Whew! That Was Fun!

And so we've reached the end of Jane's story—and what a way to finish things! There were so many great endings to choose from—Jane ended up with Dave in a lot of them (aw, Dave), but she ended up with Max in quite a few, too. At least once, she didn’t wait for Dave to kiss her—but took the kissing into her own hands. Jane even ended up dead in a chapter (poor Jane). But in our winning chapter, time stopped long enough for Jane to learn some advanced magic so she could vanquish Melinda once and for all. She thought she'd lost Dave there for a sad and scary second, but he came around and the chapter ended with a kiss. Thanks, Scarlet, for giving our story such a sweet and satisfying ending.

Although this is the end for creating Jane's story, this isn't the end for HarperTeen FanLit! We're going to keep the Forums up, so you can still share your writing and chat with the friends you've made over the last couple of months. We love the community you helped us to create here—and by "you" I mean every single person who wrote a chapter or commented on the stories or posted on the forum or who did all three—and we want to keep giving you the encouragement and insight into your favorite authors' lives we've been sharing. So we'll be posting new blogs and writing tips, too.

Stay tuned for news in the next few weeks about the publication of the e-book you helped create—and be on the lookout for more ways you can participate in HarperTeen FanLit. Meanwhile, feel free to send us any thoughts you want to share about the event—what you liked, what you thought we could've done better…anything at all (as long it relates to HarperTeen FanLit). And as soon as we know anything about whether we'll be doing another writing event, you guys will be the first to know.

So congrats to Scarlet, for winning this week's chapter, ARose1123 for winning the Fox Webisode prize, Dorkysokerchick for winning the trip to meet us at HarperTeen (I hope you don't mind if we call you Lisa when you're here) AND to everyone who participated. HarperTeenFanLit wouldn't have been the same without you.

See ya real soon, I hope.

Farrin Jacobs
Executive Editor, HarperTeen