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Originally Posted by kane
I've published a bunch of stuff. For about 4 years I made my living writing for a music magazine. I have sold a handful of short stories and a screenplay. I finished a book that is with the publisher now, just waiting on them to decide on a publication date and marketing campaign.
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Thanks for your reply. And congrats, I admire people who do things like writing and art, despite it not paying the bills most of the time.
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Were you looking for advice on how to get an agent/publisher?
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I appreciate any advice someone who has been published can give me, yes.
I've never written with the goal of being published or paid, as I've mentioned, I just fill up notebooks. I have done so for most of my life. But over the past few years I have thought about trying to get things published vs self publish etc... not even sure how agents work with writing. Do they get a cut or do you pay them up front?
Whether it was poetry, short stories, or songs - I just like to write. As I look over at boxes of notebooks, it only makes sense to try and get others to read some of it and publish some of the words Ive written before I die. Everytime I try to find places to submit short stories to I get frustrated LOL
As I have gotten older I am much more focused now, so to sum it up, sure, I'd appreciate any advice you have for someone like me... I do not write with the intent of becoming the next Stephen King, I just like putting words together and invoking emotion and using my wild life as a means to relate my experience on this planet to other lost souls via sentences.
Reading and writing is just what I like to do, I dont care if it ever pays the bills.