/lit/ - Literature

what's this all about?

>>14555519
anons submit works of literary merit to OP by email, he judges which ones he wants to print, they get printed so you can buy them. it's a quarterly literary magazine. lots of universities or erudite urban communities have them.

>>14555527
do ppl really buy this?

>>14555562
Got rid of 48 copies last time.

>>14555487

I sent you a short story but you said i dont follow. Didnt you see the pdf attached? I admit, i was midly under sway of westkaap wine, but i think everything went allright on the technical part

>>14555562

Buy it you slut, dont get left out

What's the compensation this time around?

>>14555487

>no scifi, fantasy, romance genre

????

>>14555487
great work, pagemaster anon. don't mean to be cheap, but PDF link when?

>>14555625
Oh, I see. I've added it to the folder for review after the deadline.
>>14555640
(all in CAD)
$100 for flash fiction
$75 for poetry
$150 for essay and short fiction.

>>14555646
Yeah, sorry man. Trying to keep the themes more literary rather than relying on genre.

Yeah, I’m not going to buy a community project

>>14555661
so why are you posting in this thread faggot, nobody cares what you buy or don't buy

>>14555661
>needing the prestige of a company to buy an $8 lit magazine

start thinking for yourself brother

>>14555654
Not for a few weeks...when I get a site set up.

>>14555690
amen

>>14555573
>48 copies
well, you clearly don't do this for a profit. Might give it a change for the Summer issue.

>>14555726
Yeah, big losses for these first few editions, especially since I gave most of them away for free. For this one, there's a modest $8CAD plus shipping to help get some of the costs back but whatever. I'm having fun with the project regardless.

>>14555803
how much a shipping to Europe? I've never bought sth made in America.

>>14555803
What'll you do if the project never takes off commercially and critically?

Link to free ebook?

>>14555814
$6CAD should cover it...not quite sure yet.

>>14555822
I'll do it as long as there's interest and as long as I'm employed and can afford to. If interest wanes and/or I don't get enough submissions, it can be put on hold. Or I can make it an annual thing rather than quarterly.

>>14555860
No ebook, but a link to the PDF in a few weeks.

OP has to leave for work. Will respond in 8-10 hrs.

>want to write something for this
>can either spend free time working on revising my novel or coming up with a short story that may or may or not get accepted

>>14555527
So you just send it to litquarterly@gmail.com ?

>>14555487
thanks for doing this OP, can I get pdfs of this edition and past ones? i could paypal you 20 dollars if you want

Thanks, K! You're the man. Can't wait to read it. - RJC

>>14555661
>Yeah, I’m not going to buy a community project
I'm just waiting for the website with PDF versions to see if it's to my interest or not. It might only be CAD $8 but I live literally on the other side of the world which means postage would be that again, if not more.

>>14555487
Don't you mean Winter 2019?

Btw, any chance of an Amazon UK link? North American Amazon doesn't accept my Visa debit card.

Thanks for all the work put into compiling this. Seems like something that could really contribute to the board, having something like this being worked on and being a reason to produce work for.

Happy to have contributed this time, excited to see my name on there. Looking forward to reading other anons works, and seeing my piece talked about while I lurk among anon.

I'm considering building a Boston version of this. What do you think fellow memmers.

>>14556239
Why not just co-ordinate with the Canada anon to distribute the same publication wider & encourage more submissions, make the publication more established rather than Balkanise the idea

>>14556239
this isn't really a regional thing, the editor is just Canadian

ship to south america you fag or give us a digital version at least. I wanna see what /lit/ writes

Pretty based that this has lasted longer than one issue. Look forward to seeing more.

>>14555487
And they say /lit/ is just a bunch of teenagers who don't read

>no romance
how strict is this
I assume you mean no holiday-read syrupy shite, but no one on /lit/ would be writing that anyway. Loads of literary fiction has romance

>>14556656
of course that's what he means, quit being retarded

>>14556661
Don't be so rude it was a reasonable question

Thanks for starting this and keeping it going! Hope it chugs along for years to come.

