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From newspaper serialized fiction to literary stardom: Charles Dickens See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The predecessor to Fire in the Heart is West Against the Wind, which began as serialized fiction.
My great-grandfather, Reuben Ketchum, wrote serial stories for newspapers in the 19th century.
For others, like Charles Dickens, serialized fiction was the springboard to literary stardom.