All the stories that I put online are free to read. This has been my practise for many years now. The fact is that many people read my stories and I hope that they enjoy them.
I offer the fiction free to read online because short stories and online novels are such a subjective matter. A reader can only know whether they enjoyed the story after they finished it. Furthermore, the fact that they enjoyed one particular story does not mean that they will enjoy all my stories. I would really hate for people to feel, having handed over some money, that they had not received value.
The easiest solution is to offer my stories free of any charge and to hope that they bring some pleasure.
As far as my nonfiction articles are concerned, it is more a question of free speech. I strongly believe that the Internet is a wonderful medium to make the world a better place. I believe offering articles free. is the best way to get them read, and to get the arguments contained within communicated as widely as possible.
Bye for now
Rob
(Rob Hopcott – online author – fiction – news)
