Have you guys ever published anything before, whether professionally or for free?
>>8063018
There are a couple of memesters here who keep spamming their self-published books, if that counts.
>>8063018
i have 1000 word short story that was published in an anthology.
i got a free copy of the book and $20
>>8063018
>for free
>>8063029
It counts. It's still more than (I'm guessing ) most people on this board have done.
>>8063034
That's awesome! Care to give us a link?
>>8063038
Does it really? Even when it's something like pic related?
Won a contest, got a shitty noir short story published in an anthology. Have a nice plaque attesting it, feel it's wholly unddeserved.
>>8063048
What is this even?
>>8063065
anthology is the study of ant anuses
>>8063018
man she is going to be hideous when she's older
>>8063077
>she
>>8063018
Wrote a short story for a science fiction anthology and got published. It was 4 years ago. I was rereading it last week and I realized I was really shitty back then.
I'm actually looking for places that publish short stories. Anyone got any recommendations?
>>8063091
Still pretty cool, imho. What are you writing goals now?
>>8063091
Know what you mean - I was still a few leagues above the other fellas who entered the competition (it's not hard when you're the only one with a modicum of classical education), but goddamn do I cringe now when reading it again. So tryhard and edgy at 18.
I have 30 published works.They're all about ponies.
>>8063114
I only have 1 pony story and it got featured on a cracked.com list
>>8063038
Im one of them.
Have two blogs where i publish new chapters for my stories. One is user-interactive and pretty new.
My grama is verry bad, though. Gladly a friend of mine proof-reeds it when he feels like it.
>>8063070
https://www.amazon.com/Magnificent-Third-Rail-Retrospective-ebook/dp/B016605O6C
260 pages of pure pseudo-literary shitposting.
>>8063134
Let's see it, then. I give you permission to market yourself. Just this once, though.
>tfw I want to write stories with an anime feel to them, but nobody would take it seriously
>>8063158
paradigm-novel.blogspot.com
living-dungeon.blogspot.com
>>8063211
Nobody will take anything you write seriously anyway so just go for it.
>>8063214
Wow. That was rude.
>>8063213
I should probably add: the first one is heavier and more psichplogical. I have enough ideas to fill 3 books, just need to get my lazyass to write.
The secound one is more of a light hearted kind, that don't beg for being thaken serious. Its also an experiment of let the readers decide how the storryshould progres. Lets see how long it lasts.
>>8063076
http://pastebin.com/ckrZN0hm
i figure since the book is out of print I can just put it up here.
>>8063224
You are not worth very much on a personal level. If I saw you and had a conversation with you, I'd walk away feeling pretty unsatisfied.
>>8063238
bit rude
>>8063224
It's not even you specifically, that's just the way it is with any sort of "emerging" writers. At best you're a novelty, at worst you're a joke. I think this just needs to be acknowledged and accepted as an a given if you're going to bother with writing at all these days and don't have the industry connections to immediately come off as "legit".
>>8063244
>tfw they never publish the letters in the trades
what comic? I got my letter published in Daredevil.
>>8063251
It was The Walking Dead.
The letters, not to mention the covers are one of the reasons I moved from reading it in hardcovers to single issues.
>>8063248
Still not the best way to convey the message. I'd like to publish something with a light novel feel, even if it was somewhere like fanfiction.net. I just want to write something original.
Tens of thousands of forum posts.
>>8063273
>he hasn't hit the millions yet
>>8063099
I stopped writing scifi and focused on fiction. My reading habits changed a lot since then too. I wrote a novel last year and sent it to a literary prize in my country. Currently waiting for the result and writing a second novel (40k words already).
>>8063101
Well, everyone is edgy as fuck when they're 18. The important thing is to keep writing.
>>8063048
>Pinchas
Who is this pinecone minedrone?
>>8063018
I published a children's book trilogy in Spanish in my mother country.
>>8063074
I think he means Antheology the study of Ant God.
>>8063664
Antnomenology of Spirits
>>8063672
lets not be reddit anymore.
>>8063697
We can stop being Reddit when someone suggests a good place to publish amateur stuff.
i remember a guy here on /lit/ that wrote many shitty short stories about sex with magic creatures (yetis, leprechauns) and published them on amazon for a couple of dollars.
Yes, I published "Pictures of DFW".
>>8063018
I published two books on Amazon kindle in the last month. One is a non-fiction book about dreams and the other a science fiction book called Headspace. I'm also hoping to publish with kindlescout, but I need to get votes/clicks to win a publishing deal with them. Anyone want to help out I can post the link.
>>8063982
> dis it b?
http://www.amazon.com/Headspace-Sci-Fi-Romance-Erotica/dp/1516804139
>>8063262
He's right, though. Try to convey your ideas to people this board, you'll get a general sense of how volatile audiences are, and how it's impossible to really say anything right that everyone agrees with.
This is the difficulty the writer faces.
I'm 30yo and studied in STEM, so yes, physics papers.
