Publishing Work

[Anonymous No.10188135]

How many of you have actually gotten your work published? How many of you are like me and just keep saving random bullshit on your computer in the hopes that "one day" you'll polish them and maybe show a friend? What's the process of getting your work published like? How much money can you reasonably expect to make off say, a novel?

[Anonymous No.10188146]

>>10188135
Bumping out of interest. I'd like to know too, since I can relate to this

[Anonymous No.10188163]

>>10188135
>How many of you have actually gotten your work published?

I don't know, but I've gotten mine published.

>What's the process of getting your work published like?

You write things, then you submit them to places. If the like it and it fits their stytle, they publish it.

>How much money can you reasonably expect to make off say, a novel?

Realistically? Almost nothing. Most novels that get published struggle just to break even.

[Anonymous No.10188186]

>>10188163
This on all counts.

Don't do stuff in hopes of one day, you have to put the work in now.

[Anonymous No.10188189]

>>10188163

This.

I have to novels published in my native language and you bassically write somwthing, submitte it to a bunch of publishing companies and editorials and if it fits their style and they like it it gets published, although you may have to change it a bit to. I'll also like to add that if you get published once you get published it becomes easier to get published again, no matter how well it does.

[Anonymous No.10188194]

Is it harder to get large (200-300k word) fantasy novels published?

[Anonymous No.10188197]

>>10188194
Yes.

[Anonymous No.10188338]

Does self publishing count?

[Anonymous No.10188345]

>>10188194
Yeah that's too long for most people. Split it up into 2 books

[Anonymous No.10188351]

>>10188338
Is self-stimulation sex?

[Anonymous No.10188357]

>>10188351

[Anonymous No.10188364]

>>10188194
As a first time author, yeah. Even 150k is pushing it

[Anonymous No.10188371]

Had a short story published this summer. The writers guild in my city does an annual contest. This past year they got a pretty big-ish name in the Leafland Lit Scene to judge the category I submitted to. Can't say how much of that was my own talent/luck/lackofcompetition.

It can honestly depend on if the judge is hungry/tired when they read your shit...

[Anonymous No.10188382]

>>10188135
>How many of you have actually gotten your work published?

I've gotten some short stories published. A few for pay. I feel like there's a few other published authors here too, although no one would ever admit that publicly. Political climate is too hostile atm.

> How many of you are like me and just keep saving random bullshit on your computer in the hopes that "one day" you'll polish them and maybe show a friend?

You might as well start submitting. Not that you'll get feedback with your rejections, per say, but you'll start to write with more purpose.

> What's the process of getting your work published like?

For short stories you read their guidelines, follow them with respect to editing your story, and then submit it through a web portal like submittable. Then you wait a few weeks (or months) and find out if they take it or not. If they take it they email you a contract and potentially request a few edits. Then a few months later it appears in print.

For novels, I think the idea is you're supposed to first submit to agents. You write a query letter and probably only attach the first 5 pages to see if they like your style. If they do, they request more. If they like the whole thing they offer representation. At that point I have no idea what happens really because I've never been offered representation.

> How much money can you reasonably expect to make off say, a novel?

Not sure. Going rate for a "professional" sci-fi short story market is $0.08 US a word, though.