Has any orgers here ever had anything published? Short stories or novels? I want to know how the process works? Yes I googled but I wanna know how your experiences went Thanks in advance

As far as I know, this author is an ordger(or used to be),,,

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Harlepolis said:

As far as I know, this author is an ordger(or used to be),,,

[img:$uid]http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2011/10/prince-bio-201110/_jcr_content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_contai/cn_image.size.prince-excerpt.jpg[/img:$uid]

Never knew this Harley

Harlepolis said:

As far as I know, this author is an ordger(or used to be),,,

[img:$uid]http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2011/10/prince-bio-201110/_jcr_content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_contai/cn_image.size.prince-excerpt.jpg[/img:$uid]

Really?

PurpleJedi said:

Harlepolis said:

As far as I know, this author is an ordger(or used to be),,,

[img:$uid]http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2011/10/prince-bio-201110/_jcr_content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_contai/cn_image.size.prince-excerpt.jpg[/img:$uid]

Really?

Yep,,,

I remember him posting a thread about the book long before it got published. Even posted the cover

^ woulda been nice to see that thread

I just wanna know how to get started? What pitfalls to avoid?

http://prince.org/msg/5/3...sg_7192603

Harlepolis said:

http://prince.org/msg/5/3...sg_7192603

Damn Org-something about UK pops up

Copy/Paste/Enter, you know the drill

Harlepolis said:

Copy/Paste/Enter, you know the drill

gotcha

Also, I seem to remember an orger posting the URL to a short story book he published in his siggy. I wish I could remember his screen name though

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Wow-it took Ronin ten yrs to write it nice thread

Harlepolis said:

Also, I seem to remember an orger posting the URL to a short story book he published in his siggy. I wish I could remember his screen name though

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ing that you remember

i had info for a publisher in San Fran, but lost contact.

i'll have to reestablish soon though, or just let my daughter

go through the hastle of it...

look for a book called "cupcake brown" (i believe)

look for the publisher of that book, they are good.

nursev said:

I just wanna know how to get started? What pitfalls to avoid?

I'll tell you my advice: I used to write short stories and I would submit them to the very very best magazines (shoot for the top) and sometimes I would even get back nice handwritten notes from them, I got a few from the New Yorker, saying things like, "This is not quiet right for us despite it's evident merit, but keep trying" or telling me that they liked my writing style, whereas whenever I submitted to some nobody magazine I would just get a "NO". And I was so glad that I had the balls to submit to the top notch magazines (who sometimes wrote me back and had nice things to say) because if I had just sent to sucky nobody rags, I would have thought I was a shitty writer. But everytime I got a postive note back from someone like The New Yorker, it gave me all kinds of confidence.

I was never published but I never stuck with it either. I have however, just written a novel and I am not even going to try and have a publisher publish it (too much trouble imo) but for around 100 dollars you can publish with "Create Space" a division of Amazon. They make your book available on Amazon and Border's and a few others websites. Granted, not many people buy self published books unless they know about them which is why once it's out there I plan on promoting the hell out of it- buying inexpensive ads on websites, going to local bookstores, whatever.

But if you have aspirations to write- keep with it! Good luck to you!

lauralevesque said:

nursev said:

I just wanna know how to get started? What pitfalls to avoid?

I'll tell you my advice: I used to write short stories and I would submit them to the very very best magazines (shoot for the top) and sometimes I would even get back nice handwritten notes from them, I got a few from the New Yorker, saying things like, "This is not quiet right for us despite it's evident merit, but keep trying" or telling me that they liked my writing style, whereas whenever I submitted to some nobody magazine I would just get a "NO". And I was so glad that I had the balls to submit to the top notch magazines (who sometimes wrote me back and had nice things to say) because if I had just sent to sucky nobody rags, I would have thought I was a shitty writer. But everytime I got a postive note back from someone like The New Yorker, it gave me all kinds of confidence.

I was never published but I never stuck with it either. I have however, just written a novel and I am not even going to try and have a publisher publish it (too much trouble imo) but for around 100 dollars you can publish with "Create Space" a division of Amazon. They make your book available on Amazon and Border's and a few others websites. Granted, not many people buy self published books unless they know about them which is why once it's out there I plan on promoting the hell out of it- buying inexpensive ads on websites, going to local bookstores, whatever.

But if you have aspirations to write- keep with it! Good luck to you!

I have several friends who have been published. It took a while and they went through many rejects. Sometimes its just a matter of who reads it and what hot at the time. Keep working and your chin up...if its to happen, it will.

lauralevesque said:

nursev said:

I just wanna know how to get started? What pitfalls to avoid?

I'll tell you my advice: I used to write short stories and I would submit them to the very very best magazines (shoot for the top) and sometimes I would even get back nice handwritten notes from them, I got a few from the New Yorker, saying things like, "This is not quiet right for us despite it's evident merit, but keep trying" or telling me that they liked my writing style, whereas whenever I submitted to some nobody magazine I would just get a "NO". And I was so glad that I had the balls to submit to the top notch magazines (who sometimes wrote me back and had nice things to say) because if I had just sent to sucky nobody rags, I would have thought I was a shitty writer. But everytime I got a postive note back from someone like The New Yorker, it gave me all kinds of confidence.

I was never published but I never stuck with it either. I have however, just written a novel and I am not even going to try and have a publisher publish it (too much trouble imo) but for around 100 dollars you can publish with "Create Space" a division of Amazon. They make your book available on Amazon and Border's and a few others websites. Granted, not many people buy self published books unless they know about them which is why once it's out there I plan on promoting the hell out of it- buying inexpensive ads on websites, going to local bookstores, whatever.

But if you have aspirations to write- keep with it! Good luck to you!

Wonderful advice-thank you

mzsadii said:

I have several friends who have been published. It took a while and they went through many rejects. Sometimes its just a matter of who reads it and what hot at the time. Keep working and your chin up...if its to happen, it will.

WHUT DA FUCK?!?!?!

whut up wit da hugs? and i ain't gettin none???!!!

nursev said:

Harlepolis said:

Also, I seem to remember an orger posting the URL to a short story book he published in his siggy. I wish I could remember his screen name though

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ing that you remember

Was it XaXX? I think it was called Fear Not The Dark wasn't it?

babynoz said:

nursev said:

ing that you remember

Was it XaXX? I think it was called Fear Not The Dark wasn't it?

you actually remembered, thank you. yes i had a webpage with a story posted up there for a while.

the digital age makes self-publishing quite attractive

XxAxX said:

babynoz said:

Was it XaXX? I think it was called Fear Not The Dark wasn't it?

you actually remembered, thank you. yes i had a webpage with a story posted up there for a while.

the digital age makes self-publishing quite attractive

It was a fun read...I lost it when my computer crashed though.

If I ever decide to publish something I'll probably do the self publishing thing...lots of options these days.

and you actually read it me loves you. i'm no expert, but imo the digital method simply offers more flexibility. the world of publishing is changing pretty fast. there was a cool article about a minneapolis gal who has sold over a million downloads of her books (.99 cents per) and is thriving by simply getting her own stuff out there. mind you, that takes a lot of time and effort but it's doable for someone who has time

XxAxX said:

and you actually read it me loves you. i'm no expert, but imo the digital method simply offers more flexibility. the world of publishing is changing pretty fast. there was a cool article about a minneapolis gal who has sold over a million downloads of her books (.99 cents per) and is thriving by simply getting her own stuff out there. mind you, that takes a lot of time and effort but it's doable for someone who has time

I agree.