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Publishing for Fun and Profit
So there was a list going around tumblr for a while that made it to my dash of literary journals that accept open submissions (and will pay!), but upon inspection about half of them were closed indefinitely, and I found quite a few other places that looked interesting through further research, so I wanted to post my own list.
I tried to focus on things that paid professional grade (at least 6 cents per word), were friendly to speculative fiction, and specifically encouraged diversity and writing about marginalized groups.
(Please note that as of right now I have never submitted or been published with any of these, so if anyone has experience with them, good or bad, please feel free to message or reblog this with your experiences.)
Speculative Fiction
Strange Horizons — Speculative fiction (broadly defined) with an emphasis on diversity, unusual styles, and stories that address politics in nuanced ways. 8c per word. Up to 10,000 words, under 5,000 preferred. Responds within 40 days. LGBT+ positive.
Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine — Sci-fi, fantasy, horror, etc. 7-12c per word. Up to 25,000 words. No response times listed.
Asimov’s Science Fiction — Primarily sci-fi but accepts fantasy and surreal fiction, but no high fantasy/sword and sorcery. Prefers writing that is character driven. 8-10c per word. 1,000-20,000 words. Responds in about five weeks.
Evil Girlfriend Media — Horror and urban fantasy centered on female empowerment and defying gender stereotypes. $100 flat payment. 4,000-7,000 words. No response times given. LGBT+ friendly.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies — Fantasy with a focus on secondary worlds and characters. 6c per word. Up to 10,000 words. Average response time 2-4 weeks.
Fantastic Stories — Speculative fiction with an emphasis on diversity and literary style. 15c per word. Up to 3,000 words. Responds within two weeks. LGBT+ positive.
Fiction Vortex — Serialized fantasy and speculative fiction. $300 for featured stories, $50 otherwise. 3,500 words or less. No response times given.
Shimmer — Speculative fiction with an emphasis on diversity, strong plots, vivid characters, and beautiful writing. 5c per word. 7,500 words or less (will consider longer words with query letter). Usually responds within two weeks. LGBT+ positive.
Clarkesworld Magazine — Sci-fi, fantasy, and other speculative fiction. 10c per word up to 5,000 words, 8c per word after. 1,000-16,000 words. Responds within days usually, gives a tracking number.
Apex Magazine — Speculative fiction of all kinds. 6c per word, +1c per word for podcast stories. Up to 7,500 words, all submissions over will be auto-rejected. Responds within 30 days.
Heliotrope Magazine — Speculative fiction of all kinds. 10c per word. Up to 5,000 words. Responds within 30 days.
Lightspeed Magazine — Speculative fiction of all kinds, with creativity and originality in terms of style and format encouraged. 8c per word. 1,500-10,000 words, under 5,000 preferred. LGBT+ positive. Submissions temporarily closed for their main magazine but is accepting for their People of Color Destroy Science Fiction special.
General Fiction
The Sun Magazine — General fiction, likes personal writing or writing of a cultural/political significance. $300-$1500 flat payment and a one year subscription to the magazine for fiction (also accepts essays and poetry). No minimum or maximum lengths but over 7,000 words discouraged. Responds in 3-6 months. Physical submissions only.
One Story — Any and all varieties of fiction, “unique and interesting” stories encouraged. $500 payment plus 25 contributor copies. 3,000-8,000 words. Usually responds in 2-3 months.
Camera Obscura — General fiction. $1000 for featured story, $50 for “Bridge the Gap” award, no payment for other contributors. 250-8,000 words. Response time vary, running just over two months as of now.
Flash Fiction
Daily Science Fiction — Speculative flash fiction (including sci-fi, fantasy, slipstream, etc.). 8c per word. Up to 1,500 words, but shorter stories given priority. Response times not listed.
Vestral Review — General flash fiction. 3-10c per word depending on length to a max of $25. Up to 500 words. Response within four months.
Flash Fiction Online — General flash fiction. $60 flat payment. 500-1,000 words. Response times not listed.
Novels/Novella
Riptide Publishing — Any LGBTQ manuscripts between 15,000 and 150,000 words. Currently especially interested in lesbian romances, trans stories, asexual/aromantic stories, romances with a happy ending, and genre fiction such as urban fantasy. Also has a YA branch. LGBT+ positive.
Crimson Romance — Romance stories of all kinds, currently seeking LGBT+ stories with a focus on emotional connections and relationships, especially m/m romance. Novel (55,000-90,000 words) or novella (20,000-50,000 words) length. LGBT+ positive.
