It is a good thing for writers to get exposure. This is my premise. Today, if you go online and do searches on just about anything you will get to see a writer getting some exposure. Online writers vary from lay people writing about subjects that mean a lot to them personally such as people who have a disorder, or parents of children with disorders like autism and the like. Or creative writers from various ilks who go online and write blogs or write poems and share them with others, or whatever. Or even relatives just saying hello to each other.
If you do searches you can find many pieces of writing that you are looking for. They are free mostly, and it is a fact that someone will have liked something enough to spend time transcribing it for others to read. I have done searches on my favorite poets to see what I could find, and have come up with a pretty amazing amount. It’s free to read online writers unless someone has figured out a scam to charge you, or it’s on a sales site where you have to do something like order a book that will then be shipped to you. And then you would receive something for your money anyway.
I have searched for poetry books written by my favorite writers and I have found them. I got all kinds of results. I got official results such as published books, that someone put on the web, and shorter sections of some writers’ writing. I understand that there is a device you can buy these days that is like a mini computer that is full of hundreds of books. I like using the internet to find information but I have to say that even though it’s quite a feat to make a machine that can hold so many books, I still really prefer to read the old fashioned way, holding the book in my hand. Books become like old friends to me, but I can’t say I have ever felt that way about my computer though I am glad to have it. Computers and the internet are great tools for helping you to locate writers and writing, but I will always love books the best.
