![]() But, as discussed by Rioter Dana Lee in a previous post on fan fiction, it’s got a large collection of fanfics from the past few decades. But I still enjoy reading it for stress relief and a reminder that writing can be purely for joy and personal fulfillment if you want it to be.įan Fiction Dot Net was extremely popular during the 2000s, but is less used these days (partially because their site looks about the same as it did when it began in 1998). These days, I’m a reader of fanfic more so than a writer of it - in part because I have other writing projects that take up more of my time, and a day job, and non-writing hobbies that help me avoid burnout but also take up time, et cetera, et cetera. Fan fiction not only helped me practice character development but also come to terms with my queer identity through pairings I enjoyed, especially since I grew up in a fairly conservative area where being queer wasn’t something I could share without losing friends. Through middle and high school, I wrote fanfic for a ton of different fandoms but mainly The Avengers. And to my surprise, there were tons of them on a magical but now outdated site called “Fan Fiction Dot Net.” So, since I’m 24 now, that’s more than half of my life ago! It was then that I loved Twilight and a few other fantasy novels so much that I was desperate to find more stories in that universe and Google searched for that exact thing. I began writing fan fiction in around 2008, when I was 11 years old. Their debut mystery novel BOARD TO DEATH is forthcoming from Kensington Books. ![]() They are a Pitch Wars alumnus and an Author Mentor Match R9 mentor. CJ Connor is a cozy mystery and romance writer whose main goal in life is to make their dog proud. ![]()
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