Kindle Direct Publishing
Kindle Direct Publishing — Allows you to set your own prices, create your own cover art, and make royalties off of each sell. Any and all genres are welcome and if you’re prolific and smart about how you’re publishing you can make pretty good money.
General Guide to Kindle Publishing — Gives a good rundown of the publishing process on Kindle.
101 Guide to Kindle Erotica — Great guide with lots of resources about how to make money publishing erotica on Kindle.
Publishing Comics/Graphic Novels
Here is a list of potential comic companies and what kind of open submissions they accept.
Here is a list of literary agents who accept graphic novels.
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Relationships get so bananas when you start deciphering the other person’s love language.
Like I thought I was just acquaintances with this person because they never told me details about themselves and we just talked movies and writing . But then they made time to have coffee with me and they showed up out of breath because they ran. Like. RAN to be on time for coffee with me?
And I was like “i don’t mind waiting” cause I never want to run
But they said they wanted every minute they could get because I’m so busy usually
Which is when it clicked that I didn’t get how much they considered me a friend because I just straight away didn’t see MY signs of affection in them and went “cool! Casual buds it is.” But now that I’m seeing their signs of affection, I feel a little silly for dismissing them like that even though I felt like we could be best bros.
Anyway, some people show affection through time or intensity or commitment and not vocally. I really have to remember that!
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Commission Pricing 101
Guidelines for Setting Commission Prices
Article by @dragonofdarknesschaos article dated April 25th 2017 Original Source: [x]
I’m going to be blunt with all'y'all. You are most likely under-pricing your work. That’s okay, but please consider the following:
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Industry Standard Price List for Book Illustration*
Black and White: • Spread: $500-$1500 • Full Page: $500-$9500 • Quarter Page: $100-$350
Color: • Spread: $700-$2000 • Full Page: $500-$1500 • Quarter Page: $200-$400
*From The Handbook of Pricing and Ethical Guidelines by the Graphic Artists Guild, ed. 13–basically the bible for all visual artists looking to sell and price their work. Check your local library for a copy.
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Not all artists are comfortable charging this much for their work, or maybe feel that their work isn’t good enough to charge more than a few bucks (if anything at all), some are just doing it for fun and don’t care about the money so much.
All of that is okay. Individual commissioners usually don’t have the kind of money to drop that large corporations do.
This is more about setting a few guidelines to prevent people from charging pennies for a full-color spread.
See below:
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Fandom’ Average Price List
Black and White: • Spread: $10-$50 • Full Page: $5-$30 • Quarter Page: $5-$30
Color: • Spread: $50-$200 • Full Page: $20-$70 • Quarter Page: $10-$30
Valuing Your Work
If you don’t value your time, no one else will.
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You probably put a lot of time and effort into your work over the months or even years that you’ve been honing your craft. So even if you’re in the select few who can actually bang out a beautiful piece of art in twenty minutes or less, think about how long it took you to get to that point. I knew I wanted to do art professionally since the age of four; at the time of this writing I’ve gained 21 years of experience. Not all of it was paid or professional quality work, but I learned and grew to what I am now. Even if you’ve only been drawing a few months, that time and experience matters all the same! Don’t sell your skills short. Now that you’ve gained some confidence in your abilities, it’s time to set a monetary value for your skills. Usually artists go with an hourly rate. This means that for however many hours you work on a piece, you charge the commissioner (or customer) by the amount you set. THE COMMISSIONER DOES NOT NEED TO KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES YOU TO MAKE THE ARTWORK. DO, however, ask when they need the artwork by. If you cannot complete the artwork in that amount of time asked, turn down the commission or find out if the deadline can be changed. Let’s try this hourly rate in an example now.
Say it takes three hours to do a full color bust and the hourly rate is $10.
In math terms it’s…
(hourly rate) x (time spent) = (amount to charge).
The artist would charge $30 for the full-color bust commission.
Thirty dollars for just a drawing of a head and shoulders might seem like a lot, and one might be tempted to decrease the hourly rate so the amount to charge is within those ‘Fandom’ Averages mentioned above.
Doing the same work for a total of $5 means one would charge $1.67 hourly.
Most states have minimum wages well above that.
Are you worth less than the bare minimum, or are you worth more? Spoiler alert–YOU MATTER!! And so does your artwork too!
