An apology from Diana

It turns out that yesterday's blog entry from Diana was not, in fact, truly the final word from her on this fan-fiction issue. She has just posted an apology, of sorts, to those who were offended by her initial comments.

Looking over some of the comments now, though, I see that some of you were not responding to the discussion of fan-fiction as such, but were under the impression that I had called you all rapists, was making fun of people who’d been raped, etc., etc.

I’d like to apologize to anybody who thought that. I’m not sure why you _did_ think so—really, go back and look at what I said, not what someone else told you I said. There’s no mention whatever of rape or rapists, none—but if you did, then naturally you’d be hurt and offended, and I regret very much that you should have been made to feel that way.

It may be a case of "too little, too late" for some people. So be it. But if any of you care to post a link to Diana's apology on one of the many sites where people have been ranting about this all week, I'm sure she would appreciate your helping to get the word out. Thank you.

Related posts:

Fan-fiction and copyright
Fan-fiction and copyright: Diana's response
More on the fan-fiction controversy
Diana Gabaldon's official fan-fiction policy
One final comment about fan-fiction