Chilean journalism student Francisca Solar has just released her debut novel, entitled La Septima M (The Seventh M), which is the first of three books, after being contracted to write on the back of a Harry Potter fan fiction she wrote. Solar is quoted as saying:

“All the things I know about literature, about writing, I learned in the fan fiction world,” Solar told BBC World Service’s The Word programme.

“I owe it everything.”

Apparently:

Solar began her writing career when she found she was so disappointed with JK Rowling’s fifth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, that she wanted to write her own sequel to it.

[Harry Potter and t]he Decline of the High Elves became a massive online smash, generating 80,000 views and positive reviews from Harry Potter fans around the world.

“When I read the fifth book, I was so disappointed - I’m a very critical reader, and I’m a huge fan, so the expectation of this fifth book was great,” Solar said.

“I took the principle characters and I did a story that is more rich than Rowling’s story, because you can have access to the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters.

“In the Harry Potter saga, you can only have access to Harry’s feelings and thoughts. That is a partial view of the Potter universe.”

A great story, one to capture press attention and sell books. She even looks a bit like Rowling, I’ll guess we’ll have to check out the story and see how it compares (though her publishers have said they were not looking for the next JK, but rather something new).

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