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Why Write for Free? October 21, 2007

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Writers all over the net and in many genres are debating about the concept of writing for free.  There are many writers who are against it under any circumstances and they have their own reasons.  However, submitting a short story or multiple stories to be published on several websites can have its benefits.

  1. Publicity.  Everyone who wants to make money needs to have publicity.  There are many opportunities for a paid advertising such as paying for clicks (like with Google Adsense) or paying to have an ad on a site.  But there aren’t as many ways to get free publicity.  Letting another story publish one of your stories with links back to your blog, your web site, or places that you want to bring attention to on the net gives you one option for free publicity.
  2. Traffic.  If you have a blog or a web site that you want to get traffic you need to have incoming links.  Shared links are good (when you link to me and I link to you) but one way links are better.  Most places that give a link in exchange for a story do not require you to link back to them.
  3. You retain all rights to your story.  That means you can request the story to be removed at any time and submit it elsewhere.
  4. Published clips.  If you are a new writer, this gives you a place to direct editors to your work.

While some may find that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, it all depends on your purposes.

With that in mind, Inky Blue Allusions has changed its publishing policies.  We are still publishing e-books and serials for which writers will recieve a percentage of sales.  However, to keep our Free Stories section hopping, we are not paying for stories.  We encourage writers who are interested in getting published clips on the net or are interested in getting traffic to blogs or websites to submit stories for consideration.  They can be of any length from 500 words and up.

So, what are you waiting for?  Submit your stories with “Free stories submission” in the subject line, followed by the title of your story.  Keep in mind please that we do still have submission guidelines.  Click the button below to see the guidelines and the email for submissions.

Click here to submit stories!

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