I want my MTV; or Money for Fanfic

[telesilla]

So in some discussions that have been happening on my flist and in other places, the idea has been put forward that money in exchange for fanfic wouldn’t necessarily be a bad, evil, immoral, wrong thing.

Some of the people I was discussing this with were unaware of the fact that Rockfic, for example, exists. There's an archive that charges a

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[anatsuno]

I would - and probably will someday - put some of my fic up for pay. I think people get upset at that way too easily, for one (including me getting upset easily back at them for it), I think it should be legal, for two, and won't ever be i we don't push the envelope; and I also think that people tend to see in huge black and white things. The fact that I might put *some* of my fic up for pay someday doesn't mean I will/would decide to only ever write fic for money ever again, you know? Like RockFic shows, there's all sorts of little things to be tempted. Someone could over the years gather a nice readership and a small but steady trickle of fic-sales even without being a huge bnf. It's not about best sellers and making millions- hell, this is the long tail economy we're talking about, and even traditional publishing is starting to feel the ways in which lack of material products and transport/shelving issues affects the landscape.
Also, I would like to be able to make some money, modestly, from things other than direct selling. I think it's okay to put ads on fansites, for example, and that's nowhere near making the readership directly paying to read.