Why I actually pay good money for this man's writing:

[maybe_amanda101]

"I think that all writing is useful for honing writing skills. I    think you get better as a writer by writing, and whether that means that    you’re writing a singularly deep and moving novel about the pain or    pleasure of modern existence or you’re writing Smeagol-Gollum slash    you’re still putting one damn word after another and learning as a    writer.    (I just made that up. I imagine it would go something like: “Oh, the    preciouss, we takes it our handssses and we rubs it and touchess it,    gollum….no, Smeagol musst not touch the preciousss, the master said   only he can touch the precioussss…. bad masster, he doess not know the    precious like we does, no, gollum, and we wants it, we wants it hard in    our handses, yesss…” etc etc)" ----- Neil Gaiman on fanfiction

The man's a smarty every day...
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Comments

[tlynnfic.livejournal.com]

I totally worship at the altar of Neil Gaiman.

[maybe-amanda.livejournal.com]

And he gets it. I love when normal humans get it.

[milady-darken.livejournal.com]

Sorry to butt in.
But I think it might be mildly insulting to Mr. Gaiman to call him normal :p
He is awesome and amazing, and yes I also buy his books, just so I can then lend them to my friends and create more Gaiman fans.

On the other hand it would be slightly hypocritical of him to say fanfic is bad. Just because it's public domain and he gets paid for it doesn't really make some of the stuff he writes NOT fanfic.
Still he is awesome and amazing and deserves worshiping. (also can we have more of the Smeagol-Gollum?)
K bye
(Loved your Sherlock fanfic that's how I got here; love you even more for appreciating Neil)

(frozen)

[maybe-amanda.livejournal.com]

He's way normal - that's exactly WHY he's so awesome. And yes - I don't library him, or if I do, I follow up with a purchase. He deserves it. (Graveyard Book is perhaps the most adorable thing ever written). Also he DOES write fanfic, and makes no bones about it. (And thanks for the kind words on my/our fanfic (most of my Sherlock stuff is co-authored. Part three should start posting this week :D :D :D)

[franthewndrhrse.livejournal.com]

The fanfic snippet is the best part.

[maybe-amanda.livejournal.com]

That's the beauty - theory and practice ;)

[milady-darken.livejournal.com]

Neil Gaiman is AWESOME!

Sorry if I sounded disparaging. It was very early in the morning. My filters were a bit off, especially after having been woken up by my cats running over me.
The Graveyard Book made me so sad I'm no longer a kid, because I would have loved giving that book to a younger me, I probably would have grown up to love books even more then I currently do. And it made me cry just because it was ending. The most brilliant imagining of a werewolf ever, and she was from my country YEY!
(Oh My! New Fic! New Fic! New Fic! New Fic! You guys are amazing)

[dryadinthegrove]

Ah hahahahaha!

God I love him.