Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts is an American author. She also writes the In Death series under the name J. D. Robb.
==Attitudes Toward Fanfiction==
===2003===
Stories based on Nora Roberts' works have been barred from FanFiction.Net at her request since early 2003,FanFiction Content Guidelines, Version: 11-20-2008, accessed 17 December 2017. An indeath.net post notes: "Many of you might have seen the disclaimer on FanFiction.net that states there is to be NO Nora Roberts fan fiction posted on that site per the author's request," posted 14 June 2003.. (FanFiction.Net, however, has had a category for the In Death series since 2014.In Death Series at FanFiction.Net. The first few stories posted may or may not be fanfic for Roberts' series, but the latest six explicitly are. (Accessed 17 December 2017.))
In early 2003 likely January or February 2003 -- in mid-June, a fan referred to Roberts saying this "several months ago" , Roberts stated: "I've never read any fanfic, but I don't have a problem with it. As long as nobody tries to pass the characters, etc, off as their own creation, it's find with me. I imagine it's fun." On June 14, 2003, Roberts expanded:
====2003: Fan Comments Regarding Roberts' Fanfic Stance and Remarks====
 
 
===2014===
On December 15, 2014, InDeath.net forum moderator AJ posted a new thread to the InDeath.net Fan Fiction subforum entitled, 'ATTENTION ALL: FAN FICTION HAS BEEN SUSPENDED'.Post by AJ, InDeath.net Fan Fiction Forum (Archived version). Published December 15, 2014 (Accessed December 16, 2017). In the thread, they explained that the InDeath.net site would be closed to fanfiction due to the wishes of Nora Roberts, the In Death series creator:
====2014: Fan Comments Regarding Roberts' Fanfic Stance and Remarks====
The announcement was met with sadness by the community. Many fanfiction authors supported what they saw as Nora's right as a creator to maintain control of her characters, and respected AJ for following her wishes. Other fans were not as understanding. There was a brief discussion started about fanfiction and copyright violations and an author's right to prevent fans from publishing fanfiction of their work, before AJ locked the thread in order to prevent further debate.
Some comments from the original thread are below: 
 
===2017: Open Doors Archive Import ===
On June 17, 2017, two and a half years after InDeath.net Fan Fiction was closed to new stories, AJ posted an announcement to Forum In Death, the new location of the InDeath.net community, saying that they had been in touch with Archive Of Our Own about preserving the fanfic that was published to the archive:Thread by AJ, Forum In Death. Posted June 17, 2017 (Accessed December 17, 2017).
AJ later confirmed that the import was in progress and an announcement would be officially published to AO3 on December 4, 2017.Post by AJ, Forum In Death. Posted October 29, 2017 (Accessed December 17, 2017). Open Doors' announcement is here.
==Nora Roberts Fansites==
* A Day Without French Fries (ADWOFF) (defunct)
==Meta/Further Reading==
* Stuff and Nonsense, by Nora Roberts, subject is fans, authorial control and opinions, reality (March 2018)
==References==
Category:Industry
Category:In Death