some prominent authors have given their blessings to fan fiction, notably j.k. rowling. by 2014, there were already almost 750,000 harry potter fan stories on the web, ranging from short stories to novel-length tomes. rowling said she was "flattered" that people wanted to write their own stories based on her fictional characters. similarly, stephenie meyer has put links on her website to fan fiction sites about her characters from the "twilight" series. the "fifty shades" trilogy was developed from a "twilight" fan fiction originally titled "master of the universe" and published episodically on fan-fiction websites under the pen name "snowqueen's icedragon". the piece featured characters named after stephenie meyer's characters in "twilight", edward cullen and bella swan.