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Giving It Away For Free

Michael Burstein has two posts up about “the value of our work” and the tendency of people to ask writers to give away their writing or their time for free. I sometimes get asked to write for free (both fiction and non-fiction), though no one ever asks me to test their software for free. It is surprisingly difficult to convey the notion that I write for money; fortunately now I can just point them to Michael’s free posts…