Sentences with phrase «fan fiction world»

As Kindle World's FIRST Historical Romance fan fiction world, Kathryn Le Veque's World of de Wolfe Pack will contain all of the great story - telling you have come to expect.

Our Christmas story theme continues on Book Lights as host Debra Parmley chats with bestselling historical romance author Kathryn Le Veque about her Kindle World of de Wolfe Pack, Kindle World's FIRST Historical Romance fan fiction world and about the newly released box set, Under the Kissing Bough, the multi-genre, limited edition holiday collection from 15 bestselling authors.

Skrawl announced two partnerships today with the Hollywood community with a new goal in mind, to allow rights» holders for some of these popular fan fiction worlds to weed through the posted stories in search of new story lines and talented writers.

Not exact matches

May 25: Towel Day Wielding «the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have,» join Hitchhiker's Guide fans around the world to celebrate Douglas Adams» contributions to science fiction.

This is partly because it's a relief to see her play a character who is like Anastasia, but far more willing to explore the world beyond a billionaire's glassed - in castle; it's like another layer of fan - fiction, written by someone who cares if Anastasia has agency.

Over the last 50 years, Stanley Kubrick's science - fiction masterpiece has made fans out of some of the world's greatest living directors.

A joyfully perverse exercise in world - building for a franchise that will only live on in fan fiction, the Wachowskis» space opera was a vibrant throwback to gonzo epics like The Fifth Element, Brazil, and the siblings» own The Matrix.

Which to me, means that even if Amazon scored a license for say, the XMen World, I wouldn't be submitting any of my XMen fan fics (Because yes, I have written many of those, most prior to beginning to write original fiction.

Amazon Kindle Worlds were created to be along the lines of fan fiction, but with more polish and better covers.

I know you have over 100 fan fiction stories in the Wool Kindle Worlds section.

Amazon Kindle Worlds (KW) were created by Amazon to be high quality fan fiction.

This is an incredible gift to you, fiction - fans, from the Lost in Fiction team and one of the most sensitive and talented living authors in thefiction - fans, from the Lost in Fiction team and one of the most sensitive and talented living authors in theFiction team and one of the most sensitive and talented living authors in the world.

But it's a fun book, to be sure, and would make great Halloween reading for those who are bigger fans of conspiracy theories, myths, legends and world history than of horror fiction.

FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell St. Martin's, $ 18.99, ISBN 9781250030955 A teen girl is torn between the safety of writing fan fiction and the vulnerability that comes with joining the real world in this romantic, witty tale.

Amazon launched its Kindle Worlds fan fiction platform just over a year ago, and the concept has been a great success for both the rights holders who license content to the site and the fans who adore the concepts and story lines of their favorite authors.

Fan fiction has come into its own, largely thanks to online communities like Wattpad and the Kindle Worlds platform from Amazon that allows authors to publish and monetize on their fanfic works.

Wattpad is likely one of the breakout fan - fiction communities in the world and the Canadian company has just released new app for iOS that prioritizes erotica and romance.

NEW YORK CITY - Oct. 8, 2015 - Pocket Books, long - time publisher of Star Trek novels, is bringing back the popular Star Trek: Strange New Worlds fan - fiction writing contest in celebration of Star Trek's 50th Anniversary in 2016.

I've become somewhat linked with fan fiction and the Kindle Worlds program by allowing fans and fellow writers to play in the world I created with Wool.

Writing fan fiction in his world was a tall order.

Over the past few years, whole new worlds of opportunity have opened up — indie publishing, self - publishing, POD publishing, e-publishing, excerpting, flash fiction, fan fiction, serials, Kindle Singles, and more...

If you're just dipping your toe into science fiction and not sure where to begin or if you're a long - time fan and reader, this stellar collection, which is both historic and unique, is an excellent addition to your elibrary, providing world - class, award - winning reading right now and into the holidays.

As a big fan of writing and science fiction I find it exciting to see a straight path in a world that can feel to big.

