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 Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject: Are You A Published Author? |
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Is anyone on here a published author yet?
If so, how did the process go about, did you find it difficult, and who is your publisher?
After 5 months of slaving away at query letters, synopses, and proposals and receiving rejection upon rejection, my women's fiction book finally got accepted for publication. I'm only in the beginning stages of the process, but I just learned that only someone 18 or over can legally be held to any contract, so I'm in a sticky situation as whether or not I need to wait until I'm 18 to sign OR if I just need to have my parent/guardian sign the contract in their name for me. |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Seriously, I've been published. It was just a poem, though. |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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Ive been published.. But im not sure if winning a poetry contest and then having your winning poem published counts..
Eh..close enough.. |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:07 am Post subject: |
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| Is your publisher PublishAmerica? Because they suck and you should avoid them at all costs. |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| I haven't finished my book yet. |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Snoink wrote: |
| Is your publisher PublishAmerica? Because they suck and you should avoid them at all costs. |
I second that, but hopefully you have a proper publisher. Tip now: don't go for vanity presses if you're serious about writing.
Anyhow, I haven't been published... yet. But I will, one day. |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, there's a company over here in England that holds a competition every few months and publishes a book for each area with the winning entries in and one of my poems is in that. If you live in England I'd recommend youngwriters for poetry =).If your entry is the best or if you are one of the best twenty or something you get a cash prize etc. |
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