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Biffy Pyro:
hey guys, i'm new to this forum, i've read about it several times when looking at jims website but finally decided to take the plunge
anyway, i am an amateur author and i publish my work online on a blog under my pen name, i was wondering if anyone else does this?
P.S. if your british like me i apologise for the obscene hour of the posting, the lack of uni make me turn nocturnal lol
prophet224:
I'm sure there are folks that do that. My only thing is that if you are publishing your work via blog, than you are obviously interested in the 'being published' aspect. To me it is sort of a validation, so I definitely am interested in that myself. If you publish work via a blog, it is, today, considered 'first publication', unless there is restricted and limited access. Thus you no longer have 'first publication' rights to anything you blog. Excerpts, however, are a notable exception.
Apocrypha:
The only thing is that I have seen a few submission guidelines that say they won't accept anything that has been published online in any format previously. I used to publish some of my work on a blog much like you till I saw that and so now I have stopped.
Biffy Pyro:
hmmmm, well i may have to re-consider, i thought it might be a way to build up credibility, you know, say to an agent "here is some of my other work" etc
Apocrypha:
Yes it certainly can be. But from what I understand it is as prophet224 says:
--- Quote from: prophet224 on July 09, 2010, 08:30:24 PM ---If you publish work via a blog, it is, today, considered 'first publication',
--- End quote ---
And as most places want first publication rights they won't touch things that are already "published" online.
I can see using a site like that to build a reputation does have a lot of credibility to it but what you put on there might not be usable by publishers. What I might suggest as well, is possibly purchasing your own domain and looking into something called "Creative Commons".
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