As someone in the process of conceptualizing how to file a set of serial numbers off something, I really appreciate this. Especially because the agent who may be working with me (friend-of-a-friend thing) isn't someone who groks fandom. My plan is to be honest with him--in fact, he already knows that I'm planning on doing the fanfic to ofic swap--and my canon is sufficiently in the American unconscious (if you were alive in the 90s, at least) so that he can serve as a sounding board. I'm also telling the story of an OC, and a story that takes place firmly outside of canon timelines and, frankly, almost outside of canon genre. So, you know, I think the switch is possible. But I'm really glad to see people on the other side of the game talking about what the problems are, so I can think about them as I go about it.
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Date: 9 Feb 2010 03:46 am (UTC)