Yes! I've been waiting for this. I'm also putting the finishing touches on my narcissism essay for the spring edition.
as the original litquarterly.com guy, I will also say that I'm not in a position to maintain a website now. getting married in a few months and I don't have the bandwidth to spare.

i'm a cool guy, and i read the lit quarterly.

>>14556256
>>14556431

Yes I know but my writing is so bad there's no way it would get accepted into OP's thing. Same for the writing I would like to see. And we all know true retards that can get to the core of our existence all live in boston so I think we should have a boston one too

Like this post if you agree

>>14555487
How much would shipping to Aus be?

>>14556930
>my writing is so bad there's no way it would get accepted into OP's thing. Same for the writing I would like to see.
what a cope

>>14556930
I don't really believe that you have the willpower, editing skills, or money to pull something like this off, but why not just take the genre fiction that OP doesn't want?

Is there a digital edition?

>>14556139
winter officially begins at the solstice (dec 21) and ends at the equinox (mar 19). "winter 2020" means the first months of 2020

>>14556930
why would I support a smaller regional project run by a guy who admits his work is second rate?

>>14555661
Fuck off the board.

I'm hocking it on Twitter/Facebook. Got you some sales from my fans/family. - RJC

>>14557248
you're gonna have some explaining to do when they read all the masturbation and oneitis

>>14557284
"anon, what's a 'blackpilled doomercoomer'?"

>>14557284
You obviously haven't read any modern lit rags.

>>14555487
>-no scifi
Saged

>>14557248
Robert James Cross I presume?

>>14557350
I am he. - RJC

>>14557324
no such thing as "modern lit rags." I do however read Poetry magazine.

>>14557248
https://mobile.twitter.com/robertjcross?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
How did you get two in? Not sleeping with the editor are you?

>>14557369
He liked both of my pieces. Countdown to Harvest/Controlled Faith. There'll be more of a reaction to Countdown. - RJC

>>14557380
I will let you know my thoughts after I receive my copy. Glad to see I'm not the only one who used their real name. Congratulations for your pushcart nomination, that's gotta feel good, but please stop signing your posts. - 2020

>>14557418
Fair enough. Glad you used your real name as well.

>>14556930
i live in middlesex county somewhere (sexiest county), and would help out if i could. do you want to actually do it or are you just musing? post a throwaway email or something if you serious. i have a lot of free time

>>14557418
>used their real name
cringe.

Essay submitted. I’ve been meaning to write this for a while and put these thoughts together, so I’m very glad to have this opportunity present itself.

>>14556728
Congrats bro. Pic unrelated hopefully

>>14555487
pirated copies of all quarterlies when?

>>14555919
Why not both? Or write a short story that might also serve as the opening couple chapters of your novel?
>>14555943
Yeah. MS Word file preferred but text is fine too.
>>14555990
Past edition is available. This edition won't be available in PDF for a few weeks.
>>14556024
Thanks, man!
>>14556060
Yeah, postage overseas is about $11CAD.
>>14556139
Originally, yes. But I decided that since most of this winter exists in 2020, we'd call it 2020.
>>14556186
I appreciate the support! The contributors are what make it happen, so thank-you!
>>14556466
>Outside Canada and US, please email litquarterly@gmail.com with mailing info. Cost is $8CAD plus shipping.
>>14556656
If it's literary fiction, it's what we're looking for. Just not where the bulk of the substance of the work is romance.
>>14556678
Appreciate it!
>>14556728
Got it, will review for spring edition.

>>14556940
Japan was $11CAD, so Australia is probably in the ballpark.
>>14557015
Not yet, hopefully in a few weeks though.
>>14557369
>>14557418
That is so cool to see it on twitter. Well done, boys!
>>14557606
There will be a free PDF in a few weeks lol. Hold your horses.

Just want to say thanks to all the contributors and all the people who share this with their friends and family! Hopefully we can keep it going.

