Let’s be honest with one another: the pipeline from fan fiction to original novel is becoming more overt — and talked about — as time goes on. It’s no longer all that shocking in literary communities to read something and find out that it was originally fan fiction. Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid? It started (before later being revised) as a Stucky (Steve and Bucky from the Marvel Cinematic Universe) fanfic, and everyone knows that 50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James got its start by exploring the kinky love life of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen from Twilight.