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Has /lit/ ever had anything published before?

>> No.3468954

everydayfiction.com

>> No.3468952

Not counting TAR or ebooks? Yes.
There are some fairly pro writers on here ... sometimes.

>> No.3468956

An op/ ed in my schools newspaper. I guess you could say things are getting Pretty serious.

>> No.3468970
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I've been thinking about submitting a flash fiction I wrote, but I'm pretty sure no one would want to read it.

I suck at writing. Oh god.

>> No.3468978

>implying being published means anything anymore

>> No.3468980 [DELETED] 

All that I write is published by 4chan.org on the ink written world of the internet.

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>>3468980
That's deep.

>> No.3469420

I've had a handful of short stories in magazines and one novel published locally. There's plenty of others on here with similar credentials.

>> No.3469448

One of my past novels was on the NYT 'best seller' list, I wont say which, nor am I proud of the work.

>> No.3469451

Any 'full-time' freelance writers?

>> No.3469460

>>3469448
how much money did you make

>> No.3469465

There was that one anon who bragged about getting $500/mo by churning out dozens of self help and shit poetry books.

>> No.3469468

>>3468978
>Implying that it doesn't

Name one decent self-published novel.

>> No.3469473

Yes, a wrote a little children's story that did alright. Only took me fifteen minutes to write.

Nothing I have put any actual time or effort into has been published though.

>> No.3469471

I got a short story published a few months ago, in a magazine read by about ~2000 people. Not a huge deal, in other words

>> No.3469475

>>3469468

Ulysses

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3469479

>/lit/ posters
>getting published, except for vanity publishings

I'm not sure anyone on /lit/ will ever get published. Perhaps if they stop writing sci-fi and fantasy. And crap.

>> No.3469481

>>3469468
>implying awful self-published books are a counterargument to awful published books

>> No.3469487

>>3469460
Lots and lots and lots.

<spoiler>Including the advance, more then $160'000.</spoiler>

>> No.3469497

>>3469479
scif-fi and fantasy is more likely to be published than wanna-be classics trash. The worst genre fiction still sells a predictable amount. A shitty try-hard book, though, has no potential.

Think of film. Tinsel-town will rehash the same romcom formula and shitty parody-movie because it makes a very predictable amount. They simply give the film a smaller budget than that amount and make tons of them. Artistic movies only turn a profit when they are exceptional, so it is rarely worth the gamble. Movies like "The Artist" for example need to prove themselves before enjoying a wide release.

So, it's really not that hard to write a shitty sci-fi book and get some boiler-plate contract.

>> No.3469507

>>3469487
What was the advance? How many books sold atm?

>> No.3469518

>>3469487
Glad we have some talent on this board
Nice to have you here :')

>> No.3469529

>>3469487
>more then
I sympathize with your editor.

>> No.3469543

>>3468970
Post it here.

>> No.3469545

>>3469487
>then

>> No.3469548

I've had things published on websites, but that's kind of fake.

>> No.3469563

no

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>>3469448
you made the new yorker? GTFO?

>> No.3469568

>>3469487
and...your proof of that is?

>> No.3469584

A few poems in undergraduate journals. A short story back in high school in a local magazine.

>> No.3469596

>>3469448
>>3469566
Heckle and Jeckle! You two made me hoot!

>> No.3469650

>>3469487

No you didn't you fucking arsehole, you're completely anonymous so it doesn't matter if we know what book it is. Please fuck off elsewhere if you're going to make unsubstantiated claims.

>> No.3469669

>>3469650
Whoa, look at you, pissing a lake. Why does mentioning money so hurt your feels?

>> No.3469674

In sixth grade an essay I wrote was used for the statewide writing assessment as the 'good' example. Also assorted articles for newspapers and magazines in my area, but never anything of literary merit.

>> No.3469675

>>3469468
I wasn't making any statement about self-publishing.

But yes I'm implying it having your book published mean anything anymore.

>> No.3469688

>>3469650
>No you didn't you fucking arsehole, you're completely anonymous so it doesn't matter if we know what book it
but if you know what book it is, he's no longer anonymous you dummie

>> No.3469810

I used to submit reviews (as a reader) to a national (UK) music magazine. I was printed regularly and won about £50 in vouchers. High five!

>> No.3469825

Yes.

>> No.3469941

>>3468948
That Towel-In guy is doing all right for himself.

>> No.3469983

Ron Macballs earn some money with amazon

>> No.3472023

>>3469468
Proust In Search Of lost Time