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Publishing Secret
14 years ago
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Would you like to know a secret to getting something published?
Lean in close now.
Use your old stories.
Seriously, look at Kyell gold for a second. He posted Waterways online, then turned that into a book. He wrote several Argaea stories, then turns around and puts them into Weasels Presents. Several of his stories that he put into Heat and other places, he turned into "League of Canines" book.
Or take myself. Handcuffs and Lace was several stories I posted online - then several years later, I just edit them and publish them. Last week, I sold one story I had already written - "Last Caress of Victoria Jones" - and sold it to a non-furry press. In 3 years, I get the rights back to that story, and I can re-sell it. But more importantly, that was a story I posted what, two years ago?
Granted many places outside the furry fandom (and most big name places) ARE NOT COOL with you posting stories online; that's considered "first printing". However, in the Fandom it's how things often go.
This isn't a suggestion to write nothing new. By far you have to make a lot more than what you already have. Not to mention that you need to polish up if not change things of those old stories to make them more publishable. But your old stuff can serve you, as you work on new material.
Lean in close now.
Use your old stories.
Seriously, look at Kyell gold for a second. He posted Waterways online, then turned that into a book. He wrote several Argaea stories, then turns around and puts them into Weasels Presents. Several of his stories that he put into Heat and other places, he turned into "League of Canines" book.
Or take myself. Handcuffs and Lace was several stories I posted online - then several years later, I just edit them and publish them. Last week, I sold one story I had already written - "Last Caress of Victoria Jones" - and sold it to a non-furry press. In 3 years, I get the rights back to that story, and I can re-sell it. But more importantly, that was a story I posted what, two years ago?
Granted many places outside the furry fandom (and most big name places) ARE NOT COOL with you posting stories online; that's considered "first printing". However, in the Fandom it's how things often go.
This isn't a suggestion to write nothing new. By far you have to make a lot more than what you already have. Not to mention that you need to polish up if not change things of those old stories to make them more publishable. But your old stuff can serve you, as you work on new material.