(Btw, I already noticed an errant quotation mark...but other than that, we should be good).

>>14557717
>caitlyn ann thompson
>allowing w*men into your publication
thats a yikes from me dawg

Are all of the contributors /lit/ posters?

Just purchased a copy. Looking forward to it. Thanks bud.

>>14557753
Got bad news, kid: she got TWO pieces accepted. (Btw, whenever there's a "name one good female writer" thread here, I'm the guy who says Alice Munro. Every time.)
>>14557767
Basically, yes. I think a couple might be friends of /lit/ posters, but for the most part, we're all posters.

>>14557767
And I appreciate the support! Packing and shipping the latest orders. Will be going out tomorrow.

>>14557794
also i think its weird that you will accept two pieces from the same author. makes it seem like its too easy to get in/low standards. do you actually turn down anyone who isn't writing literal shit?

>>14557805
The thing is that there's an editing process, so works that aren't at the standard have the potential to improve with some feedback and discussion. Also, a lot of people who submit gave three or four works of theirs that they had completed, so we picked from a wider selection.

>>14557686
>>14557717
KMD,
The real MVP.

>>14557794
ew

>>14557854
>he hasn't read Lives of Girls and Women

>>14557832
i hope this is still going by the time i have things to submit. looking forward to it arriving man.

reminder that ”lit quarterly” is a cia psyop

>>14555656
Does interracial cuckoldry erotica count as genre?

>>14557873
>thinking it's good
it is well written, asd munro is technically capable, but pointless with no meaning beyond usual female nonsense.

>>14557900
high art.

>>14557878
Spring and summer are happening. So the deadline for the latter would be sometime around end of April or early May, depending how things go.
>>14557900
sorry, yes. We can't print that genre but that doesn't mean you shouldn't write it.
>>14557919
If someone manages to write accurately and engagingly about life, there doesn't need to be a "lesson" or a moral to the story.

>>14557955
>accurately

What about science fiction that isn't lasers and shit, but more grounded in the sort of tech we have now, but just slightly more advanced and just used as a tool to examine the present?

>>14557955
Curious how many copies you had printed this go around boss.

>>14558018
Why not just submit?

>>14558026
Before I write it, I'd like to know if it would be rejected out of hand.

>>14558029
Never gonna make it

>>14557717
The schizo anon from the last edition is still on there, glad to see some continuity with the contributors, makes it seem like a community run project.

>>14558012
>>14558018
>>14558020
180 total. I earmarked a handful for friends and about 15 for a couple acquaintances who are going to distribute at a book fair and stuff in their home town, and a handful for the contributors. Current inventory is 136 remaining.

>>14558012
Yeah...or maybe 'realistically' is a better description.
>>14558018
I'm down to check out something like that, if there is a sinister, bleak tone to it. Doesn't hurt to submit.

>>14558029
Agreed, I can understand not wanting Dan Dare shit but dismissing a genre as broad as sci-fi out of hand almost as if it's too lowbrow is wrong. Personal taste may vary but Asimov, PKD, Huxley, Orwell, and so on wrote some of the most culturally influential and acclaimed western literature of the 20th century.

>>14555487
You didn't respond to my email. Do you ship to Australia?

>>14555487
What are your guidelines for poetry submissions?

>>14558135
Spenserian sonnets only.

>>14557354
Slice, Baffler, Southern Poetry, Lapram, zzzyzzyzyzyzyzyz, upstreet, a few others.

There are modern lit rags but they are all exclusively purchased by writers who want to submit stories to the journals they buy. No normal people are reading these things. They're all dogshit. I know this is unrelated to what you guys said but I like to point it out.

>>14558118
I just went through my inbox. Do you have a reply now?
And yes, I will. But expect it to be about $14-16CAD with shipping.
>>14558135
My partner is the poetry specialist. But most submissions were one page or less, were emotive, evocative, and serious. Not sure what else to say. Best bet is to submit a poem and we'll let you know.
>>14558111
Fair enough, but it's not about it being lowbrow or anything, it's more about the tone of the journal...also, I have literally zero experience with those genres and am not equipped to deal with them properly. It doesn't mean don't submit--good writing is good writing--it's just that it's well outside my forte.

