Dear Carolyn,
The first thing I have to do is apologize on several grounds. First off because I meant to answer your letter the day after I received it, several weeks ago. Second, because of the sanctioning problem. Carolyn, when I refused to sanction your group, I did not intend to sanction any groups; it seemed to me that I would be playing favorites. Later, when the Robert Jordan-Wheel of Time Fan Club wrote me, I frankly forgot I had ever said that. I decided I would give them a non-exclusive sanction—clearly stated as non-exclusive—and I’m afraid by then I actually thought that is what I had done with you. To set matters aright, I hereby and herewith give your club, the Texas Darkfriends, a non-exclusive sanction from Robert Jordan. I am not saying that I won’t do as much for other clubs—though not very many, certainly; there are the restrictions of the Fan Club Proliferation Treaty (PCPT, pronounced Pttttth!) to be observed, after all—but you are now officially an official Robert Jordan-sanctioned fan club. Or Wheel of Time fan club, anyway. Whichever it is you really see yourselves as.
I will get any addresses of fan clubs that I know of to you, but I often do not even know of their existence. I will hear something along the lines of, “There’s a fan club somewhere in Los Angeles. No, I don’t know where, exactly, and I can’t remember the name, but they hold meetings.” That is just an example, by the way; I have not heard of any fan club in LA. I haven’t heard of this role-playing group either, so far as I can recall.
I am going to talk over with my agent the matter of letting fan clubs put promotional stuff in the back of my books. This is in no way a promise that anything will change, but who knows? I just have to look at all the aspects and talk with some people who know more about the matter than I do.
I haven’t gotten the newsletter with the Texas minutes in it. I look forward to it. I must admit the way so many of you guys call yourselves Darkfriends (as in various “Darkfriend socials” I’ve heard tell of) makes me a tad nervous. Uh, you guys don’t think I’m really—heh-heh—the Dark One in drag, do you? (Grin.) If you do, I’m going to start packing hairbrush, and I won’t be using it to brush anybody’s hair.
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