Why I Am Sharing My Fiction for Free (and Maybe Shouldn't Be)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last week Nicole Rivera began sharing her YA novel, GIRL, UNPLUGGED, on her Story Hoarder Substack page. For Free. In this episode she discusses why she has made the decision to share her fiction for free in this way right now and what types of things writers must think about before making such a decision. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nicole also discussed the newly opened Stop Writing Alone Network and the Happy Campers Club Spring 2022 session coming up.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join the Stop Writing Alone Network</span> <a href= "https://stop-writing-alone-network.mn.co/share/GDoPIh6ZaTGVSTdw?utm_source=manual"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://stop-writing-alone-network.mn.co/share/GDoPIh6ZaTGVSTdw?utm_source=manual</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mentioned in this episode:</span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">STOP WRITING ALONE EMAIL LIST:</span> <a href= "https://mailchi.mp/9b59bdd0b53a/email-sign-up"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://mailchi.mp/9b59bdd0b53a/email-sign-up</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">STORY HOARDER Substack (The new home for Nicole’s writing):</span> <a href= "https://storyhoarder.substack.com/p/coming-soon?showWelcome=true"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> https://storyhoarder.substack.com</span></a></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Stop Writing Alone FB group</span> <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/2205774733034348/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/2205774733034348/</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Stop Writing Alone Bookshop</span> <a href= "https://bookshop.org/shop/Stopwritingalone"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://bookshop.