"Hilarious hypocrisy"

[kathleen_dailey]

Via scarfman, I saw a very funny Tumblr post about Diana Gabaldon's "do as I say, not as I do" stance on fanfic. Gabaldon wouldn't be pleased to know that if it wasn't for the (helpful and generous, I have to say) advice she gave when I was a member of the Craft of Writing board on CompuServe back in the 1990s, I might not have written the second novel about the Romulan Commander. (Of course, the word "fanfic" and the subject matter of the story never appeared in the discussion threads.)

She'd probably be even less pleased to know that I acknowledged her in the foreword. :-)

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[princessofgeeks]

I missed the latest Outlander meltdown, although apparently that entire fandom is happening in places I never visit and never seek links to!

Yeah, when I found out what Gabaldon had done with the Jamie character and that actor, on top of her adamant trashing of fanfic, I had a massive eyeroll. So weird.

I recently rewatched the episode with your Romulan Commander and now I would love to read your stories.

[kathleen_dailey]

I recently rewatched the episode with your Romulan Commander and now I would love to read your stories.

I would be honored! Unspoken Truth deals with the short-term consequences of the espionage mission. Any Other Lifetime continues the RC's story at the time of the TNG "Unification" episodes.

"The Enterprise Incident" stands up quite well, I think, mostly because Joanne Linville and Leonard Nimoy took Dorothy Fontana's script seriously and gave their characters the dimensionality and gravitas that they (and the episode's underlying themes) deserved.