KimBoo York – Policies

Original Fiction Transformative Use Policy

As a fangirl, the right to put media I love to the test by transforming it into fanfiction is something I protect ferociously.

As an author of original fiction, the right of anyone to put media I have created to the test by transforming it into fanworks is something I protect ferociously.

Fanworks policy:

Do whatever you want, however you want, but do NOT share it with me. For legal and ethical reasons I cannot read/view/watch your fanworks of my characters. I wish I could, I really do! You have NO IDEA how much I wish I could!!!! But I cannot. Any requests along those lines, or links to such works, will be immediately deleted.

Selling your fanwork: I know it happens, I don’t need to know about the occassional sale. If you are building a business, though, please reference the “Licensing policy” (below). I give very favorable rates to fanartists who want to sell related products for fans (keychains, enamel pins, commissioned art, etc.).

Derivative works policy:

If you want to take a world I have created  and write a story in it featuring your own original characters, please feel free! Yes, that includes the commercial rights to sell your story without sharing the proceeds with me. It’s all yours, baby!

The limitation here is that you cannot use MY characters — that would be fanfic, and see above policy for that. I’m willing to allow cameos of my characters, as long as they only appear in one scene of your story. Of course your characters can talk about my characters as much as they want, and places and settings are free to use with no restrictions.

If you create a derivative work, please credit me and include links to my own story(ies) somewhere so people know that your story is set in one of my ‘verses. I will likewise be happy to promote your story!

Please understand, though, that whatever you write will not be considered “canon” for the ‘verse(s) as I write them. You will essentially be creating a “canon-divergent AU” of the canon’verse. I’m open to discussion about that for specific characters/historical events/etc. but my word is final.

Licensing policy:

I believe my transformative use policies for fanworks and derivative works (above) is pretty lenient and should cover most usage requests. However, if you are looking to adapt my own works or use parts of them for your project, you will need to secure licensing rights from me. Examples include but are not limed to:

• If you want to use my stories for adaptations (including but not limited to translations, movies, tv/web dramas, animations, podcasts, graphic novels, etc).
• If you want to include any of my characters in your derivative work (see above), no matter the format.
• If you want to produce and sell any kind of merchandise featuring my characters/stories.

Please email me at House of York for more information on licensing.

Fanfic Transformative Use Policy

Blanket permission to remix/transform/study:
You do not need to ask my permission to remix, podfic, translate, create art for or create secondary fanwork of any fanwork I have posted. I would love to have such work linked back to me/inspired by credit, if possible, because I adore seeing what great things people do with my meagre ideas!

If you want to use any of my fanworks in an academic study or as reference in an academic work or as part of a course you are teaching, you do NOT need my written permission to do so, nor do I require to be informed of it at all (although I admit I’d be curious if you do!)

Linking, Reposting, Reviewing:

• • Feel free to link to my work from any platform you frequent (tumblr, bluesky, instagram, fb, discord, tiktok, etc.!).
  • DO NOT REPOST MY WORK EVER ANYWHERE without my written permission.
  • Please feel free to review/link my work on any platform you frequent and YES THAT INCLUDES GOODREADS. I am not here to police your fandom experience.

Reader Policy

I have been a fangirl from the time I was very young. There is a whole story there about me falling into and out of “fandom” over the years, but I’m firmly ensconced in it now and plan to remain so.

I started out in 2007 writing fanfic on LJ, but that’s all been moved over to AO3. You can find my recent work here and my older stuff under the Cooper West (aka Mikey) nom de plume.

I expect readers to hold their end of the bargain, that being:

Things you need to be aware of if you read my fic:

 Social Media Statement

Hello! You are probably here because you considered following me on one of my (too many) social media (aka “socmed”) platforms (links in footer, below). I have several because I not only have personal accounts but business accounts (such as a personal Facebook profile and a couple of Facebook “pages” for my businesses).

A few things you should know before you commit to following me, though:

1. My pronouns are “she/her.” I am cis-gendered and I respect the pronouns and names which people assign to themselves. Anyone misgendering or deadnaming others will be immediately, summarily blocked.
2. I mix business with pleasure! My socmed accounts are all a combination of business, personal commentary, fandom squee/meta, and politics. If you ONLY want to get, say, business updates, you are better off signing up for one of my newsletters or following a specific fb page.
3. This is because socmed is more “social” than “media” for me. My accounts are my space to be myself, have fun, interact with friends, and generally try to have a good time during the dystopian hellscape that is late stage capitalism…which sadly means that I also have to spend time in between crying over c-dramas and yelling about politics actually promoting my own businesses, because Keely needs to be fed. 😕
4. If you don’t want any posts/tweets/whatev promoting my businesses, then your best bet is probably tumblr, as I do the least amount of biz promotion there (although I do talk about and promote my original fiction there).
5. I try to openly, sincerely interact with people who comment on my posts whether you follow me or not, but life is short and I am busy, so if I don’t get around to you specifically please don’t take it personally. If you really need to reach me, email me.
6. I am a progressive queer socialist intersectional feminist Jew who is pro-union, pro-choice, pro-BLM, pro-antifa, and pro-ACAB. I loathe MAGAts and TERFs, and will block sealions on sight. I regularly share political posts reflecting my beliefs, including ones that name-and-shame Republicans and other Christofascists. If that bothers you, then you should not follow me on any platform.
7. In that vein, my blocking/DNI policy is that I reserve the right to do so at any time, without warning. I curate my timelines for ME, not for THEE.
8. I actively practice being anti-racist and anti-colonialist but, I’m also a white woman from the Southern USA, so I expect to get things wrong on the regular. Let me know if you see me make mistakes, but please do so with kindness.

I reserve the right to update this statement with whatever comes to mind as important to note. Thank you for the follow!