Mercedes Lackey: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''There are other writers who don't want anyone messing with their world and characters (some have even described a feeling like "being raped" when they discovered there was fanfic about their stuff. On the one hand, I kind of sympathize...but there is ''no way'' short of inventing mind control that any writer is ever going to be able to control what happens to his book, world, or characters once the manuscript leaves his hands. So IMHO, I think you ought to just pull on your adult pants, face up to that, and wave goodbye to your book as it heads out into the world. You did your best by it, you tried to make things clear, you gave it the best start in life that you could, but it's on its own now, and you can either make yourself crazy by trying and failing to keep control, or you can do the smart thing and go on to the ''next'' book.''|[[Mercedes Lackey]], quoted in [http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid{{=}}1125&pid{{=}}26884#pid26884 this forum post] at the ''[[Drunkard's Walk]]'' forum}}