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   
   >   
      
   	It was a very, very small bolt of lightning. Compared to, say, what hit   
   Rowling.   
      
      
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