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  • Do you write short stories for children?
    by B J Burton at 14:03 on 15 March 2012
    If so you might find this new site of interest http://www.sparklingstories.co.uk
    The site is now being promoted to writers. When a library of stories has been uploaded it will be actively marketed to readers.
    The key points are: no illustrations; stories may be either suitable for reading to young children or to be read by children up to young teenage; of a length that can be read in a single session (longer stories can be serialised); no charge to upload; authors can set their fees for readers; the community facility will enable authors to build a following and interact with readers.
    Additional features are being added, such as enabling authors to donate their fees to children’s charities, and discussions are being held with nursery groups with a view to creating a series of stories involving a set group of characters.
    I'm told that if it proves popular similar sites catering for other genres will be launched.

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  • Re: Do you write short stories for children?
    by zahra2013 at 11:42 on 25 March 2012
    Well i am writing Few short stories on latest fashion for the children in which i am introducing the new fashion for our children and what should they adoption, and i hope they will like my stories.
  • Re: Do you write short stories for children?
    by Terry Edge at 10:06 on 26 March 2012
    There aren't many markets for children's short fiction, so in some ways it's good to see a new one. However, I'm not entirely clear what the advantages would be here, over self-publishing. Okay, they may become a focal point for children's fiction which could help bring in readers. On the other hand, I didn't see anything about quality control which means if you're a good writer, you probably wouldn't want to be associated with any old cack that appears there. Also, the site appears to take 50% of your earnings. Against that, Smashwords takes less, Amazon Kindle more; but then they have a much wider distribution range than this site will have.

    Another way to look at it, perhaps, is to work hard at one's writing, to get it up to the standard needed to sell a short story to say the Cricket Group, rather than just throw it out there.

    Terry