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Hypothetically speaking, if I were to release a hypothetical story in a serial form, as in a chunk today, a chunk next day and so on, where would be a good place to do it besides this blog and things it feeds into like Goodreads?
Where do you usually go for your free fiction, the kind you could read in small chunks?
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I prefer your site and/or email newsletter, that way I know where to find it fast when I don’t have time to spend online to catch up with it, without having to spend time to go somewhere else I don’t usually follow.
Alot of authors just put stuff on their website in a separate section. Of course, I’m an avid reader of your blog, so I like that
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Serialized on-line fiction is new to me, I do the vast majority of my reading the dead-tree way. If (when) you get something going, I hope you at least link to it here. I’ll certainly follow wherever it leads.
I would prefer that anything/everything be done here since I visit your site regularly, almost daily.
But the real world intrudes and at the end of the day you and Gordon are in the business of writing and short of winning the lottery you need to earn a living. I can see that releasing things somewhere else could in fact increase your overall readership; however, my personal preference is that ‘somewhere’ be other than Goodreads. After all that’s happened between reviewers and authors at Goodreads, what with them doing little to nothing and far too late to redress the issues, I avoid that site like the plague it is. But that’s just me. If, in fact, that’s where you post any hypothetical, serialized work, I’ll just have to put on my big girl panties and get over it. And I will since your work is just too good to pass up.
I’m automatically linked with your blog so I’d come right to you for the day’s read.
I am a subscriber to the grantvillegazette.com which posts collections of short stories on a period basis (I believe it is supposed to be bi-monthly, but frequently misses its deadline). It charges an annual fee for complete access, but I would suppose you could set up a fee schedule how ever you wished to do so. The Grantivlle Gazette was originially rereleaed in print for in its entirety initially, but the time lag between initial release and print release became enormous and they now do the “best” of for a number of issues. This is in conjuction with Eric Flint’s 1632/Ring of Fire series.
i didn’t even KNOW that there is free fiction online
I’d imagine you want to attract new readers to your work, and so you’re looking for an outlet other than your web-site which can help you raise the visibility of your work through their existing market. While I do read some things online, I tend to use my Kindle for pleasure-reading, though I also use the Kindle app on my Ipad at times. I believe Amazon now has a new literature category for the Kindle, which is “Kindle Serials”, which sounds like it is intended to allow users to search and track specifically for new serialized stories. So that might be something to consider. I don’t know if any other sites are really tailored yet to provide high visibility to serialized material.
I subscribe to Maria V. Snyder’s newsletter, and she posted a short story in serial form to her subscribers. The big problem with that was she only posted every other month and most of the chapters ended in a cliffhanger. I enjoyed her story, Ice Study, and it is still available on her website.
I wish baen still published serialized novels. I know I read some from on there, and I also know that as a publishing source it’s kinda… off lately.
Also, grantville gazette.
And maybe consider flash fiction sources? DailyScienceFiction, for example. It would be a mutually beneficial relationship.
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Have you ever checked out Baen.com? They offer some free library stuff and seem open to experimenting! Saw them at Dragon*Con and their interest in more genre’s is positive! Plus I love Lois McMaster Bujold to death and they released her new book as an e-ARC, so got to read last weekend!
Free serialized fiction from one of my fav authors? I must have died and gone to urban fantasy heaven! Just tell me where and maybe when and perhaps how.
I get my free stuff from Barnes & Noble. I’ve downloaded several free and nearly free series. When I come across something good I’ll buy other books from the authors.