I self-published a story of about 37k words on Amazon for two dollars. It's not outright horrible, I spent time weeding out 99% of the grammatically faulty prose, but it's written in a children's book-like style and the story is a meandering romp through random shit that makes Sharknado look like a documentary. I feel too guilty to shill it.
>>8063995
No. Probably should have chosen a more original title.
>>8064035
How many copies did it sell?
>>8063797
i like them both
>>8063224
Jesus, it's someone being honest. He simply disclosed the reality and said that you should pursue it all the same if it brings you enjoyment.
>>8063211
I know that feel. I think the inherent problem is that so much of what makes anime (and movies) great is communicated visually through reaction body language.
I edited and published a 5000 page Who's Who of Executives and Professionals.
I doubt anyone has ever actually opened it.
I write for a local newspaper, other than that no. Although I'm about to graduate highschool and that will open up my schedule for more serious writing. I really haven't had time the last few months.
>>8063211
What do you mean by a anime feel to it? That sounds horrendously abysmal, but there will probably be a few retards who will read it so yeah whatever man.
>>8064015
I'm a stemfag. Do you get a buzz from publishing? I'm suffering from major anhodenia looking at mass spec all today
>>8063231
Poorly written. Sorry.
Can any of you that managed to publish and sell on KDP tell me what the average income you made from a book was? I'm especially interested in the opinions of someone who doesn't consider themselves a proficient writer.
>>8063231
That actually seems like it'd make a nice children's story
>>8063262
>I just want to write something original.
go to /r9k/ then
>>8064005
The solution to this must surely be locking the outside voices out completely and focusing just on what you think is okay. And bother with opinions and improvement after you finish writing a book. Then go for another if you still want to walk down that path.
I published my first app a few days ago
>>8063213
I read the first paragraph of the prologue of your Living Dungeon story.
>Three breathless people run inside the wracked ruins of a small watch-tower. After making sure, they are not followed, they drop to the floor totally exhausted. Their dark, bluish, almost black skin was covert in dirt, sweat and bruises. Their clothes and armor are not in a better state. They obviously had a hard time.
Here's my novice critique.
From the first line the writing feels very expository. The way you present the information is very direct and boring. Then I immediately spotted a grammar mistake "black skin was *covert* in dirt, sweat and bruises. I didn't expect much after that.
>>8064161
Very very few. I think I've made like forty cents off of it within the last three years. But like I said, I'm too guilty/foolish to shill it even to friends/family.
I've gotten three short stories published. It's all been in the last few months, too, so it's very exciting. Not paid yet, but I'm hoping to claw my way to a good reputation, and then maybe from there I can get my novel published.
I published a poem in an anthology when I was like 8, some random rung our house up a few months later to talk to me and said I would be a great writer one day. It spooked me out a bit. I've never really tried to publish things I've wrote as of now. Might do later on.
>>8063231
I liked it mate. Kind of cute.
What's sad is my fan fiction probably has more fans and readers than anyone else on /lit/.
I wish I could write something original.
>>8065261
What series do you write fanfic about?
>>8065277
There's a big mix. Buffy, Ranma 1/2,Naruto.
I got published in a poetry book with twenty other children in Northern Ireland out of a few hundred schools back when I was about eight or nine.
>tfw published before my balls dropped
>>8063231
you are the demons
>>8063018
I've had a couple poems published in online journals.
but generally, no. i'm terrible and i should really just quit.
i won't. but i probably should.
>>8063018
I'd be too scared to attempt to publish anything, or even show anything I've wrote to anything else. Which is funny, because I don't have the same stagefright for anything else.
>>8063211
As someone who has self-published several "anime-style" novels, I can attest that nobody gives a fuck and you should just have fun. It's not like there's anything to lose, so long as you're not dumb enough to put your own name on the cover.
shill it here
>>8063231
that was good
>>8064384
I've finished my PhD and went for a 20h job.
Now I read books more than I work. Very comfy.
Or rather... in fact I just offered the Institute for Traffic Safety of my city (Vienna) to analyze the police data. 10hours/week, for free. Stuff like that.
I just have a blog on wordpress, I hope to publish something in the future someday. Here's the link if anyone is interested:
https://thenightshiftguy.wordpress.com/
I self-published a book to Amazon just recently, if that counts.It doesn't
>>8063018
fiction? no. professional ad copy, plenty. worked for an ad agency who catered to lawyers, medical practitioners, financial planners, real estate agents, etc. there are literally thousands of pages of online and offline content authored by yours truly.
>>8066326
I'm sure it was very difficult to write.
Would you also write if nobody else would ever read it?
>>8065098
Where did you publish them?
>>8065280
So then do you use fanfiction.net or whatever?
>>8065531
Are they self-published, though?
>>8066336
No. Not gonna lie. The point of writing is to share your ideas with others.
