The road less travelled...

I found this from fandom_wank via fanficrants.

Apparently, Anne Rice has decided to tell the story of Jesus Christ's early years in "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt"

I invite you to consider just this sentence for a moment:

"But in humility, I have attempted something transformative which we writers dare to call a miracle in the imperfect human idiom we possess."

There are other gems, but for that you must click on the link and then read the letter that is linked there. (And yes, I nearly went off into 'holier than thou' speak, but managed to avoid it with a great force of will...)

And yes, this is the author who has this to say on the subject of fan fiction:

"I do not allow fan fiction.

The characters are copyrighted. It upsets me terribly to even think about fan fiction with my characters. I advise my readers to write your own original stories with your own characters.

It is absolutely essential that you respect my wishes."

As has been mentioned by a number of people, there is quite a large Bible-fic community out there, who will presumably now be told that, although they were there first, everything biblical is now Anne Rice's department. I can only imagine priests will have to get her permission before they can read the Bible in Church on Sundays.

Could someone please hand me something sharp and pointy? RTW, I need you!