>>14558111
Just submit you pussy, if your story's good I bet it will be accepted. I didn't know about his genre opinions what I sent him mine, yet there is a modern western short in this edition, and that's gotta be one of the least popular genres today.

>>14558182
This guy's correct.

>>14557428

Everyone used their real name except one fag, and why, yes, my name is the most outragous one

>>14558156

Kyle Michael Donavan

>>14559173
>writing for a 4chan affiliated publication
>using your real name
I thought anons wanted writing careers but I guess I was wrong

>>14559214

Quoting the name Hp lovecraft's cat is not a crime

>>14558156
No, still no reply. I'll try again.

>>14555487
This is the first time I hear of this but it fills me with joy. Will consider buying.

Do you still have any copies of the previous edition up for sale?

What's the max word count for the stories

>>14555487
if it was available in europe i would actually buy this

is this the second edition now? or has this beeing going on for longer?

any chance to buy old editions too?

>>14555487
can you tell me what are the criteria for getting my work published in this magazine, i would like to give it a try

>>14559214
It worked for Rachael Allen, but you might need a vagina.

>>14559214
Yup. I'm trying to get into liberal arts academic programs and don't need my name associated with the essay I'm publishing in there.

Fuck, even the topically-mundane works are submitted under pseudonym generally. I don't want my family or anyone reading anything I write unless I WANT THEM to see it.

My essay makes points using the words "faggot" and "kike" as I refuse to use phrases like "the n-word" instead of nigger, unless I'm specifically referring to the phrase "the n-word".

Excited to see what people think about it.

>>14555487
Thank KMD! This was a pleasant browsing moment; to see the Hearthside Issue finally published. My highest praises to you, my good man! Long may this publication persevere.

>>14559649
There is a PDF of the first edition. Bare with me, I may be able provide the link.

>>14560144
'to provide the link.

>>14559544
Unfortunately, no. Just a PDF.
>>14559613
Roughly 5000 words, but it's not that strict if it's well-written and engaging.
>>14559647
I can ship you a copy if you have paypal. Email litquarterly@gmail.com.
>>14559686
-original and not previously published
-no scifi, fantasy, romance genre
-content should be serious, plausible, evocative, or satirical
-author must be open to feedback and editing

>>14559880
I think anyone else would be okay since they didn't write your essay

>>14560349
Certainly. Just saying, there are valid reasons to use a pseudonym. I don't think it diminishes a work at all.

>>14560396
with the caveat that this is true so long as the content of the work does not rest on the credibility of the name or credential of the individual posting it. If the work can stand on its own merit.

>>14559880
Sounds like you're already down a path of being insecure in your writing. If you weren't self conscious about what you wrote and used your real name then you may have been respected. It's a gamble, sure. Better to die on the sword than cower in the corner of obscurity.

>>14560606
you’re talking as if this is the end of a career or respect is what i’m after. I’m in this for fun. If I so desire I can always unify with my personae later. Literally have no desire for people to know my face.

I do look forward to people's reviews.

>>14559880
>My essay makes points using the words "faggot" and "kike" as I refuse to use phrases like "the n-word" instead of nigger, unless I'm specifically referring to the phrase "the n-word".
underage

>>14560794
Yes, that reminds me:
Would really like feedback once people read the issue, not just on the works themselves, but on stylistic and design choices.
Letters welcome at litquarterly@gmail.com

>>14560806
Do you have a sample so I could see what you guys like?

>>14560881
OP pic is the actual cover of the second edition.
>>14560144
This is the cover of the fall 2019 edition.

>>14560898
No I mean, like selected works or a pdf

>>14561044
Oh, I see. Email litquarterly@gmail.com. I can provide a PDF of the first edition. Second edition won't be out in PDF for a few weeks.

