Fan fiction takes this one step further as it urges readers to transform themselves into self-published authors! What’s great about fan fiction is that one of the challenging aspects of writing - the World Building - is already done. In just a few years, I was fortunate to go from self-publishing to writing full-time. New avenues of artistic expression have opened to readers in the past decade. Lord knows, I’m an expert.) Take a moment and think about the natural progression, here. I certainly do! (Speaking of bestseller, The Runner has already cracked the top 100 in two Amazon categories! I like to think I took the first of many screen-caps to come in WJ Davies’s writing career. Yes, the names were changed and the book edited to avoid the fanfic label, but why not celebrate the work’s origins? Whatever you think of the popularity of the series, I believe we should give this rise from reader to writer to bestseller a round of applause. EL James’s series 50 Shades of Grey accounted for 1 out of every 20 books sold last year. Let’s not forget that the top-selling author of 2012 came from fan fiction.
All comers have my blessing as a fellow writer (and as an appreciative reader). Anyone can write them as far as I’m concerned. Besides, I’m not making a cent off these works. The writing in this story is top-notch, but the spirit is one of fanfic rather than licensing. One commenter pointed out that technically this isn’t fanfic since it has a price, and while I agree with the distinction, I like to think we can have the best of both worlds. I suggested he post the story on Amazon and charge for his hard work. His plan was to give the work away, but I told him he was crazy ( the same thing I told David Adams a while back). It most certainly is! WJ asked me for permission, and I readily granted it. People want to know if this is okay with me. You’ll have to read to see what I mean.Īfter diving into the story, I raved about it on Facebook, which sparked an interesting discussion. The concept of giving up rooms to save a silo is brilliant. Davies riffs on the flashback structure of the original Wool and writes with an evocative style that I wish I could emulate. I don’t want to spoil the plot I’ll just say that The Runner is a fantastic story that deserves to be read. It took place within our world while referencing Wool, and rumor has it that David is now wrapping up another story from within the Wooliverse. Meanwhile, WJ Davies has just released one of his own. Lacuna author David Adams brought us Shear Terror, a frightening and brilliant satire of Wool fandom-gone-wild.
This isn’t the first piece of fan fiction from the Wooliverse. It takes place in a buried silo where population control is critical, the Down Deep is flooding, and loved ones are being put to death. An amazing story was just self-published on Amazon.
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