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14669296 No.14669296 [Reply] [Original]

Have you guys found a good place to sell your writings?
I'm talking short stories, poetry, etc.
I've heard some good things about Poetry Foundation, but not a lot.

>> No.14669315

>>14669296
>money
>poetry

Are you a cute girl? Can you convince people to just give you money? No? Bro you're in for a bad time trying to live off short stories and poetry. Erotic short stories maybe.......

>> No.14669333

>>14669315
Well, if I gotta write smut I gotta write smut I guess.
Probably not to live off of though. Just a way to get poetry out there and receive some cash on the side.

>> No.14669732

>>14669333
Just remember if you write smut it can't even be good smut, everyone reads the most garbage smut imaginable

>> No.14669744

>>14669732
It's actually pretty hard to write good smut imo

>> No.14669762

>>14669744
Pretty hard to write good fiction in general, but yes good smut is the highest art form

>> No.14669774

>>14669732
true enough, i dont know why women like that trashy hunk on the cover smut. I love tasteful smut, but I feel like there isn't enough of it.

>> No.14669857

Has anyone tried publishing e-books, or self-publishing e-books? Is it easy? Is it worth it?

>> No.14670710

>>14669762
Writing good smut is like writing good comedy is like writing good horror, whether you're trying to scare someone, make them laugh, or make them horny it requires skill to elicit that kind of visceral response from someone with your words

>> No.14670922

I published an ebook back in november. Ive made 15 bucks so far. Im probably doing something wrong. Good luck man.

>> No.14670973

>>14670922
www.amazon.ca/dp/B0812CRCDX
This is my ebook. Buy a copy and support a brother.

>> No.14671219

bump

>> No.14671502

>>14669315
making money from poetry seemed impossible but I figured it out. Don't give up.

>> No.14671626

>>14670922
So 5 bucks a month basically. Just write a thousand books and you'll be on easy street

>> No.14671636

>>14670973
I'm curious how does amazon unlimited work for the author? Does amazon pay you some kind of small fee when an unlimited subscriber downloads your book?

>> No.14672857

>>14670922
What are you doing to promote it?

>> No.14674033

>>14671636
Yes. It works similar to the way Spotify pays musicians.

>> No.14674045

You very rarely make a living from writing and reading poetry or short stories...thats why most poets have teaching positions in academic institutions

>> No.14674183

Literally the only way (barring a few unrealistic exceptions) to make a decent living from writing these days is to pump out pulpy genre fiction or erotica on Amazon.

>> No.14675095

>>14671502
For real? Enough to live on?

>> No.14675132

>>14669333
>smut
You'll never make it.