If you’re still not feeling confident enough, just look up your state’s minimum wage and use that for your hourly rate. You can then slowly raise your prices as you gain more confidence in your work. While people might complain, remind them–and yourself–about those Industry Standard Prices listed above.
It doesn’t hurt to let your fans know that you will be increasing your prices in advance either!
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When to Increase Your Prices
Either increase your prices when you feel confident in doing so, when there’s simply too much demand for your work, or if you’ve been undervaluing yourself.
Increasing the price will deter some potential customers, but those who sincerely want your work will save up to commission you no matter what. Those are the people you want to work with.
If the demand is still too high for you to keep up, or you don’t feel comfortable increasing prices to keep up with demand, create slots, or a short list of commissions you are currently working on.
Create a wait list too, if that helps. Just maintain a clear path of communication with your supporters.
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The Nuances of Pricing
If you really want to get technical, there’s going to be MORE MATH ahead. Though it’s basically all about breaking down how much time it takes you to do anything.
It will take you three times longer than you think it will.
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Pricing by Style
Wow, you can actually draw in multiple styles!? GREAT! AMAZING! Not everyone can do that.
If it takes you more time to draw one style than another have a price chart that clearly shows that.
If you have multiple coloring styles or techniques, break down how long each takes and give prices based on that.
Dissect your artistic process into steps if that helps to understand what to charge for. Creating steps like this will also help if (and when) you need to make invoices, or lists of the services you’re providing for billing purposes.
The following are examples of pricing broken down into each step in an artistic process for two vastly different styles:
Super Cartoony Style (full page):
- sketch: $10 x 15mins (or .25hr) = $2.50 - lines: $10 x 90mins (or 1.5hrs) = $15.00 - color: $10 x 1hr = $10 - (no shading) Total: $27.50
Semi-Realistic Painterly Style (full page):
- sketch: $10 x 1hr = $10 - (no lines) - color: $10 x 2hrs = $20 - shading: $10 x 6hrs = $60 Total: $70
Having these kinds of breakdowns will help potential commissioners identify what they want and what they can afford.
Yeah, that’s great, but what if someone just wants a sketch in the Super Cartoony Style? Then I’m making less than those ‘Fandom’ Average prices!
True, but what if you sit down to do the sketch commission, and instead of taking fifteen minutes, you end up spending twenty minutes looking up reference of the character, and the poses you want, end up scrapping a bunch of attempts, and before you know it, an hour and a half has passed? By then you’ve charged the commissioner for fifteen minutes of work when it actually took you six times longer. If this happens to you consistently, consider switching to a flat-rate approach or compensate for this time difference in the prices you offer.
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Flat Rate Pricing
Essentially you charge more up front and lower the price of any additional steps. As such, additional services, like lines, color, and shading are then smaller fees that get tacked on after the preliminary sketch is completed.
The flat rate is typically based on the average amount of time it takes to do each step of the process.
Say it takes anywhere from 15-90 minutes to do a sketch depending on how inspired you are.
With the same hourly rate of $10, that’s a range of $2.50-$15. Depending on complexity things might take longer, so let’s bump it up to $20 just to be safe.
Keeping the total costs the same as for the hourly break downs above results in the following:
Super Cartoony Style (full page) flat rate:
- sketch: $20 - lines: $4 - color: $3.50 - (no shading) Total: $27.50
Semi-Realistic Painterly Style (full page) flat rate:
sketch: $30 (no lines) color: $15 shading: $25 Total: $70
There’s less actual math involved, but it means that you’ll at least get your money’s worth whether you spend the fifteen minutes you originally allotted, or wind up taking two hours.
Again, the commissioner doesn’t need to know how long it actually took you to make the art.
Consider adjusting the flat rates if you find yourself spending more time on certain things than your hourly rate covers.
In the example, if you repeatedly spend more than two hours on a sketch, then you need to increase your initial rate to compensate. This model also plays a bit into the ideas behind the “super size” marketing. For just four dollars more you get cleaner line art. For only three and a half dollars more you get full color! If a commissioner can get over the initial price to start, chances are they’ll be more willing to spend the few extra dollars to get a higher level of finish.
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Methods of Payment
While DeviantArt is a great place for finding and getting commissions, they don’t exactly have the best monetary system in place.
Here are a few other methods you can use.
While there are other sites and services you can use to send money, be sure both the artist and commissioner have agreed on the amount due and payment method before sending anything.
In general do not start on the artwork until at least half of the payment is received or processed.
