This is purely speculative, just to see if any interest exists at all, but would anyone be interested if I opened up writing commissions? They would likely be quite cheap, since I need practice anyway, and I am willing to try a lot of different genres, so long as they're short (I might offer longer, more expensive pieces, but for those I'd only take genres that interest me, like Sci-fi. I consider a short piece to be less than 5000 words, so there is wiggle-room even if I'm not a fan of the subject matter).

As a very basic guide, I'd say maybe $5-10 a page? I tend to average at about 550 words a page. Actually, I might price it by wordcount... Whatever, that would come later.

I would have the right to turn down any subject matters I particularly didn't want to write, but I'd be open to any suggestions. I wouldn't hold it against you even if I did turn it down, it would simply be because my better work is, of course, when I'm passionate about what I'm writing.

In any case, I won't be opening to commissions any time soon, no matter how good a response I might get, except perhaps a small amount over each major holiday break (Christmas, Easter, Summer) but I was curious to see if the interest might be there for when I finish University in a year and a half's time. I should have a lot more writing on here by then so people will be able to see if they think I'm good enough or not.

Any takers?