how fanfiction helped me find my voice.

thefangirl issue #1

I owe a lot to fan fiction.

It was my first go at really pushing my imagination. It helped me figure out what made an exciting story, how to hook an audience, and how to create the world that I wanted to see, a world that I wanted to live in.

It all started with B2K message boards.

I found them when I was a reserved 11 years old with a stammer, a girl …