Bestselling author Sandra Brown doesn’t like fanfic based on her work and wants her fans to help her find it. She posts this note on her site
A Word About Fan Fiction
We post excerpts from some of Sandra’s more recent books so that you, the reader, can make more informed purchasing decisions. We now ask that you help us in return. Fan Fiction is illegal. Taking characters from an author’s work and adapting stories around them constitutes copyright
infringement. If you discover "Fan Fiction" of Mrs. Brown’s work, please don’t hesitate
to us.
Actually,she’s mistaken. “FanFic” (first time I heard the term) if done in a parody is well within the application of the Fair Use Doctrine…
Cheers
VI
I don’t think she’s talking about satire. She’s referring to stories written by fans using characters and situations from her novels without her consent.
You know, I can think of a whole bunch of writers whose work could lead to fanfic, but Sandra Brown really wasn’t one of them.
I went and looked and could not find any Sandra Brown fanfic out there. I did stumble on some very erotic stories about the Brady kids however…
My God, Tod, you really will do ANYTHING to avoid writing!
Looks who’s talking! 🙂