*nods* Yeah; I think the odds of having something like that come up are actually kind of rare, and if you *do* generate something that large, you'll be able to sit and home and live off your writing -- I don't think the down side would be especially onerous at that point. *g* I think it bothers me more from a social perspective than any sort of practical concern -- just the fact that you wouldn't be able to plunge wholeheartedly into your own fandom, despite your love for the characters, but basically have to fan in private (or participate under a pseudonym, which would be a trifle odd...).
That's a neat thing about anime/manga fandoms ... it's going to be really interesting to see what happens in the next twenty years, as more and more writers come into the American publishing market through fandom, and fanfic becomes ever more "out". I remember in the late '90s worrying that fandom and fanfic was going to become steadily more marginalized, as the publishers became aware of it -- remember all the C&Ds and paranoia? And look at it now ... it's more mainstream than ever, far more visible and accepted than I would have dreamed a decade ago.
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Date: 2010-05-14 10:35 pm (UTC)That's a neat thing about anime/manga fandoms ... it's going to be really interesting to see what happens in the next twenty years, as more and more writers come into the American publishing market through fandom, and fanfic becomes ever more "out". I remember in the late '90s worrying that fandom and fanfic was going to become steadily more marginalized, as the publishers became aware of it -- remember all the C&Ds and paranoia? And look at it now ... it's more mainstream than ever, far more visible and accepted than I would have dreamed a decade ago.