From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 3/5/15 2:03 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
   > In article <3e334816-c93c-4239-927c-ac7b9edd54f3@googlegroups.com>,   
   > William Vetter   wrote:   
   >> On Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 12:48:28 PM UTC-5, C. E. Gee wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> 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.   
   >   
   > Nonsense.  A lot of us got our million words of crap out of our   
   > systems by writing fanfic, from Marion Zimmer Bradley to your   
   > humble servant.  It's a form of practicing and finding your   
   > voice.   
   >>   
   >   
      
      
      
   	And some of us still write fanfiction on occasion. Some of us even file   
   off the serial numbers and get it published.   
      
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