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	notjo 2007-12-21 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	What's the reference to MZB and the other person named about? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	reeve 2007-12-21 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	I'm wondering about that too. Both names are ringing tiny little bells in the back of my head, but I can't recall where I've heard them before. (Reply to this)(Parent)

tofuknight
2007-12-21 10:42 pm UTC (link)

According to later commenter

thecert, the other writer is an antificcer.

"Chelsea Quinn Yarbro is an author who forbids fanfic in her universes. When a fic based on her character Count Saint-Germain was published in a zine anyway, Yarbro sicced her lawyer on the author and publisher and ended up getting all unsold issues of the zine pulled; she also forced the author and publisher to publish an admission of wrongdoing and apology in 4 consecutive issues of Publishers Weekly and to write numerous other letters of apology to individuals and publications in the relevant field."

More detail apparently here

Still not sure what the MZB is about.

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	velvet_mace 2007-12-21 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	IIRC some idiot fanficcer claimed MZB stole her idea and wanted moneys, so MZB went from pro-fanfic to anti-fanfic. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	immlass 2007-12-21 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	MZB = Marion Zimmer Bradley. She had to shelve a novel set in her Darkover universe because it was too similar to (and possibly derivative from) a fanfic she'd read. http://www.fanworks.org/writersresource/?action=define&authorid=53&tool=fanpolicy (Reply to this)(Parent)

	fuzzybluelogic 2007-12-21 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	The hilarity in Yarbo's thing is what she wrote? Is fanfiction of a Real Guy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	priestesspadfoo 2007-12-22 12:36 am UTC (link)
	Wow, that's... special. Or something. I'm kind of blown away by the hypocrisy so I can't really think of a good word. The bingo card is funny, though. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	frau_eva 2007-12-22 04:00 am UTC (link)
	I was JUST about to point that out. "Wait...but isn't that...a real person? Can you own a real person like that?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kosaginolegion 2007-12-22 02:28 pm UTC (link)
	Someday, once I'm an established author, I'm going to imply heavily that one of my characters was St. Germain. She won't be able to say a thing because the only similarity between him and her version of St. Germain is the fact that they're short and pretty. (Reply to this)(Parent)

m_butterfly
2007-12-28 07:50 am UTC (link)

Well that explains why I haven't run across any slash for the books, which always puzzled me, because as I struggled through the first book, the only thing that kept me going was the vague hope perhaps the subtext would be paid off somehow. Of course, back then I didn't know the author was a ragingly insecure nutjob.

(Also, the readership of Publisher's Weekly doesn't care about your tiny ~~peen~~ pen complex, Ms. Yarbro.)

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kittenmommy
2007-12-25 12:27 am UTC (link)

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro is the author of "The Saint-Germain" series of books about a vampire. They're historical romance/vampire novels ~~with identical plots~~ that I read like crack. And she frowns upon people writing fanfic of her works ~~though seriously, her books all follow the same formula and I could write one in my sleep~~.

I don't know what the deal is with MZB. Maybe she also frowned on fanfic?

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	velvet_mace 2007-12-21 10:45 pm UTC (link)
	What no: "C & D" spot? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ecchaniz0r 2007-12-22 01:17 pm UTC (link)
	ICON! Excuse me, I need to eee now. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ms_treesap 2007-12-21 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	I think I saw it before the Gldbrg wank appeared here checks date Yeah,it was posted on the 14th. (Reply to this)

	julesnoctambule 2007-12-21 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	It's missing the Anne Rice space. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	wtf 2007-12-22 02:49 am UTC (link)
	Clearly, you are interrogating this bingo card from the wrong perspective. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rosehiptea 2007-12-22 05:27 am UTC (link)
	I was about to say the the same thing! That, and the "underage Harry Potter characters" square. But maybe "THINK OF THE CHILDREN" will have to do. (Reply to this)(Parent)