>>8066332
not really. i wrote for my college paper and then a city paper for a year. the ad job paid more than the paper so i quit. basically, the ad job consisted of a shit ton of research and writing 1,000 - 2,000 words of copy every day, much less than the paper job, where several graphs were only 250-500 words per day. most clients weren't that demanding. we elevated our copy for the ones that were, though.
these days i do production jobs for Disney and write fiction and screenplays on my off days. finished one novel and half way through another. hope the first one sells because the long hours kill me here.
anyways, good luck with your writing, mate.
>>8066401
oops, i meant the paper job required less output but had more stringent regs than the ad job. with ad copy, the rule of the trade was to do whatever works. for paper jobs, you have to follow the inverted triangle style of composition. and i think i also overstated the amount of writing. it was closer to 1,000-1,500 words/day.
>>8066336
If I'm not going to share, I may as well keep the thoughts in my head. It's left effort, and anyway they always seem more compelling there.
>>8066387
Yeah, that's a fanfiction.net layout
>>8066674
How is it? Does it do a rating system, subscribers, etc.? I use a different source for my fanfiction, but I'm interested.
>>8063018
I've written various amounts of articles for buzzfeed.
>>8066336
I already do that. None of my friends or family are the reading type.
>>8066824
Leave.
I've written a fair amount of articles for the newspaper, a couple of short stories that were published in a literary magazine and an academic paper, did some fan fiction when I was younger. I haven't published my main things though.
>>8063211
I wouldn't take it seriously.
>>8067046
I feel your pain brother.
>>8063018
>for free?
Yeah, a few. When I was in high school, I wrote more than a few adult furry stories, and one of them was even the top rated for 6 months. I still get follower notifications every so often
>>8066705
Original guy here.
The layout is really old and they haven't done any big changes in years. In terms of audience, though, there's none bigger. If you have any talent at all and you hit an interesting idea you can get all the feedback you want.
I have published tens of thousands of posts on 4chan and various other internet forums.
>>8067987
Only shitposting or some famous greentexts that get reposted every now and then?
>>8063018
Yes.
>>8063077
When she doesn't wear makeup she looks like she could be in Black Sabbath.
Do you ever pay a website to post your content for no compensation to yourself?
An example would be letterboxd pro.
>>8063018
Hello guys,
I wrote a novel. It's not good. It's only 50k words (a little over). I am looking for advice on hiring an editor to tell me how to make it suck less.
Has anyone ever hired an editor before?
Thank you for your kind words about my terrible novel btw. You guys are great.
>>8063018
I published every TLoTiaT book, including the kolsti kombo edition
Sorry
>>8069670
There are freelance editors who post videos to YouTube with free advice regarding writing and revision. There are also tons of articles out there. It's all for publicity too, so you're bound to find editors you can get a feel for before hiring. Good luck!
My Erdos number is 4.
>>8069616
>>8063048
this is brilliant
It's exactly what we need, criticism of the superficial communication and culture of the modern Internet age.
If you have self-published a "book" then you should just give up already. At best, you used a pen name and it isn't tied to you, but even then you've obviously shown that you aren't good enough through your desperation and impatience. If you used your real name on a self-published "novel" then you should probably just kill yourself because there is no coming back from that.
>>8069795
>taking advice from youtube
lol
>>8069616
>GHROLLUM! GOLLUM!
>>8066336
yeah i already do , i write poetry about how i feel because i find it easier to express that way
>>8063018
A poem of mine got published last year in a noteworthy (in my country at least) literary journal, since then, only rejections. Probably the journal gonna die off, because shitty state founding system gonna be restructured because stealing money or whatever. Before that a shitty scifi short story in a (now defunct) scifi blog
>>8069884
Even if it is, no one's reading it.
>>8069887
Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde self-published some of their shit and they're more well-known than you'll ever be.
>>8070273
And joyce self published
>>8070261
>no one is reading it
that's the beauty of post-modern literature
>>8070761
So you're saying it'll be part of a meme trilogy on an Afghani asswiping association in 40 years?
>>8070273
even if my name is Thomas Pynchon?
>>8071034
It's not though. Nice try, not-Bill-Murray.
>>8063018
I'll probably drop my bit here. Not sure when I'll be ready yet.
>>8064526
r9k is is the same shit over and over again. What are you on?
>>8069616
You guys just don't know what real women look like.
>>8063018
Maybe, Maybe not
I don't want to put a label on it...
>>8069830
Mine is 5you win this time friendo
Though, honestly does lit care about scientific publications, even if they require more work?
>>8071001
it really depends on coincidental stuff, I mean I honestly would be surprised if humanity survives another 40 years but basically, yes.
>>8063018
I've published three 20k word shorts as ebooks so far.
My first received nothing but hate and abuse. I've made, at most, $10 from it.
My second got five 4 to 5 star reviews. I make around $10 a month from it, but I've sold no copies at all this month.
My third has had absolutely no sales.
But, we push on.
>>8063018
Posting on 4chan is publishing.
