What About Fan Fiction?

Every now and then I am asked about the fan fiction I used to write back in the day. Today, I was asked about a particular epic that may or may not have included several real actors from LOTR....Well, needless to say, that when I decided to write the OF (original fiction), I not only took down all of my fan fic, I desolved the old website. I am not ashamed of it...well, I don't think that I am and God knows that I loved the amount of attention and feedback that I got from the fan fic community, but now that I'm in business with a publisher, I get paranoid. What if someone sued me? Would it effect my career in the long run?

I don't know how publishers deal with former fan fic writers, but I do know that a lot of writers (ebook especially) cut their teeth in fan fic. I would love to know what they have done with their old fan fic cataloges. As for me, I would love to rewrite and transform those steamy tales in to original works but with 4 projects on the TBW (to be written) list, it won't be anytime soon...Que Sera, Sera...