This has probably been covered, but for a spaz's quick reference...
Is it okay to have famous living people as characters in your novel? One of the main characters in the last chapter of my novel is Gordon Lightfoot. The novel won't work without this chapter, obviously. Am I allowed to do this? To set it up just a bit...
My main character is a semi-famous poet and folksinger. He comes home from France on the day of an ACTUAL benefit concert in Toronto. (I say actual, because it really did take place and Gordon Lightfoot did organize it) I put my character backstage talking to Lightfoot and then on stage opening the show with Lightfoot...the two do a duet together.
Is this possible? No lyrics are mentioned in the novel, but am I still allowed to use a real life character or would this be frowned upon? This is a biggie, since it ends the novel...
Thanks in advance.
Is it okay to have famous living people as characters in your novel? One of the main characters in the last chapter of my novel is Gordon Lightfoot. The novel won't work without this chapter, obviously. Am I allowed to do this? To set it up just a bit...
My main character is a semi-famous poet and folksinger. He comes home from France on the day of an ACTUAL benefit concert in Toronto. (I say actual, because it really did take place and Gordon Lightfoot did organize it) I put my character backstage talking to Lightfoot and then on stage opening the show with Lightfoot...the two do a duet together.
Is this possible? No lyrics are mentioned in the novel, but am I still allowed to use a real life character or would this be frowned upon? This is a biggie, since it ends the novel...
Thanks in advance.