tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post8436962029167254348..comments2024-03-05T13:51:24.898-07:00Comments on Spacefreighters Lounge : Short Stories That Expand UniversesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-5271549691668074492013-03-05T09:56:31.001-07:002013-03-05T09:56:31.001-07:00I think this is a great idea and I'd love to d...I think this is a great idea and I'd love to do this as a writer. I just wish I was better at short fiction (and much, much FASTER at writing, PERIOD). It's particularly useful for those story ideas that may not completely fit the "brand" or lend themselves to full treatment as a novel, that kind of thing.Donna S. Frelickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16431686010313020234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-67127198976455121212013-03-04T12:30:53.593-07:002013-03-04T12:30:53.593-07:00A lot of indie authors are doing things like this....A lot of indie authors are doing things like this. I've done this in a small way with some of my books, but plan to do it (hopefully) more effectively with my new series that is releasing this month. For me, with all the life drama that keeps me from writing more than a novel a year, this is very appealing. I can work on shorter stuff in between, and yes, hopefully keep my work in front of readers better. So yeah, I agree. (grin)Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06673963438671468441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-50420759940121763982013-03-04T11:13:12.999-07:002013-03-04T11:13:12.999-07:00If I love an author, I'll devour everything th...If I love an author, I'll devour everything they write, and when you could be waiting a year or more for the next novel, shorts can fill the gap. As a writer, I love having shorts available too, especially as I've been able to release a short between my two novels. While as a new author, my shorts may not have the impact of an established author, it's giving me a bigger backlist quicker than writing novels, expands my potential reach to readers, and giving them a cheaper option to test me out. This is why my first short is still free, and why I've gone for three anthology calls this year. As a new author, getting several shorts out seems a winning tactic to me. I'm also doing short stories for some of my secondary characters because some readers expressed an interest. It hasn't impacted on my novel writing especially - in fact, my word count is higher because I can get a couple of shorts written while waiting on novel edits, or while they're out on submission, or with a CP.Pippa Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146591827060731958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-463026263607678392013-03-04T11:02:01.417-07:002013-03-04T11:02:01.417-07:00As a reader, absolutely I'd love to spend more...As a reader, absolutely I'd love to spend more time in my favorite universes! I'm doing that with The Books of the Raksura by Martha Wells. I've inhaled all the shorts on her website, read the fan fiction she links to, and I'm already impatient for the planned novellas.<br /><br />As a writer with a giant universe in my head and lots of interesting side things happening that don't fit into a book plot, I really like this idea. I need to explore it some more and look for the best ways to use it.Rachel Leigh Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16004728242824462126noreply@blogger.com