>>14555487

"-no scifi, fantasy, romance genre"

So is horror or Gothic okay?

>>14555487
Are other languages accepted

>>14561302
Yeah, submit your work.
>>14561341
Unfortunately, no. I only speak English. My editing partner is multilingual but the publication is for English.

>>14555487
Do all submissions get feedback? I'm 2,000 words into a short story and nearing its conclusion and I feel like feedback would do me well

>>14561813
I can promise at least a bit of feedback, but not necessarily a full edit job. I'll do my best though.

>>14557435
>>14557064
>>14556968

Lots of good support, I will begin setting it up. It will be the Massachusetts Literature Review.

@the first responder, please email me and we can discuss pragmatics for the first publication. The email for this will be MassLitReview@gmail.com.

To those looking to submit, my primary goal for this publication is anonymous work from anons on lit, from the Mass. area or related to the Mass area (if you are not from the Mass area, you can write something in prose or poetry that is within the massachusetts 'setting'). We will publish with initials / pseudonyms only and maybe last names in the Masthead. I'm very serious about this project and the final product will be a very well put together booklet issued to look like the New Criterion (good colors, weight of pages). I have access to a print shop to do this at at my university (harvard). I'll also share this with the Boston lit group if I can contact them :P Atticus message me

>>14562002
sent you something

Congratulations to the writers of the Winter Edition, and don't forget to send praise to the editor, founder, anon-wrangler!

>>14562263
Hear hear! KMD is da MVP!

This is a great thing. I've been wanting to show my essays to people and I'm really glad OP is undertaking this publishing adventure. I hope I get to be featured.

>>14556930
+1upvote
A lit quarterly for real men by real men.

>>14557717
>women
Yeah, that’s a nah from me bro.
They are already over represented in the publishing industry.

>>14565455

I'm not going to go the usual route of attacking you for not interacting with enough females but brother you sound deeply fucking insecure. One woman in a literary journal isn't going to kill you or kill the fact that this project is created by men and features 99% men. You will survive. There's no reason to block people out from creativity. That's what the people you don't like do and by typing what you just did shows you're becoming no better than them. I believe you can be better than that. I know you can be. Hope you understand.

>>14561935
That's perfect

>>14565525
Have sex

>>14565567

I do. Which is why I know if you let a woman get involved it isn't always a red flag for a shitty product. You can't tell me you have only enjoyed male entertainment or leisure. It's a non issue that you're letting overrun your brain. Be cool. Be perceptive.

>>14565586

Sorry but women cant write and I hate to break it to you but the female writer in this edition is just a bloke trying to stay anonymous

>>14566002
cringe but redpilled

I'm excited to read the included works!

>>14566002

Uh huh

>>14562002
>my primary goal for this publication is anonymous work from anons on lit, from the Mass. area or related to the Mass area
Holy shit. Lit quarterly person is a Canadian who takes pretty much anything, and you come along and try to create an American-themed - no, wait, it's worse than that - a state-themed competing product, and limit it to less than 7 million English speakers instead of the half billion the Canadian guy will allow in. If you had come out and said "I would like to start with the opening story being some Mass. lit" fine, whatever, I'd support you. But to come in to the other dude's thread for free PR and basically say "I'm making a new lit journal for a state of less than 7 million people P.S. it is for stories from the Mass. area primarily" is such a narrow-minded thing to do. You want to do that, fine, by all means, but don't hijack threads like this to do it. Go make your own thread, watch it hit 7 posts and die. At least the Canadian is going worldwide, like this board has.

>>14567683
>p.s. i'm from hahvad...
ya fuck this chump

>>14567683
>>14567699
based and truthpilled

>>14567683
>>14567699
>>14567726

>>14567995
I'm in the LIT QUARTERLY, what do I have to be jealous of YOU punk

>>14559214
>Not choosing a false age and location so you can claim ignorance later
Anyways, this booklet is way too underground to pop up on a google search with your name. I'm assuming the next edition will be when its a problem.

