The Muse Is Never Monogamous (WisCon 30 Panel)

A few notes about titles & incidents mentioned on the panel.

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writer of the happy cat / ... ? before colin doyle * sold his copyright * handsome cat publishing company formed * first guaranteed million seller in crime genre * FERGUS SHIRE NEVER HAD A BOOK SO SUCCESSFUL AGAIN * worst business decision he made in his career

j. m. barrie - peter pan * what happened with hook

• creativity ... right to re-use works

• insulin re-peating patents with twists

• 17.5 years ago published a short story in a fantasy magazine; 8 years ago this story was paid homage to in a movie that made a lot of money. told two things: don't own the idea; hard lesson to learn. they don't own the idea either but anyone can pay homage to it.

• h. g. wells still in copyright ... continuation from The Time Machine
• manuscript assessment / did a sequel to h.g. wells. i said do you realize that you might end up having to pay money to h.g. wells estate; he phoned me up long-distance & thanked me.

• gregory maguire - wicked. did lots of checking on movie as well as book to make sure not taking too much.

• panelist poem on making light

• dr. rink superhero shrink

• lucy sussex / writing a history of crime fiction -- enabled circulation of texts
  • poe w/in a couple of months of rue morgue published
  • began to get picked up in france
  • poe never saw any money from his

• the hitler diaries / forger who mostly forged paintings
  • news of the weird
  • the guy's daughter has been selling his forged paintings
  • two forgers, the one was forging vermeers for the nazis
  • forged old masters collectible in their own right
  • fake fakes
  • orson welles /

• graphic design - notion that everything is up for grabs
  • susan mieselas / riot /

• poets & graphic artists - want a particular reaction

• nonfiction book on teaching genetics to non-scientists

• mad hot ballroom

• poem about death of princess diana / andrew motion
  • published all over the web
  • a lot of people saw it who had never seen his work before
  • contributed to him becoming the british poet laureate

• star wars / crewof2.com