false 2340716 2936805 Maxwell Alexander Drake 40 male North Las Vegas, NV 05/2009 10/2009 2940502 J.A. Wilkins 5 150 149 true 5694029 read 1 true 5076097 currently-reading 0 true 5076096 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/42597-covers http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1248198547p2/6181.jpg 2340716 Drake Maxwell Alexander http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1243449472p2/2340716.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2340716-drake-maxwell-alexander Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:48:45 -0700
Thank you much. I, as well, learned a lot from my first book and will hopefully be able to input more on the second.

Good luck to you as well.

Drake]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/208275-fan-fiction http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1248198547p2/6181.jpg 2340716 Drake Maxwell Alexander http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1243449472p2/2340716.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2340716-drake-maxwell-alexander Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:40:23 -0700
Everything created in a series can be considered copyrighted (just depends on the judge who is hearing the case.) It is illegal to try and profit from publishing a story that is, say, written in the Star Trek universe. The only way to do so legally is to have a written contract from the copyright holder of that series. Here is the Wikipedia link to fanfic - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_fiction... As well as another good link - http://www.chillingeffects.org/fanfic/fa... that will answer some of your questions.

As a FYI, however, it is near impossible to write a piece of fan fiction and submit it for publication to the copyright holder. People who write in an established “world/universe” were, more times that not, contacted by the copyright holder and asked to write something for that series. Those authors who petition to write for a particular series must be established with a proven track record before any of the copyright holders will agree to let them write anything. I.E. if you want to write a Star Trek novel, you have to have a clear history of published books before they will even speak to you.

The above being said, I know of no one in this industry who will hunt you down for posting a piece of fan fiction on a website. Technically (and again up to interpretation by the lawyers), you are in copyright violation. But, as long as you are not trying to profit, I doubt anyone will come after you. There are a plethora of fanfic websites and no one seems to bother them. http://www.fanfiction.net/ has tons of stuff if you want to see for yourself.

Hope this helps,

Drake]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/161258-first-scene-flaming-drunkard http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1241816219p2/18009.jpg 2340716 Drake Maxwell Alexander http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1243449472p2/2340716.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2340716-drake-maxwell-alexander Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:24:20 -0700 Jason wrote: Heat errupts throughout

Just a crappy edit, and I am not sure how detailed we want to get with edits as this should be an exercise about story and character development and not technical aspects, but "erupts" is the correct spelling.

MAD]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/160868-bar-scene-intro-and-rules http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1241816219p2/18009.jpg 2340716 Drake Maxwell Alexander http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1243449472p2/2340716.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2340716-drake-maxwell-alexander Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:47:40 -0700
MAD]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/158637-introduce-your-character-here http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1241816219p2/18009.jpg 2340716 Drake Maxwell Alexander http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1243449472p2/2340716.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2340716-drake-maxwell-alexander Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:27:47 -0700
Kinda reminiscent of the bar at the end of the universe. Wait! *slaps himself* Fantasy, fantasy. Not sci-fi.

MAD]]> Tyranny's Outpost (Tyranny) by J. A. Wilkins]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59776340 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KnILe0YqL._SL75_.jpg 2340716 Drake Maxwell Alexander http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1243449472p2/2340716.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2340716-drake-maxwell-alexander Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:44:37 -0700 First Voyage (Paperback) by Anthology (12 Authors)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57666744 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5175C6ycN8L._SL75_.jpg 2340716 Drake Maxwell Alexander http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1243449472p2/2340716.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2340716-drake-maxwell-alexander Thu, 28 May 2009 17:13:16 -0700