Okay, my evening was (pleasantly) interrupted by That Romeo And Juliet post blowing up again, so I need to clarify some things and I need to do it fast:
1) Guys, you’re not entitled to take someone else’s idea and write it just because it’s on tumblr. I feel like I’m on the wrong side of a generation gap here, but – no, on a community based so completely on People Not Stealing our ideas, artwork, fanfiction etc, you gotta understand it’s not on. I’ve had countless messages of people asking ‘hey can I use that idea for x or y’ (and often the much ruder ‘hey I’m using your idea for x and y, just wanted to let you know’). Find your own ideas!
2) That Romeo And Juliet Thing (I find it impossible to call it anything else now) really will be published someday. What do I have to back up that statement? Not much. One hopeful comment from a publisher, and 103649 notes (which seems like a lot, but I know perfectly well it translates into virtually nothing in the real world.) But I’ve sunk a LOT into it, more than I’ve ever explained to you on tumblr, and I hope so much that in this brave new world of everyone doing social media and everyone knowing about kickstarter – something might come of it. I don’t know what. But something. If the traditonal route doesn’t work, there are other things I can try.
Obviously, none of this will mean anything if the story itself isn’t any good. But I think it is, or it’s getting there. You can find bits of it on the tag: maybe you think so, too.
Tumblr is a big, terrifying, nigh-on lawless zone so I apologise if I’m being overprotective of something most people wouldn’t think twice about, but I really do think I have to be careful now. People are adding things to the post and I’m deliberately not looking at them, and I probably won’t be answering many messages about the entire thing, either.
I’ll keep you updated. Serious Business concluded.