argh. It's getting light out already. I just heard a bird sing its first tune. And I'm still not tired. But on the positive side, I got a whole page of artwork coloured tonight, whohoo. You can't stop when you're on a roll like this. So I think it's worth feeling like a zombie tomorrow (today).

Before I go to bed, here's a quick mini-wank from fan-favourite Lee Goldberg. leegoldberg.typepad.com/a_writers_life/2006/05/i_can_steal_fro.html#comments

As usual Lee just links to a fanfic writer doing something stupid and leaves the actual wanking to his minions. Nothing spectacular, just the usual sweeping generalizations. I like this comment:
These 'disclaimers' always give me a laugh. It's honestly hard to really believe that some people are so pathetic. And how come they are all such awful 'writers'? I'm still pressuring my one writer friend who does write fan fiction to stop doing so. She's got a 3 book contract, but it's hard to wean her off contributing to the crapfest that is fan fiction.

I mean, is that friendship or what?

Good night, y'all.

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I second that statement. It just comes off as sour grapes. I wonder what he thinks of Caleb Carr's novel that's a fanfif of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novels? Are they okay fanfic because they're "novels"? What an asshat.

His more recent posts are really nothing compared to the vitriol he and his commenters spewed last year. My 'favourite' is still the one post which insinuates a correlation between Trek fandom and pedophilia (based on a newspaper article that was later discounted as a canard). One of his commenters, a David M. Montgomery, then proceeded to link fanfic to pedophilia and - being the creative journalist that he is - quickly invented a Harvard study that proved that correlation. Later, when called on it, he laughed it off by saying it was just a ~~lie~~ joke. I'd call it defamation, but hey, all's fair when you don't have to respect the opposing side by default.

So, compared to that, things are quite civil over there now. But I haven't forgotten about anyone over there who called us pedophiles, rapists (not making this up), thieves, and other things.

Here is the link (http://leegoldberg.typepad.com/a_writers_life/2005/04/what_is_the_lin.html) to the pedophilia debate. But I'd avoid going there if you don't want your blood pressure going up...