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/lit/, how do you go about getting published?

How do you find out about contests and magazines? Is there a guide?

>> No.4572110

I haven't looked but I'm sure there's literally 300 million guides to this shit on the Internet if you google it

>> No.4572118

>Literary Agents
>Send them querys
>Get rejected
>give up and self-publish on the kindle store
>hate everyone who still has dreams

>> No.4572127

I sell public domain books on Amazon. I've made about 1000 dollars in 2 years.

>> No.4572128

>>4572127
Seriously? That's pretty dope.

Where do you get the texts from?

>> No.4572165

>>4572108

>get an agent
>try agencies
>start at the top
>move your way down

>agents are filters for publishers
>never self-publish
>never pay anything to anyone
>an agent won't ask money from you

>> No.4572189 [DELETED] 

>>4572108
contests and magazines sounds like something you would in hopes that someone would pull you from the countryside. most people I know did it by chilling only with the chosen few whom they would regularily provide with quality content.

>> No.4572199

>>4572108 (OP)
contests and magazines sound like something you would do in hopes to get pulled out from the countryside. the writers I know did it by chilling only with the chosen few whom they would regularily provide with quality content.

>> No.4572202

>>4572128
>Where do you get public domain texts from?

>> No.4572268
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>>4572199
Well I have a professor who is a best selling author that likes my work. Im planning on asking him about it but I wanted some feedback from /lit/ first

>>4572118
>>4572165
How do you go about getting a literary agent? What exactly is a literary agent?

Seriously I know nothing about the process

>> No.4572280

>>4572268
Imaginary creatures.

>> No.4572327

>>4572202
I'm not the one who posted it, but http://www.gutenberg.org/ has a lot

>> No.4572338

>>4572165
why never self publish?

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4572371

/lit/, OP here.

Is there a difference if youre trying to publish short stories in magazines versus publishing a novel through a publishing house, in the context of a literary agent? It seems most of you are giving me advice for publishing a novel, not a short story.

>> No.4572385

>>4572371
I remember googling about magazines/contests in the US while I was living there and I've found a lot of magazine lists/etc and tips.
(ended up never sending anything, though)

>> No.4572389

>>4572327
i was being a dumb

sorry

>> No.4572437

>>4572385
I know but there is a lot to go through.

Is it best to just get Writers Market and be done with it?

>> No.4574409

you need a lot of vanity