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I am someone who survived for years on getting my reading fix through fan fiction. I long ran out of space for new books & I needed the money for more important things. But I also love & needed to read. My first favorite FF is Star Trek mostly Voyager stories. Currently I'm reading a lot of The Devil Wears Prada stories.
Some of it is awful, & some of it is terrific, you quickly learn to spot the good from the bad. Some of these writers have gone on to be published writers.
My first jump into FF was I was looking for stories featuring Janeway & Seven of Nine in action adventure stories. What I found was a writer by the name of Gina L Dartt who's Just Between Series of stories are the ones that everyone elses are measured.
Her stories are slash in nature which I wasn't looking for, but I decided to have an open mind and read the first story. It was absolutely TERRIFIC! She maintained the continuity of the ST universe & she maintained the characters continuity. But she took the characters & stories where the tv show obviously couldn't/will never take them.
Gina has written over 100 stories in the ST universe & has two published books and is considered one of the best writers for fan fiction. Another woman who started out with ST fan fiction and now has 7 published books to her name is Gun Brooke.
Just like with everything else I have come across some published authors who I have no idea how they have gotten published because the book that I read was so awful. But I have read many wonderful stories & they have become my favorite authors.
If you are willing to keep and open mind, and be willing to hunt for some stories or ask for good stories from other FF readers, you just might find many hours of entertainment in reading fan fiction. It is what kept me sane before I got my Sony reader. But make no mistake, I have converted some of my favorites & put them on my reader as well as the over 200 books that I have gotten since getting my reader.
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