/lit/ - Literature

I've posted a couple things in /lit/ and gotten glowing feedback. I thought I was decent but now recognise I'm better than that.

Where do I go from here? I've never published anything anywhere. Ideally I'd like to publish some short pieces of 1,500 - 10,000 words, anywhere. I could also publish a compilation of pieces. Some day, maybe in 5 or 10 years, I could be writing a book. But I don't know what is the first step.