So, for those of you who don't know, I work for amazon.com. I started in the Tax Software department (which is about as exciting as you would imagine), until about a year and a half ago. I was approached by a manager I respect deeply to work on a new secret project that landed squarely in my interests - and he couldn't tell me anything more until I'd signed on the dotted line.

Okay, so that last bit isn't exactly true. I knew what I was getting into, but I couldn't tell anyone else until we launched - which finally happened today!

I give you the last year and a half's work: Write On by Kindle.

Write On is a social space for reading and writing, especially around works in progress. While it's primarily for original work, fanfiction is cool too - we like writers and we like stories. The PPC itself is something I haven't even tried to discuss with the business people, let alone the lawyers, so it's probably a gray area, but I would love nothing more than to see a healthy dose of the spirit of the PPC show up in the Write On community.

If you're looking for a space to write in, or a community to write with, please give Write On a poke - at the very least, I'd love to hear your thoughts on what we've built.