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Mar21
Two British Manifestos and a Disclaimer
Thanks to my friend Dan Bell, I just read this bold article over at journalism.co.uk.  Seems like English journalists are having the same revolutionary crisis as all of us living in the country of New York City:

"The web often provides better information than newspapers, Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger admitted on Thursday in a speech to the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in London.

In his speech, which was blogged in detail by MBites.com, Mr Rusbridger outlined how newspapers are being increasingly challenged by innovative web start-ups that are contributing to declining newspaper readership and the loss of classified advertising revenue."

Just as dramatically, Ben Macintyre reflects on fan fiction's collision course with literature in the London Times.  It's just a matter of time before some writer emerges as the James Joyce of fan fiction (not necessarily a James Joyce fan fiction writer), and gets a big fat book deal.  I dug this one up at Reason.com, an nicely written online magazine that has some interesting things to say about fan fiction too...

"Literature is constantly being refashioned, if not actually rewritten. The whole of Austen has recently been repackaged as chick-lit, complete with pastel covers and skinny women with handbags. So-called fanfiction is booming, on websites where amateur writers continue their favourite stories: the further adventures of the Darcys, the Hobbits, Sherlock Holmes and Captain Kirk. The Fanfic.net website has more than 200,000 Harry Potter stories that J. K. Rowling never wrote."

And the disclaimer: No matter where you live and write, nobody's making any money!

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Thanks to my friend Dan Bell, I just read this bold article over at journalism.co.uk.  Seems like English journalists are having the same revolutionary crisis as all of us living in the country of New York City:"The web often provides... [Read More]

Hey Jason, just wanted to say you do a great job covering fanfic. I think a lot of people see it as a guilty pleasure but the truth is, reputable agents, publishers & editors find new writers by reading fanfic! Keep up the great work.

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