Who else /published/ here?

who else /published/ here?

the feels are a mixed bag. i'm worried i've peaked already, though it is nice to know i've done more than most "writers" will ever do in their life.

oh, and self-published please gtfo.

>he thinks he's credible because some literary financing firm decided that his work was marketable, and then edited it into the ground to make sure it sold.

You sound like a shallow faggot. Hang yourself and maybe some flamboyant hipsters will like your work.

jelly perhaps, gents? :^)

I'm published in magazines, but I'll have a collection out in a year or two hopefully.

well you've posted what you came here to post. good night

I've had two small press books published. Normies seem impressed, but really, without a marketing budget, it's like self-publishing minus the stigma. I've finished three more books, and I'll go small press with two if necessary, but I really want to get an agent with the latest one. A part of me wants to hang onto the books in case one does go to a major publisher, then the others may have more value. It's weird. I thought getting a book published would change everything. It didn't. I'm not sure getting an agent/big five deal would either. Now though with five books under my belt I know I can do it, like to do it, and will keep doing it. Biggest problem is I usually take ephedrine to write and crash hard from it and end up black out drinking. I'm down to writing 2x a week as a result. Edit sober throughout the week.

I've had three stories published plus a couple articles. I don't worry about peaking because I can pretty clearly see how my work is improving each time I've published a piece. My biggest concern is about being able to put a collection together. I know I'll have the necessary quantity of published stories within a couple years, but I keep feeling like I won't like my early stories enough to include them.

Not sure where you're getting published, hopefully somewhere good. Problem is nowadays there are so many 'literary journals' that are just shit websites, so I had like 30 really shitty stories published when I was first starting out. And the worst of them are front and centre when you Google me. Kind of sucks. Hopefully you're getting published in top-notch places and I sound like an ass, but I know the rush/addictive nature of getting your pieces published anywhere, but in the long run it's not all that beneficial if the stories/publications aren't all that good.

How do I get my novel published?