What is Diarmi?
The home for human-written fiction. You have just found the best place to read, listen, and discuss the exact kind of stories that inspire you. Find like minds and build upon each other's fiction with Anthologies. Choose from nine of the best premium voices to narrate your stories. All while staying connected through inline commenting, author Diaries, and Anthology forums.
Actually paying authors
On Diarmi, everyone is eligible to be paid for their original fiction, not just the top 1% of authors. We reserve 50% of revenue to support the writers who keep this platform alive.
Here is how you get paid:
- Rewarding great stories: 50% of revenue is split among the members of the Author's Guild according to their impact.
- Monthly payouts: You write, readers read, and you receive your cut monthly directly to your bank account through Stripe.
Make ever-expanding universes
Anthologies are curated, human-run publications where writers can build upon each other's work. Collaborate with other writers seamlessly:
- Build off the "Canon": Find the Stories marked Canon and build upon core characters and concepts within.
- Run a publication: Or you can ignore the "Canon" and focus on curating the best stories in a theme or genre.
- Keep what is yours: You maintain full copyright over your original content and character at all times.
Go even deeper with your fellow readers and the editorial team on each Anthology's Forums.
Find deeper connections
Capture the zeitgeist on the Dialogue tab. See the most popular conversations across Stories, Diaries and Forums in one place. For the broader conversation, authors can publish Diaries to share their writing process or connect directly with fans.
Stay connected without losing the thread:
- Inline comments: Don't wait for the end of a chapter to react! Discuss the specific words that had you flipping tables.
- Threaded Conversations: Engage with fans through threaded comments in your Diaries.
- Author Diaries: Connect with your favorite authors as they share their updates, ideas, and process.
And much more
The platform is packed with tools designed for a premium literary life.
- Your personal feed improves over time, with filters to keep out spam and A.I. written content.
- Every story, no matter how new the author, is brought to life with one of nine premium text-to-speech voices.
- Curate your own private or public Lists and add your own notes on each title.
- Readers subscribe to your work as you publish new passages. And you can quickly organize your Stories into Series for fans to follow.
Ad-free and self-supporting
For $6.99/month, you get the complete experience:
- Premium Audio: Access to all twelve AI Narrator voices.
- Ad-free, Unlimited Originals: Never hit a paywall on Original Fiction.
- Support the Guild: Half of your subscription fee goes directly to the Author's Guild pool.
What about fanfiction?
We love fanfiction, but to protect our writers and the platform from legal issues, it cannot be monetized or placed behind a paywall. Because of that, fanfiction is always completely free to publish and free for anyone to read with zero limits. It is a safe, unlimited space to build your following.
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