Re: Fan fiction in general was: MOVED from MAIN - "sequels" to the classics

[Carol]

> Magpie:
> I totally understand. I remember somebody who always wrote about 
> Sirius saying that after he died they said, "Big deal, I'll just write 
> fanfic that's AU!" but then they found they couldn't. 
> 
> That's another reason I don't like her constant off-the-cuff facts in 
> interviews. They really can shut doors in your imagination for no 
> reason.

Carol responds:

"AU"? In book production, "AU" is how an editor addresses the author
in a Post-it note attached to the manuscript. How are you using it here?

Carol, agreeing about the off-the-cuff remarks shutting doors in the
reader's imagination