yes! a reason to use this icon!
Feb. 16th, 2007 03:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trinityvixenWhile I was on my trip to Disney World, I read to fluffy, cozy-mystery-type novels by Carrie Bebris. "Mr. and Mrs. Darcy" mysteries, to put a finer point on it. They're cute, easy reads, perfect for plane rides and frequent interruptions when traveling, and while the mysteries are about as interesting as your average Smallville episode (kidding, but they are predictable), the reparte between Elizabeth and Darcy is really fun and genuine and I liked it a lot.
I'm a little miffed that someone gets paid to write what is essentially fanfiction, but the gal has done her research. I mentioned this to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
moonlightalice, who loaned me one of Bebris' books--North by Northanger and came to the following, HORRIFIC REALIZATION:
me: I'm a bit jealous that someone gets paid to write fanfic and published. But hey, she did her research.
moonlightalice: dude, what do you think shakespeare did?
me: Good point.
moonlightalice: and he used CONTEMPORARIES (a big no no nowadays)
b>me: God help us when Star Wars and Harry Potter go into the public domain.
moonlightalice lol
b>me: GOD HELP US ALL
Tmoonlightalice: oh no...
b>me: I just...No.
I'm a little miffed that someone gets paid to write what is essentially fanfiction, but the gal has done her research. I mentioned this to
moonlightalice, who loaned me one of Bebris' books--North by Northanger and came to the following, HORRIFIC REALIZATION:me: I'm a bit jealous that someone gets paid to write fanfic and published. But hey, she did her research.
moonlightalice: dude, what do you think shakespeare did?me: Good point.
moonlightalice: and he used CONTEMPORARIES (a big no no nowadays)b>me: God help us when Star Wars and Harry Potter go into the public domain.
moonlightalice lolb>me: GOD HELP US ALL
T
moonlightalice: oh no...b>me: I just...No.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
Re: NOT ALL COZY MYSTERIES ARE PREDICTABLE
Date: 2007-02-17 11:34 pm (UTC)I appreciate that you want to defend your intellectual property. You'll note, however, that in the sentence in which I describe the plot of Bebris' novel as being rather predictable, I was specific to mention that her novel was predictable. The sentence might have been ambiguous, but that was my intention, and most of my readers actually understood that. As I can see how this might have been misconstrued, I apologize if you felt this was some kind of personal slight on your own work.
I hope you understand that I have to delete your post. You are entitled to defend your work at the site of its supposed slander, but I am not running my journal give away free promotional space. I, and I alone determine what things I "sell" or otherwise promote on my journal. If you are going to be reading or commenting in the future, welcome, but please keep that in mind.