A note about the stories in my office
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 5:12 pm
As anyone who’s a regular here knows, this whole fanfic writing thing recently came to me as a fluke. I honestly don’t know what triggered my imagination after all these years but I’m going with it, because I haven’t written fiction in so long and it’s nice to exercise those muscles a little bit.
However — and the point of this note — I am terrified to post any more without putting this out there. I have read very little fanfic over the years, but I know myself well enough to worry about this. I have a natural affinity for osmosis. Having moved around a lot as a kid, I learned early to absorb my surroundings very quickly and adapt.
So I have this nagging voice every time I go to post a fic that somehow I’ve reached deep in my brain when writing and lifted some phrase I read somewhere that I liked. I try to search on the phrases that really concern me, but I’m not sure how well the search function works and I might be totally overlooking something else I'm sure came to me in a dream. So far, I haven’t found any hits on my search terms, so I’m hopeful it’s just a bit of Josef-induced paranoia.
Regardless, I am posting this note to say upfront that if I’ve stolen one of your great lines (or worse yet, great story ideas), it was entirely unintended. If you send me a PM, I’ll remove it or replace it as soon as possible. And I’m truly sorry — consider it a compliment that it stuck in my feeble little brain that long.
There — I feel better now.
And I have a new story to post.
However — and the point of this note — I am terrified to post any more without putting this out there. I have read very little fanfic over the years, but I know myself well enough to worry about this. I have a natural affinity for osmosis. Having moved around a lot as a kid, I learned early to absorb my surroundings very quickly and adapt.
So I have this nagging voice every time I go to post a fic that somehow I’ve reached deep in my brain when writing and lifted some phrase I read somewhere that I liked. I try to search on the phrases that really concern me, but I’m not sure how well the search function works and I might be totally overlooking something else I'm sure came to me in a dream. So far, I haven’t found any hits on my search terms, so I’m hopeful it’s just a bit of Josef-induced paranoia.
Regardless, I am posting this note to say upfront that if I’ve stolen one of your great lines (or worse yet, great story ideas), it was entirely unintended. If you send me a PM, I’ll remove it or replace it as soon as possible. And I’m truly sorry — consider it a compliment that it stuck in my feeble little brain that long.
There — I feel better now.
And I have a new story to post.