Publishing Startup Out to Prove FanFic Authors Can Have Mainstream Success
Along with proving that the fan fiction community can offer, in the words of the press's tagline, "original content for an original audience," Davies and her fellow editors hope to facilitate their protégés' transition from fanfic writers to published authors.
"It can be very difficult to transition out of fan fiction," says Davies, who is both a fanfic writer and professional novelist. "There is such a community feel to fandom. When you write fan fiction, you get immediate feedback on your work. That's really rewarding, but when you're writing a novel, you write it alone. We're trying to give them a supporting community to write in, a sort of microcosm of fandom, and give them the tools to write great novels."
Ellen Harvey is a freelance writer and editor who covers the latest technologies and strategies reshaping the publishing landscape. She previously served as the Senior Editor at Publishing Executive and Book Business.