Playing in Someone Else's Sandbox: Acknowledgements

Playing in someone else’s sandbox

Best practices for fan-fiction, from planning to posting—and beyond

By Ellen Fleischer

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This work would not have been possible without the advice and support of the Yahoo! Bludhaven group and the posters who patiently shared their wisdom with me at ffr_discussion . Since aliases and pseudonyms are a large part of online life, I regret that I am unable to credit everyone by name, but I would still like to thank: Mary Brokaw, Char Edwards, Syl Francis, Bluejay Silver, Xenith, archaeologist_d, cat63, rhiannon_s, celestlyn, in_excelsis_dea, deepbluemermaid, flo_nelja, ozqueen, vampirenaomi, the_physicist, yamx, beesandbrews, lionessvalenti, r_dahlia, sir2moons, lady_ganesh, mimiheart, jenna_marianne, edibleflowers, mithen, tinpra, and casusfere.

A special round of applause goes out to my beta-readers, aiyokusama, Kathy B, dungeonwriter, and PJ Zatken, and to Wei-Ping Gao, Nevena Mancheva, Chris Vitti, and Adam Yasui of the Seneca Tech Comm class of 2012 for reviewing my first draft.

Playing In Someone Else's Sandbox: Introduction

( What This Handbook Is )

( What This Handbook Isn't )

Playing In Someone Else's Sandbox: What is Derivative Fiction? What is Fan-Fiction?

( Introduction )

( Is This Plagiarism? )

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¹ Based on the works of Louisa May Alcott, Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, and Jane Austen, respectively.
² A.C. Crispin, Introduction to Time for Yesterday by A.C. Crispin (New York: Pocket Books, 1990), accessed June 25, 2012.