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[heidi]

this is very interesting. Somewhat inaccurate in places, but interesting. It's sort of a meta-fandom analysis and it gets into some of the issues that have come up on HPfGU and in my real life this week - how could it not, with my RL friends learning of my hobby from the New York Times - well, at least I knew that it was likely they would - it wasn't a complete surprise...

I'm going to read through that diaryists' other essays now...

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[heart-of-wine.livejournal.com]

Thanks for pointing this out, Heidi. It really is strange when fandom life intersects with your real life non-fandom friends. My husband loves my fanfic writing so much he has recommended it to many of his work associates who are Harry Potter fans. Having them join my Yahoo!Group and actually *read* what I wrote is just so strange. It's not that I'm ashamed of what I have written, it's just that its weird to have two worlds colliding like that.

I think one point the writer missed is the almost covert feeling I have about my fan fiction writing from a legal standpoint. I thought about writing a letter to the Times about the recent HP FA article, but I didn't want to draw attention to myself as a fan fiction writer for fear of possible prosecution. (Of course, if I were prosecuted, I would know who to call!)I believe that it's fair use, but I am just afraid of getting mixed up in stuff I just don't understand.

I think if it were crystal clear that this was something legal and acceptable then perhaps it wouldn't feel like something I need to be careful about.

Thanks again for pointing out this article...

Elia