my reputation precedes me.

[ewein2412]

I am listed under "Authors Who Support FanFic About Their Work"... FWIW

http://fanlore.org/wiki/Professional_Author_Fanfic_Policies

Comments

[lnbw.livejournal.com]

I would not be surprised if there's a whole lot of people who don't consider something "fanfic" if it's based on a classic. See also Jane Austen sequels, Gone with the Wind sequels, etc.

There are also at least two authors on the list of authors who disapprove of fanfiction who have written fairy tale retellings, which is at least a different degree of the same thing (Orson Scott Card's Enchantment and Robin McKinley's... well, almost everything, but we'll start with The Outlaws of Sherwood and Beauty and Deerskin and...).

[ewein2412]

wow, I hadn't even made that connection re. Robin McKinley. you are quite right!

Part of my own sheepish attitude is based on the fact that all my own books more or less qualify as Arthurian fanfic.

[3rdragon]

I can see writing retellings but not supporting fanfic if it's a character issue. Most fairy tale people don't have much in terms of personality.

That still doesn't excuse the classics-means-it's-not-fanfic people, though.