I want to offer an apology to those who have been reading my fan fiction about the Green Rider book series by Kristin Britain. I've been too busy to write anything else, and before I sat down today to try and write some more, I went to try and find some information on the internet to try and help me get back into the spirit of the stories. During my search, I found Kristin Britains official website. I happened to click on the FAQ link, and found a question asking her if they could write fan fiction. She said no. Her reason was this: "While it's flattering that people like my stuff well enough to carry on the experience by creating fanfic or games based on it, and while much of it is in innocent fun, I endanger my copyright - my right to own my creations - by allowing others to use my characters and world. If I release my right to my own copyright, then anyone can use my stuff, including for paid commercial use by unscrupulous persons. If others profit off my work in this way, then there is no reason for me to continue writing. I'll have to earn a living doing something else, which would be sad because I love writing. Don't be deceived by fanfic websites that offer disclaimers and credit the original authors. Their disclaimers are more an admission of guilt that what they're doing is illegal."
Having read this, and being one who enjoys writing, and who will soon be publishing my own book, I can totally understand where she's coming from. I also had a friend who recently had posted a few chapters of an original work she's been writing for months, and she found it on some other website where the person was claiming they had written it, and not her. This having been said, I hope those of you who have been begging me to write more, will be hoping with me, that she will write a new book about these wonderful characters.
