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Speaking of fanfiction, you know how musicians cover other musician's songs? Who would you like to make a cover of Miles?
I understand "cover" mean when one artist/group does a remake of a song originally created or made popular by another. I don't quite see how the concept transposes to written fiction. Except, I suppose, foreign translations by publishers in other countries, of which I've had onetwothree many.
So, yeah, I don't really understand what you mean by the question.
Ta, L.
Not a translation of your work, but a ... reinterpretation (?) using your characters and world -- or would that skirt too close to plagiarism?
...although you may be thinking of the licensed universe sharecropping done by some writers, ferex the "1632" shared series by Eric Flint et al. (Although that has the distinct advantage of its world being pre-made in detail, since it takes off from actual history.)
That is so counter to the holistic way my creative process works, my brain breaks just trying to think about it. And trying to ride herd on it all as series editor would be an excruciatingly painful load of work, ten times the the labor and none of the fun. Shudder. Fine for some; not for me.
Ta, L.
Thanks!
Conversely, are there any works you'd want to take a crack at, if you had the author's permission?
One way books are reinterpreted is in movie or TV form. But we don't have any Vorkosigan film/TV coming anytime soon.
The Vorkosigan GRUPS thing could be thought of as a reinterpretation too.
@ Chang.
No, not really. Too constraining.
L.
I'm sorry if the questions are bothersome. I was carried away by the idea of Miles Vorkosigan!Tyrion taking names and kicking in Westeros.
I imagine that all the love and labor you'd be pouring into something that's ultimately someone else's story would come at the expense of a Lois McMaster Bujold story.
@ more Chang --
Early in my career, I was invited to do (paid) novels in a couple of other series (four, actually, upon digging through my memory, although just one I seriously considered, a McCaffrey spin-off that later went to Elizabeth Moon) being sharecropped by their publishers, which would have paid higher advances than what I was getting at the time. In each case, I turned it down in favor of my own work, and in each case, the subsequent novel of my own won a major award, advancing my career considerably. This taught me a valuable lesson about where to put my limited creative energy and time... :-)
L.
Yes, Lois, I for one vote for you writing what YOU want to write. I love it all. Waiting eagerly for Penric 8.
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I understand "cover" mean when one artist/group does a remake of a song originally created or made popular by another. I don't quite see how the concept transposes to written fiction. Except, I suppose, foreign translations by publishers in other countries, of which I've had onetwothree many.So, yeah, I don't really understand what you mean by the question.
Ta, L.
Not a translation of your work, but a ... reinterpretation (?) using your characters and world -- or would that skirt too close to plagiarism?
...although you may be thinking of the licensed universe sharecropping done by some writers, ferex the "1632" shared series by Eric Flint et al. (Although that has the distinct advantage of its world being pre-made in detail, since it takes off from actual history.)That is so counter to the holistic way my creative process works, my brain breaks just trying to think about it. And trying to ride herd on it all as series editor would be an excruciatingly painful load of work, ten times the the labor and none of the fun. Shudder. Fine for some; not for me.
Ta, L.
Thanks!Conversely, are there any works you'd want to take a crack at, if you had the author's permission?
One way books are reinterpreted is in movie or TV form. But we don't have any Vorkosigan film/TV coming anytime soon.
The Vorkosigan GRUPS thing could be thought of as a reinterpretation too.
@ Chang. No, not really. Too constraining.
L.
I'm sorry if the questions are bothersome. I was carried away by the idea of Miles Vorkosigan!Tyrion taking names and kicking in Westeros.I imagine that all the love and labor you'd be pouring into something that's ultimately someone else's story would come at the expense of a Lois McMaster Bujold story.
@ more Chang --Early in my career, I was invited to do (paid) novels in a couple of other series (four, actually, upon digging through my memory, although just one I seriously considered, a McCaffrey spin-off that later went to Elizabeth Moon) being sharecropped by their publishers, which would have paid higher advances than what I was getting at the time. In each case, I turned it down in favor of my own work, and in each case, the subsequent novel of my own won a major award, advancing my career considerably. This taught me a valuable lesson about where to put my limited creative energy and time... :-)
L.
Yes, Lois, I for one vote for you writing what YOU want to write. I love it all. Waiting eagerly for Penric 8.
