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With Online Collaborative Novel "Shadow Unit," Can Fanfic Cross Over?

Elizabeth Bear, author of awesome scifi novel Carnival along with many others, writes in to tell us about an interesting new online project she's involved with. It's called Shadow Unit, and it's basically an effort to turn the tradition of group-written fanfiction into something more literary than gushing over Harry Potter's pink cheeks. With fanfiction fast becoming an accepted way to break into the book biz, and somebody like Bear on board, we're definitely paying attention. Shadow Unit was created by Emma Bull, who has taught at prestigious scifi writers workshop Clarion West, with help from Will Shetterly, Sarah Monette, and Amanda Downum. Here's what Bear had to say about it. More »

2:00 PM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Annalee Newitz
941 views, 11 comments

Latest by Jeff-Minor: Wordsworth? That poor girl. Might as well move to Yeasts. I'm starting on Bear and find that she likes to do little research projects and share a lot of her knowledge with the reader. I think it works well for more »