Scribophile
I’ve been keeping half an eye on this site for a little while now. I heard about it from a fellow MyLotter and it struck me that it was somewhat similar to the Authonomy site that Moonglow posted about.
The big difference here is that Scribophile is not run by a publishing house. It’s a social thing, with lots of writers of all kinds reading, critiquing each other’s work, sharing ideas and the usual nonsense in the forums. Consequently, there’s less pressure on the people posting their work: there’s also less possibility of it being picked up for publishing, but that’s the trade-off.
I’ve spent some time on there today, having a look around, and it seems really friendly. There’s some great stuff available to read, the work-posting options cover the problems of copyrights nicely and it seems to be a fairly active community.
If you’re a bit put off by Authonomy’s publisher tie-ins and just want to share your work with other amateurs (and professionals, but in a more social setting), it might be a good choice.
I shall be going back, I think. We ‘philes should stick together. And not because someone spilled glue on us.
