# Amateur fantasy fiction sites

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-fantasy-fiction-sites/204921>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 1, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-fantasy-fiction-sites/204921 "2003-10-01T13:52:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-fantasy-fiction-sites/204921/1 "2003-10-01T13:52:51Z")

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My 14-year old son is quite a fan of fantasy fiction. I know Legends of the Drow, and lately he has been in some other series. _The fantasy/SF genres are not my bailiwick._ He is also a huge Star Trek/Star Wars freak, big fan of BTVS, a D&D DM, etc. ad infinitum.

He has recently begun writing his own stories, and claims to want to publish them. He gave me the first 2 pages of a story yesterday and, to my untrained eyes, it seemed pretty good. Not perfectly written, but seemed to set up an interesting setting of vampires versus some other species. I would really like to encourage this creative process…

But in my ignorance, I wondered if it was derivative of other stuff he may have read. I remember when he was writing some space stories, I could easily see Starship Trooper and Ender influences.

Do you know of any sites where people can post their amateur fantasy fiction for sharing and comment? Preferably, I would like something that was - um - no more than R-rated in terms of content and commentary as he is only in 8th grade.

Alternatively, would you guys like to see what he’s got and comment? (Right now I only have a hard copy, but I could toss up an electronic version tonight.)

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**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-fantasy-fiction-sites/204921/2 "2003-10-01T15:20:52Z")

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I recommend he check out [www.hollylisle.com](http://www.hollylisle.com). She has a strong fantasy writer community, and she’s a bestselling author who has plenty of sensible advice. He should also check out the Forgotten Realms novel board on the Wizards of the Coast message board ([http://boards1.wizards.com](http://boards1.wizards.com), under Forgotten Realms).

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**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-fantasy-fiction-sites/204921/3 "2003-10-03T19:39:10Z")

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I just thought of something and found the site for it. Have your son consider trying [http://www.nanowrimo.org/index.php](http://www.nanowrimo.org/index.php)