Word: kallilli
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Someone with the pen name Christina Kallilli, who describes herself as a high school sophomore from Boston, wrote this breathless fiction, and she wants the world to read it. Well, a certain kind of world, anyway: fellow members of a literary subculture that exploded online in recent years and is especially flourishing at www.fanfiction.net Just in the past 18 months or so, FFN, which launched in late 1998, has attracted tens of thousands of teenagers who like to read and write fan fiction--stories based on celebrities (such as JC from boy band 'N Sync) or popular characters from literature...
...they do. For many writers, that's the best part. Reader comments are logged one click away from the actual story. "It means a lot to get reviews," Kallilli wrote in an e-mail to TIME, "because then you know if you're doing a good job or something isn't working." Her 18-chapter saga, "Second Chance, Second Life"--about JC's romance with his kids' nanny (it's rated PG)--has elicited 151 reviews since it appeared last fall. Most are of the "I loved this story!" and "Great ending!" variety. Not exactly the same level of feedback...
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