Comments on: ficlets for fun… for profit? http://windupstories.com/2007/03/21/ficlets-for-fun-for-profit/ fiction by paolo bacigalupi Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:05 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Paolo http://windupstories.com/2007/03/21/ficlets-for-fun-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-1373 Paolo Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:53:50 +0000 http://windupstories.com/2007/03/21/ficlets-for-fun-for-profit/#comment-1373 Good point. Though I haven't seen how the guest slot looks on the Ficlets site yet. Something else that's interesting to me about ficlets is how well they mesh with something <a href="http://www.locusmag.com/Features/2007/03/cory-doctorow-you-do-like-reading-off.html" rel="nofollow">Cory Doctorow is talking about over at Locus</a>. The whole idea that we read on computer screens all the time, but novels don't mesh comfortably with the medium. Ficlets, on the other hand, are ideal. Good point. Though I haven’t seen how the guest slot looks on the Ficlets site yet.

Something else that’s interesting to me about ficlets is how well they mesh with something Cory Doctorow is talking about over at Locus. The whole idea that we read on computer screens all the time, but novels don’t mesh comfortably with the medium.

Ficlets, on the other hand, are ideal.

]]> By: John Scalzi http://windupstories.com/2007/03/21/ficlets-for-fun-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-1359 John Scalzi Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:21:57 +0000 http://windupstories.com/2007/03/21/ficlets-for-fun-for-profit/#comment-1359 Not to mention that published writers (such as yourself) are invited to be part of the Ficlets Spotlight program: Post three Ficlets and then you can get promoted off the Ficlets Blog, along with links to one's Web site and recent work. Which may also boost visitorship and visibility. More details here: http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004952.html (it's listed as "Guest Ficlets") Not to mention that published writers (such as yourself) are invited to be part of the Ficlets Spotlight program: Post three Ficlets and then you can get promoted off the Ficlets Blog, along with links to one’s Web site and recent work. Which may also boost visitorship and visibility.

More details here:

http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004952.html

(it’s listed as “Guest Ficlets”)

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