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Hi, I'm Justin Murphy, a writer who's almost 23 years old, originally from Dothan, Alabama now living in the Orlando, Florida area. I've written a couple novelettes entitled Everyone Loves A Scandal and Dothan along with a collection of short stories entitled The Young South. I also won a writing contest with my first full length novel entitled The Truth About Murder which is now about to enter its third draft. I've also been a development prospect for the Santa Monica based Fastlane Entertainment for the last three years for which I've written numerous screenplay and teleplay samples. One of my screenplays, The Human Condition got some good reviews from Francis Ford Coppola's production company Zoetrope Studios. I've also written a five part miniseries based on the second draft of The Truth About Murder entitled The Gray Area. I have a 30 page press kit/portfolio which has reviews of my material, a few early interviews, and a summary of my career accomplishments.

Friday, September 23, 2005

Short Stories and Pulp Magazines

I'm sure everyone remembers buying short story magazines or pulp magazines as a kid. Almost every major writer that came out of the modern era had got their start in these types of publications. Those didn't go on to write novels were still able to make a decent living if they continued writing short stories for the pulps.

With the rise of television, circulation of these magazines steadily declined, and many of them ceased publication. However, short stories and pulps have resurfaced in the form of electronic magazines online called ezines. These ezines can be produced and distributed at very little cost at all, but the main problem is that, much like mostly everything on the internet, these ezines are sent to readers for free.

This means no income for the publishers of these ezines or the writers who are trying to earn a living doing what they love. How should the publishers of these ezines charges fees to the readers, and how should the writers get paid?

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