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Visit our Help Center. I write to music. I write to music all the time, so some of it makes it in. I just wanted her to have this amazing skill. That was important to me. Why the European setting? The Balkans is a whole different ballgame. I just find Albania particularly such a fascinating place. Other people put it wherever they see fit, and people can only view stuff through the prism of their own experiences.
Why do you think people love to hate on your work? I did it in my spare time, having fun, writing for myself. And I think that really pisses people off sometimes. And is it hard for you to deal with or are you good at letting it roll off your back?
It happens to this other person, this E. Although the "Fifty Shades" character Ana has been criticized for her lack of personality, James tried to make it clear that Alessia is strong and "more than just a pretty face," echoing a sentiment that Christian makes about Ana in "Fifty Shades" but doing so more convincingly than he did.
In "The Mister," Alessia is a piano prodigy who plays as a way to mentally escape from her dire refugee situation. James' sixth novel, with its brand-new story and cliffhanger ending, showcases the author "trying to do something that's — though it's a complete fantasy on one level — kind of authentic," she says. If the work isn't well-received, then, she jokes, alter ego "E. Nine years after the last Harry Potter book hit shelves, J.
There are over , Harry Potter -related fanfics on Fanfiction. Twilight is second with over , works. Archive of Our Own , established in late , boasts over , Harry Potter fanworks, the most for any series in any medium, with the exception of TV series Supernatural , The most famous fanfiction author to go pro from the Harry Potter fandom is Cassandra Clare. She published her wildly popular Draco Trilogy from to , several years before James posted Master of the Universe.
Clare has been accused of plagiarism and cyberbullying by members of the fanfiction community, which she denies. In , after a Fanfiction. Clare spent three years on the New York Times bestseller list, and in , she signed a three-book deal reportedly in the high seven figures. Her Mortal Instruments novels has also made it to the small screen as the Shadowhunters series on Freeform.
Shadowhunters, currently in its second season, averaged a modest 2. That said, Clare is still facing allegations regarding her work. Dark-Hunter author Sherrilyn Kenyon filed a copyright and trademark infringement suit against Clare in February Kenyon has since dropped the copyright claims and the unfair competition claims were dismissed, but the trademark dispute is still ongoing.
Clare maintains these claims are "meritless. Beyond controversial figures such as James and Clare are thousands of authors who have found professional success through their fanfiction, on a smaller scale—but with much less drama. Racheline Maltese owes much of her success to her fanfiction ventures.
Maltese landed her first book deal by responding to a Craigslist posting asking for writers to work on a Harry Potter trivia book. Also, I have a journalism degree. She sent links to her work and signed a book deal the next day.
Maltese met her current co-writer, Erin McRae, through a Glee fanfiction community and now writes for serialized novels, thanks to her fanwork. Titled Tremontaine , the anthology is based on the works of Ellen Kushner and is published by the Serial Box Company, which specializes in serialized works.
Kushner was aware that Maltese already wrote fanfiction based on her series.
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