As a bonus, we have Rebecca Senese's ten - story science fiction collection Tales of Possibilities; Thomas K. Carpenter's Revolutionary Magic, a historical fantasy and the first in the Dashkova Memoirs; Annie Reed's A Death in Cumberland, a moody police procedural; Nebula Award finalist Cat Rambo's Neither Here Nor There, a double collection of alt - world and real world fantasy stories; and last but not least, USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith's The Slots of Saturn, the origin story for his fan - favorite superhero Poker Boy.

First off, Kindle Worlds are considered fan fiction.

Kindle Worlds, the officially sanctioned fan fiction publishing initiative has been using Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars and Gossip girls as properties for aspiring writings to craft original stories, set in that particular universe.

But the point of fan fiction is that the characters from one literary world are so well - loved that the readers take it upon themselves to begin to write new story lines for the characters, presumably because they could not get enough from the original author's own creations.

When Amazon Publishing announced the creation of its fan fiction publishing site Kindle Worlds, one of its first and most vocal supporters was bestselling author Hugh Howey.

Now, Kindle Worlds has announced that Howey's own work of fan fiction, Peace in Amber, will be released on January 14, 2014.

In the licensed fan fiction model established by Kindle Worlds, rights holders for licensed books, movies, or television shows allow their content to be used for the inspiration for works that can later be published on the platform for royalties.

Sites like Amazon's Kindle Worlds have actually allowed authors to earn royalties on their fan fiction by letting them publish and sell works based on pre-approved books, television shows, or movies.

So how did John Green get to have a fan club of millions of readers, a whole world of fan fiction surrounding his books, and such impressive accolades for his writing?

Developed from fan fiction based on Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series, E.L. James's Fifty Shades of Grey series has certainly caused a commotion in the world of self - publishing.

Storycom is funding The Shimmer Program's Two - way Exchange Fund, intended «to encourage cultural exchange between Chinese science fiction fans and science fiction fans all over the world.»

Kindle Worlds (http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1001197421) is a new publishing platform recently rolled out by Amazon which allows you to write fan - fiction for licensed shows, and get paid for it.

I'm going to start writing Silo and Sand fan fiction soon for Kindle worlds (incidentally, here's one of the covers I'll use).

Kindle Worlds is a project from Amazon that allows authors to write licensed fan fiction in any of the licensed world.

The internet exploded yesterday with Amazon's introduction of «Kindle Worlds,» a new publishing model for writers inspired to write fan fiction (fanfic).

-LSB-...] Worlds — the rise of licensed, for - sale fan fiction.

The media tie - in was essentially the sole professional version of fan fiction until Kindle Worlds came along.

A number of authors and rights» holders are already lending their characters to the platform, allowing fan fiction authors the ability to write new stories with these characters and to publish them via the Kindle Worlds platform for a profit.

Amazon announced today that its fan fiction platform Kindle Worlds is open to submissions and reading.

This move from the world's largest online book retailer may seem to some critics like just another way to make a buck off of books, but to the authors and fans who are participating, it is actually an affirmation of the writing ability of supporters of fan fiction.

In the world of books, Paul Leonard's 2000 work of Doctor Who fan fiction and Chris Beckett's 2008 short story collection share the title, The Turing Test.

Science fiction fans, there's a new world for you to explore in this engaging debut.

We lay out how Fan - Fiction is taking over the world and some of the more interesting moves coming out of Amazon.

There is authorized fan - fiction via Kindle Worlds and you can even read as many books as you want with Kindle Unlimited.

Amazon was in the news today with Kindle Worlds, a new fan - fiction writing service that allows authors to actually earn a little bit of money.

There's something about the transport to a completely different land populated by otherworldly characters that gives fantasy its allure, and YA fans (of all ages) increasingly relate to the alternative worlds represented by the crop of engaging fiction published in recent years.

At a startling moment when one of only two novelists on TIME's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World is a writer of naughty Twilight fan fiction, we don't need the Pulitzer saying that nobody writes good books anymore.