>>14568033
my 5 inch penis

>Theres actually people on here worried that an underground booklet with less than 200 copies printed will jeopardize their writing career.

>>14568128

Right? There's a reason that art has taken a downturn in the "cancel" age and it's because people are so pussified to be associated with anything or any group that deviates from the currently prescribed norm. If you're worried, you're a coward.

I agree. I say take the risk of writing something honest that you care about, without getting hung up on who might read it some day. Besides, the quarterly has no affiliation with 4chan, official or otherwise.

Yeah, I think I'm gonna just go ahead and make a NYC-based /lit/ mag and I'm going to have to verify in-person that each contributor has a penis. Writers from other regions are okay, but you'll have to be able to be verified in NYC or within maybe an hour and a half of Manhattan.

I want to read the stories here to see if it is worth submitting or not, but I don't really want to pay the 8 dollars and shipping to read it.

Does anyone want to make a literary magazine from the contributors of this thread only? I think we'd be open to any lurkers but would prefer posters who submit. Thanks.

>>14568305
lame

>>14568401
Mainly because someone admitted that their submission was full of slurs, and I'm not against that specifically or anything, but it is a pretty red flag that this is for extreme amatuers.

>>14568215
never gonna make it.

>>14555871
Pretty cool.

>>14568333
How much you paying?

>>14568414
It's actually curated and submissions get some remuneration, so I wouldn't be too worried about the quality of the content - it could never be as bad as Totalitarianism in a Tundra.

>>14568414
yeah I feel that. and they're the featured essay writer? already sounds like a bad mark

>>14568414
they aren't used as slurs in the essay, but as an analysis of loaded terms in a kind of meta analysis of manifestos as they relate to the evolution of language on image boards. They’re slurs, sure, but not used as slurs.

>>14567683
Ah, I am glad someone else articulated this feeling; though I am sure the New Englander had good intentions.

The gentlemen from Massachusetts should submit to The Lit Quarterly. In other words: Join or die.

>>14568600
WICKED BASED

>>14568305
You can wait for the PDF next month. Trying to have a site set up by then.
>>14568414
The words are referred to as common language of the culture being discussed, not explicitly used.

>>14568479
Ah, i didnt know that. That changes things a bit.

>>14568188

This. Do you want a writing career or a professor career? If your goal is to be an adjunct professor making $1200 a class then yeah don't be edgy. If your goal is to be a good writer or write some memorable work that stands the test of time you can't be a pussy. All those "writers" write the same shitty stuff in the same narrow lane and none of them can say anything else. They have to compete on weird prose flourishes because they aren't allowed to tell truths about themselves if those truths make anyone else uncomfortable. You're much better off being a receptionist or something instead of a college professor. Both give you time to write, both pay the same, receptionist takes no student loans, and if you get canceled it's just a big outrage fueled ad for your work instead of losing your job.

I yearn to read this tragically and one day write a stupid short story for it. I'm terribly proud that this board could help out in this, man. GODSPEED CANADIAN

I've ordered a copy in the hopes I get some edgy /lit/ literature. Most of you suck, but a few anons through the years have provided genuine belly laughs. I hope to meet them again the book.

How do I submit my own fiction? And what are the approximate word counts to distinguish a flash piece from a fiction?

>>14569058
I won't say the exact word count I'm using to differentiate between flash and short fiction so that people dont abuse it, but it is a specific number.
Email submissions to the email address in OP.

>>14555527
>anons
>titles like tits or gtfo

>>14555635

>>14569185
Sounds good to me. I was just curious. Thank you for the response.

>>14569190
Despite the reputation of works produced by /lit/, I was very impressed with most of the submissions. There are some talented writers here.

Where are you printing these. Toronto, by chance? I notice you're charging in CAD.

Also, just submitted some old stuff. Hope you enjoy.

>>14569307
Stop advertising your site moron.

>>14569442
I am confused what this anon means

>>14569456

The site's in my name.

