Neil explains it all for you....
Sep. 12th, 2003 11:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
senoritafish(He actually wrote about this last week, but I didn't have time to get to it)
In which Neil Gaiman:
...explains fanfiction to the uninitiated....
...and slash....
...is made a little uncomfortable by the thought of Real Person Slash (last question on entry)...
...is somewhat squicked to learn there may exist some RPS concerning him...
...and, yes, he knows good examples of RPS exist, however, no, he's not interested in reading it (but you're quite welcome to look it up yourself)...
...but nevertheless, admits he dabbles in it himself.
Heh heh....
(Neil Gaiman is the author of the Sandman comic books, adapted the English screenplay for Princess Mononoke, is the author of Neverwhere, book and British TV series, and recently won a best novella Hugo award for Coraline, a children's book. His most recent book for children, Wolves in the Walls, was just released. I'm glad to know his views on fanfiction - he doesn't mind if people do fanfics of his work - he knows it's good writing practice, and he's often played around in other people's universes and been grateful for the experience. When I met Sean Russell, I asked him the same thing [well, not about slash], and he was unaware that fanfiction even existed! Authors in British Columbia are a bit sheltered, I guess.)
In which Neil Gaiman:
...explains fanfiction to the uninitiated....
...and slash....
...is made a little uncomfortable by the thought of Real Person Slash (last question on entry)...
...is somewhat squicked to learn there may exist some RPS concerning him...
...and, yes, he knows good examples of RPS exist, however, no, he's not interested in reading it (but you're quite welcome to look it up yourself)...
...but nevertheless, admits he dabbles in it himself.
Heh heh....
(Neil Gaiman is the author of the Sandman comic books, adapted the English screenplay for Princess Mononoke, is the author of Neverwhere, book and British TV series, and recently won a best novella Hugo award for Coraline, a children's book. His most recent book for children, Wolves in the Walls, was just released. I'm glad to know his views on fanfiction - he doesn't mind if people do fanfics of his work - he knows it's good writing practice, and he's often played around in other people's universes and been grateful for the experience. When I met Sean Russell, I asked him the same thing [well, not about slash], and he was unaware that fanfiction even existed! Authors in British Columbia are a bit sheltered, I guess.)
