"The Administration" is now pro published - and free to read :)
There's some awesomely good free to read stuff out there (at least as good as the so-called pro stuff) - by authors who are also 'pros'.
I've always been cranky about this division into pro /free stuff in m/m because:
1. A lot of us put our writing up to read for free because of a background in fanfiction where 'free' was 'good'
2. It's a female authored genre which has only very recently been remotely lucrative - so like a lot of female activities, it's severely undervalued. Something is not worth more because it costs more.
3. A lot of the small publishers are nothing but glorified self-publishers so the fact they charge doesn't mean there's any great quality control or vetting over their work (so sneering at those of us who put stuff out POD ourselves is a bit rich.)
4. The audience for free material is much bigger than it is for pro stuff.
It's unusual that the free material is very often as good or better than the pro stuff. Also sad because it means the pro stuff hasn't lifted its game enough for the distinction to mean anything.
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Date: 2010-02-10 01:21 am (UTC)There's some awesomely good free to read stuff out there (at least as good as the so-called pro stuff) - by authors who are also 'pros'.
I've always been cranky about this division into pro /free stuff in m/m because:
1. A lot of us put our writing up to read for free because of a background in fanfiction where 'free' was 'good'
2. It's a female authored genre which has only very recently been remotely lucrative - so like a lot of female activities, it's severely undervalued. Something is not worth more because it costs more.
3. A lot of the small publishers are nothing but glorified self-publishers so the fact they charge doesn't mean there's any great quality control or vetting over their work (so sneering at those of us who put stuff out POD ourselves is a bit rich.)
4. The audience for free material is much bigger than it is for pro stuff.
It's unusual that the free material is very often as good or better than the pro stuff. Also sad because it means the pro stuff hasn't lifted its game enough for the distinction to mean anything.