>>14569442

Sorry dude, is what it is.

>>14569505
This is an anonymous site. Stop having a name and stop advertising your site moron.

Bump

When writing, is it okay if we use footnotes/endnote if they are usefull to the story?

Hey everyone, I designed both lit quarterly covers and we're working on more. I do a bit of freelance design if anyone is interested.

>$7 shipping for domestic

>>14570570
will you design me some hentai?

>>14570570
You’re alright, m8

>>14570624
Your fault for being a leaf

8$ +$7 shipping +13%hst

Yeah FUCK this shit

>>14570765
it's the price of the arts... patronage was always expensive

>>14570765
how poor are you?

>>14570845
$7 for a little magazine is pretty onerous. I pay $0 to get rifles shipped to my door.

>>14570849
who are you, the fucking mailman?

>>14555487
I'm interested in submitting. is there a FAQ or someplace with guidelines?

>>14570955
this is what I’ve got

>>14570570
2nd is miles better than the first

>>14570570
why wolves

>>14571039
cause wolves are cool

>>14571044
understandable

>>14569266
Hear, hear!

>Going to the library to drink coffee whilst revising my submission for KM D (KoModo Dragon?)

How are you spending your afternoon biz?

>>14569307
Edmonton
>>14570380
If used appropriately, that may work. Yes.
>>14570624
I know...I don't know how amazon determines shipping prices.
>>14570765
What is HST?
>>14570849
For what it's worth, this edition is 102 pages.
>>14571006
Thanks! Greentext conditions are still accurate. Just note that the payments went down:
>poetry=$75CAD
>flash fiction=$100CAD
>short fiction and essays=$150CAD

>>14560236
Where/When/How does one submit their work?

>>14572275
Email it to litquarterly@gmail.com.
Word document preferred but not critical.

>>14571039
The first one was done with an existing photograph I took and I made the second to match. They're sculptures by John McEwen

>>14572012

Cant imagine someone being such a plebe that he takes your money like a whore.

You either are a moderately-to obscenely wealthy noble's son, or you might as well give up on trying to be a writer.

>>14571006
>>14572012
I didn't realize people were getting paid for these. Neat.

>>14572872
>working for free
not everyone on /lit/ is a janny

I write primarily in Spanish. Are translated works alright or should I send it in Spanish?

>>14572996
We only print English-language works, so a translation from Spanish would be needed.
>>14572872
Why would I give up on writing? The whole point of the project is to motivate people to write with more discipline, and it's worked for me at least.
>>14572845
Hey man! I just remembered I need to give you some sense of the theme and subtitle for the third edition.

Any subtitle suggestions for the spring edition anyone?

>>14573071
How about Asterism? An asterism is a constellation that hasn't been recognised officially, like ourselves, writers that haven't made it to the big leagues.

>>14573145
An asterism is also .

>>14573218
Three asterisks (* * *) placed as a pyramid. (The character doesn't display here.)

>>14573071
Yeah I get the design feel we'll go for but we just need a title and I can start taking pics related to the theme.

>>14573145
I like this one

>>14573071
>We only print English-language works, so a translation from Spanish would be needed.
ew but ok, give me a min.

Any estimations as to when the digital version will be available?

>>14573632
read the thread!

>>14573145
ok now this is based

>>14572978
kek based

Currently finishing the final edit of my submission. First time I felt motivated enough to seriously edit and polish one of my works.
Feels great, thanks OP.

>>14573145
Good idea

>>14575270
i bet its dogshit lol. jk

>>14555487
>>14555527
I will buy Lit Quarterly.

>>14557717
>Gaining satisfaction by seeing your works posted on social media and then proceeding to congratulate those who did it as if it's an achievment.
Never gonna make it, normalfag.

Any estimate when I should expect my copy in the US if I ordered before the printing?

>>14557955
>sorry, yes. We can't print that genre but that doesn't mean you shouldn't write it.

