Writers on the Web
Jun. 11th, 2009 02:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I came across this community.
http://community.livejournal.com/ae_stories/friends
Which lead me to examine this website http://www.talesofmu.com/
I am completely facinated by this.
This writer is working in serialized fiction much like Charles Dickens. Her fans are actively supporting her.
I think eventually this might be the way fiction is sent out into the world. You subscribe to the writers you want to read. You pay them directly.
http://community.livejournal.com/ae_stories/friends
Which lead me to examine this website http://www.talesofmu.com/
I am completely facinated by this.
This writer is working in serialized fiction much like Charles Dickens. Her fans are actively supporting her.
I think eventually this might be the way fiction is sent out into the world. You subscribe to the writers you want to read. You pay them directly.
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Date: 2009-06-11 10:25 pm (UTC)Lynn Flewelling was thinking about doing it with a series of short stories about her characters that people paid one or two dollars to read--while she was still producing novels for her publisher on the side.
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Date: 2009-06-12 12:15 am (UTC)I think the world might goes this route in 20 years.
I've always wanted to see my novel in a store so there I bash my heads against the windmills.
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Date: 2009-06-12 12:53 am (UTC)It's something people can do as a hobby, however appart from a few rare people, it's not going to be a way to make a living--and I think that's what a lot of writers want to do.
To be honest, I think books are like movies. A whole crew is needed to make a good one. Otherwise you tend to end up with that homemade porn look. :P