Fan-Fiction and Moral Conundrums

Fan-Fiction and Moral Conundrums was a blog post by Diana Gabaldon first published on May 3, 2010. Gabaldon added three related posts, one on May 4, 2010, one on May 7, 2010, and an addendum on May 8, 2010.
The posts addressed her views on fanfiction. It opened with: "OK, my position on fan-fic is pretty clear: I think it’s immoral, I _know_ it’s illegal, and it makes me want to barf whenever I’ve inadvertently encountered some of it involving my characters."
All fanfic-related posts were deleted May 9, 2010.
==The Posts==
One of her posts at CompuServe: "I really do think that it wouldn't be helpful to _anybody_ for me to say more than I have. Do bear in mind that I _could_ have deleted any of those comments. I didn't, feeling that if people did have an issue with what I said, they deserved a chance to make their feelings and reasons known. My words are there, and so are theirs; anyone with an interest can see exactly what I said--and what people made of it--and decide for themselves what they think." posted by a fan at Fandom Wank, May 10, 2010
Despite her statement regarding comment deletion, all three fanfic-related posts were deleted, on May 9, 2010. Screencaps have been posted elsewhere. See . , May 10, 2010 livejournal post by kate_nepveu. Accessed May 13, 2010
* The first post. FAN-FICTION AND MORAL CONUNDRUMS. May 3, 2010 blog post by Diana Gabaldon. Accessed May 3, 2010.; It is also posted here at page 2 of comments; , page 3 of comments; (There were 601 comments in all, 468 of which have been archived)
* The second post. Fan-Fic II, posted May 4, 2010 4:35 PM, available here at 
* The third post. Fan-Fic III - The Final Word, posted May 7, 2010 5:09 PM, available here at 
* The fourth post: P.S., posted May 8, 2010 3:24 PM, available here at 
* The fourth post included her policy on fanfiction: 
==The Original Post==
==Reactions and Reviews==
The post directly inspired I’m done explaining why fanfic is okay., a widely-shared LiveJournal (and later Tumblr) post by Aja that sought to refute Gabaldon's arguments with an exhaustive list of revered literature, films, plays and other media that are in effect fanfic.
==Post Screencaps==
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==See also==
* Robin Hobb and The Fan Fiction Rant (2005)
* Anne Rice and Interrogating the text from the wrong perspective (2006)
* George R. R. Martin and his post Someone is Angry On the Internet (2010)
==Further Reading/Meta==
* (May 2010)
 
* An open letter to professionally-published authors who despise fanfic of their own works by Kate Nepveu (2010)
* by Eddie Louise (May 3, 2010) 
* discussion on Fandom Wank (many links are broken) (May 5, 2010)
* by Chris Meadows (May 5, 2010) 
* archive link by dangermousie (May 5, 2010) 
* I'm done explaining why fanfic is okay., posted by Aja Romano (May 5, 2010) 
* , MetaFilter, May 4, 2010
* by John Scalzi (May 5, 2010) 
* The Time Has Come to Talk of Many Things: Genre, The Internet & Stories, post by Sarah Rees Brennan (May 5, 2010)
* Someone is Angry On the Internet, post by George R. R. Martin (May 7, 2010) 
* oh Diana Gabaldon no, archive page one; archive page two by sheafrotherdon (May 7, 2010) 
* , by Kate Nepveu (May 10, 2010)
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Fiction Writing
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