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The Commissions Widget (on DeviantArt)
Pros:
easy to use
built into site
allows points to be turned into actual cash
Cons:
deducts 20% from your earnings (most sites charge less than 10%)
keeps points earned from commissions separate from total points
few people have 3,000 points to drop
If you’re intent on using this system, be sure to add a 20% tax to your final cost (e.g. $27.50 + ($27.50 x .2) = $33.00 or 3,300 points)
While you could simply trade the points outside the commissions widget, the points cannot [legally] be turned back into cash.
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Google Wallet
Pros:
easy to use
works fast
no usage fee
Cons:
open to continental US ONLY
requires gmail account
no invoices
If you already have a gmail account, then you automatically have access to gwallet. It’s just a matter of connecting a bank account or credit card then.
While there are no invoices for any money exchanges that I’m aware of, still consider making invoices for your records.
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PayPal
Pros:
internationally available
used across many sites for payment
very secure
has built-in invoices
Cons:
lots of rules that constantly change and are difficult to understand
difficult to navigate; if done incorrectly one may be charged
both parties must fill out forms correctly or the artist will be charged or have their account banned
If you live inside or outside the continental US, here are a few links that may be helpful in [writing those invoices], and [making sure you don’t get burned].
Also do not use PayPal to send your art, as their rules are a bit convoluted about who owns the rights to the artwork then.
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Patreon
Pros:
easy to understand
processes payments through Amazon
allows creators to build communities around their projects
multiple price points can be offered at the same time
encourages repeat customers
Cons:
while it’s a bit daunting to get set up and situated, Patreon has an almost infinite amount of easy to understand resources to help their creators take off
though not necessary, it helps to have a strong social media presence elsewhere
smaller group of commissioners
For those who don’t know, Patreon is like KickStarter, but it recurs monthly, and it’s just for creatives.
What I’ve seen most artists who do commissions exclusively through Patreon do is have a lower reward tier that is fan driven like monthly requests, in addition to a higher reward tier that is the actual commission button so-to-speak.
This format kind of forces the flat rate pricing method to an extreme, so price well, or create a dialogue with your fans/patrons/potential commissioners to see what they’re most interested in getting for their money. They might even give you ideas for projects to do down the road.
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TL;DR
Professional illustrations go for 20-50 times MORE than what most ‘fandom’ artists charge.
Value your time, or else no one else will. This means that you deserve to work for above minimum wage.
Never tell the commissioner how long it takes to make your artwork (unless you need more time to make your artwork).
It’s OKAY to increase your prices. Especially if there’s high demand for your work.
You can price by how long it takes you to do each step of your artistic process OR…
You can have a higher flat rate to do the first step of your process, with smaller, additional fees for finishes like color, or shading, or both.
Be transparent about what you’re charging for.
There are many sites and methods of payment, use the one that is most convenient for both parties.
USE. INVOICES. No matter how simple.
If you DO decide to use dA’s Commission Widget, charge a 20% tax to cover the site’s cut.
Trust yourself–after all, these commissioners came to you for your unique art style! You can’t go wrong by doing you.
Anyone is welcome to ask further questions, or suggest additions.
Article by @dragonofdarknesschaos article dated April 25th 2017 Original Source: [x]
An essential post.
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25,000 Follower Giveaway
Hello everyone! Firstly, I’d just like to reiterate my gratitude for every single one of you who follows me. Whether you use the prompts, reblog all of them, send asks, or just come to check things out, I whole-heartedly appreciate it. I’m also still over the moon that it happened just before my birthday! As promised, there will be four prizes, and the rules are fairly simple!
RULES:
Reblog this post (once) and follow me to enter! Anyone who reblogs more than once will be disqualified, as I want this to be completely fair. If I find you’re using separate blogs or accounts to also enter multiple times, you will be disqualified. The last day to enter will be September 19th at 11:59 PM PST.
And now, with that out of the way, here’s the part you all really care about!
Prizes
Gold: $25 Visa or Amazon e-gift card
Silver: $15 Visa or Amazon e-gift card
Bronze: $10 Visa or Amazon e-gift card or the option of a free commission of equivalent value
Tin: $5 Visa or Amazon e-gift card or the option of a commission of equivalent value
Each of these spots will have one winner! Winners will be contacted and must reply within 48 hours from the message being sent or they will forfeit their prize. Winners will be announced on September 20th! Good luck to everyone, and thank you again!
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