Why is the expected wait time for a digital release for something of this nature weeks? I imagine it's likely so that the productions you already made have a chance to sell so you don't take as huge of a loss. Wouldn't a better way to do this be to make sales of the quarterly on another site before production and then use that to get a better estimate of how much you need to print or is the print minimum too high for that anyways. That way, you could print for those who want it and probably cut your losses as well as not feel the need to hold back a release for something you probably already have in a digital format on your computer so that someone doesn't have to pay for a community oriented project.

>>14559880
>buy the quarterly
>read this post
>whathaveidone.jpg

>>14570570
Do you make the covers in photoshop? How did you make the wolf on the cover of the second edition look like that? It's like it was hewn from stone. Is it a clipping mask + drop shadow type deal?

>>14575354
I'm not on social media, so it's just weird to see. "Well done" should've been replaced with "thanks!"
>>14575371
I sent those ones out on 17 January, so I would hope by the 24th...
>>14575327
Cool. If you are outside the US or Canada, email the address in the OP and we'll make arrangements.
>>14575423
You make some good points. The reason for the delay in the digital release is because I don't know anything about setting that up so I'm getting some help from more capable anons. The project has always been about the hard copy rather than the online version because it's something tangible to have and keep.
Yes, it will make a lot more sense in the long-run to have a print-on-demand system, which the printers offer, but it's $250 and they take a cut of sales. So I'll have to see if the numbers are worth it based on the sales of this one.
>>14575467
He's overstating how aggressively those words are used in the essay. They're used more in a referential manner, rather than explicitly. Don't be afraid.

>>14575559
>I sent those ones out on 17 January, so I would hope by the 24th...
Thanks. Today was a burger holiday, by the way, so no mail progress if they've made it to the US by now.

>>14575630
Ah, I see. That might push it to early next week then. But they're on the way!

>>14575697
You can't track it?

>>14575740
Let up lmao

>>14575757
I wasn't the same poster. Just got curious if they could get lost.

>>14575740
No, tracking adds a significant percentage to shipping costs.
>>14575759
I sent around 40 copies of the first edition and only two were returned to me and both were destined for South America.

>>14575870
Fuck, I hope I wasn't the South America one :(

>>14575697

I ordered on Amazon to the US and it says 23rd to 30th for delivery time.

>>14575889
If I told you I sent you one and you haven't received it, then it was you. Does your last name start with an M and do you live in Buenos Aires?
>>14575906
For the first edition, for the standard shipping I used (same as this edition), they told me 7-10 business days.

>>14555487
Have you considered having different editions having different themes, or just a free for all (as long as you're other requirements are meet)?

>>14555487
Thanks for doing this anon. Really cool of you to organize. Gonna work on something to submit for spring

>>14555487
I have nothing to contribute but wanted to say that OP is based. thank you for your time and effort

>>14555487
Aw fuck it, I ordered a copy. At least I know it'll be a genuinely rare book. Looking forward to receiving it.

>>14555487
What's the min/max length for the fiction submissions?

>>14555487
>FEATURING
>Chris

>>14555487
Is there a way to read these online somewhere? I love the idea, but I'm strapped for cash atm.

>>14577199
read the thread. The first edition pdf is out there, the second edition pdf in a few weeks.

>>14577404
ah, my bad

>>14576831
It crossed my mind but I don't think we're at the level where we have enough submissions to fill an issue on just one theme.
>>14576861
Very good to hear. Deadline for spring edition is 31 January. But there will be a summer edition too, so no rush.
>>14577081
There isn't a real minimum...worst thing that happens is that it falls under flash fiction. But max is roughly 5000 words, but this isn't strict.
>>14576962
Thanks!
>>14577199
If you're in Canada or the states, I can send you a copy, just email me. Or yeah, the PDF will be available in a few weeks.
>>14577138
He was gonna go with 'Mike' but was worried about getting doxed.

Any links to the previous e-book editions?

>>14577540
Not online, but if you send an email, I'll send you the PDF.

Now to await the coming of the post.