Mask & Unbearable by jans_intentions

[kellydeer.livejournal.com]

I'm looking for Mask & Unbearable by jans_intentions. If anyone has these...would you please PM me?

Thanks!

Edit: *blushes* I think I've opened up a can of worms with this post, but I've read some very healthy discussion going on here!

Comments

[highd.livejournal.com]

Oh I only used the QAF fandom as an example because that's the only one I follow but it crosses over to Buffy and Twilight and Harry Potter too.

[ipitydaf00l.livejournal.com]

I've seen Yu Gi Oh fanfic turned into published works. THAT still makes me laugh hardcore, but you have to understand the fandom to understand why. :)

[wouldbedorothy.livejournal.com]

I think I feel about the same way you do about QAF fic being sold as novels, but it seems even more questionable when it's fics based on *books* (Twilight, HP) being turned into books.

I can see RPF possibly making the transition, IF it was very much AU to begin with. Preferably more so than this (http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Toby-Jan-Irving/dp/1615813640/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1305745917&sr=8-1).

I don't know. Taking fics from fandom (and moreso, from the characters - I'm a dork) always makes me sad panda.

[highd.livejournal.com]

I was going to mention the idea of taking away from the characters but didn't know how to put it. I totally agree with you about that. Slapping another name on Gale and Randy or Brian and Justin, while keeping their essence and characterization intact bothers me.

[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

There is a writer I know from the LOTR/Viggo/Orlando fandom that actually took 2 stories that she'd written and turned them into books. The difference was that the fanfic stories were RPS, and she changed quite a few things. She's an amazing writer, btw.

If you want to turn your fanfic into publishable fic, go for it. But at least make it different enough that the reader feels they're reading something new, you know, like same verse, different circumstances or something.