{"id":382,"date":"2018-12-20T15:52:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T15:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/?p=382"},"modified":"2020-08-15T16:39:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T16:39:21","slug":"curious-fictions-and-keeping-the-word-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/?p=382","title":{"rendered":"Curious Fictions and Keeping the Word Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I see I haven&#8217;t posted here for a while.  Most of my online time is spent at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/james.vanpelt.14\">my Facebook page<\/a>, which is facing a reality: many people use FaceBook and few visit author&#8217;s pages, but, still, I like a dedicated website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started <a href=\"https:\/\/jimvanpelt.livejournal.com\/\">my online presence at LiveJournal<\/a>.  I still have an account there, although it&#8217;s fairly dusty by now.  I haven&#8217;t done much with other online media.  I have a Linkedin account, but I don&#8217;t know why, and I post the occasional video at Youtube.  Mostly, as I said, I visit Facebook.  Lately, I&#8217;ve added <a href=\"https:\/\/curiousfictions.com\/\">Curious Fictions<\/a> to my activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/curious-fictions.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/curious-fictions.jpg 578w, https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/curious-fictions-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I like the idea of Curious Fictions.  It&#8217;s a place where authors can reprint their backlist of previously published short stories.  Readers can read many of the works in their entirety for free.  They they can &#8220;like&#8221; the stories, comment on the stories, follow authors they enjoy, subscribe to an author (pay them monthly, sort of like Patreon), or leave a tip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This way, authors can keep their words available and, possibly, generate a little more income from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am posting a story a week there.  Since I have over 150 stories to choose from, I have almost three years worth of content.  Someone asked me if I was worried that publishing the work online might detract from my short story collection book sales.  I&#8217;m not.  Curious Fictions, if anything, may sell a few books.  If someone likes my stuff online, they&#8217;re much more likely to look for more of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s why books exist!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At any rate, if you like short fiction, or you would like to see a sampling of my work, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/curiousfictions.com\/\">Curious Fictions<\/a>.  If you do, leave a comment there, or a &#8220;like,&#8221; or (cough), money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I see I haven&#8217;t posted here for a while. Most of my online time is spent at my Facebook page, which is facing a reality: many people use FaceBook and few visit author&#8217;s pages, but, still, I like a dedicated website. I started my online presence at LiveJournal. 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