On Fanfiction, Authorial Disapproval, and Respect

Apocalypos of LJ posted here about a post Diana Gabaldon, author of Outlander and other novels, made in her blog, Fan-Fiction [sic] and Moral Conundrums

Ms. Gabaldon begins inauspiciously:
"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."  The rest of the post is in a similar vein- read it if you have the time.

I replied with this post:  (When I started writing, there were 83 responses. When I posted, there were 96. There are now 116 posts and growing)

( My response )

Needless to say, I think Ms. Gabaldon is within her rights as an author and creator to ask for no fanfiction of her work, but I don't agree with her characterization of fic authors.
If you feel moved to comment, please be respectful in tone if not in mind.

Client test, and a post about pretties!

Testing, testing. This is my first week with iJournal, which is a poor shadow of my favored xJournal, but as xJournal does not support DW, I have to try something else.

I FINALLY got a set of beads that I purchased from Etsy several weeks ago (okay, they were really actually pretty fast in shipping, but I wanted my new shiny objects NOW NOW NOW). They are lovely and I intend to make some very nice necklaces out of them with the help of a friend.

In which I totally go "Someone is WRONG on the INTERNET"

And I am a little less proud of this post, but I would be biasing you if I didn't post it as well

from https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?postID=8735561816098497516&blogID=2861575260847050598&isPopup=false&page=2

( the second post  )