nkjemisin: seananmcguire:lynati: I don’t think there’s an applause gif big enough to properly conv
nkjemisin: seananmcguire: lynati: I don’t think there’s an applause gif big enough to properly convey my reaction to this.Also, I love that if anyone tries to say that you’re just “another hack fic writer with no ideas of her own who is jealous of the “real” writers out there”, they could quite literally be crushed under your catalog of award-winning original writing as a response. They can’t dismiss your stance on this topic the way they do to so many unpublished / fanfic writers because you’ve already met all of the standards that they insist someone has before they’ll accept their opinion as worth listening to. Right? “Well, fanfic authors never win awards, so–”“WOULD YOU LIKE TO HOLD MY HUGO.”“That’s basically, it’s, you know, the People’s Choice, so–”“LOOK AT MY NEBULA.”“That’s a science fiction award, it doesn’t really–”“LOOK I’VE WON THE ALEX.”“…”“IT’S GIVEN BY THE SAME PEOPLE WHO GIVE THE NEWBURY.”“…”“I’M THE FIRST PERSON TO WIN IT TWICE IN A ROW.”“…well you wrote porn.”“GOSH I SURE DID.” ::finger snaps:: Bravx, @seananmcguire. Fanfic is beautiful, which is why I write it, too. I keep my fanfic pseuds among friends so I don’t have to deal with weird shenanigans regarding it (like ::shudder:: grad students studying it, or whatever), but it’s out there, and I don’t plan to stop. And yeah, take a look at my Hugo and my Locus and all that, if you need to, but if you do need to then that’s your problem, not mine. Fanfic helped make me the writer I am, and I am proud as fuck of that. -- source link
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