#publishing writing

[writing-and-nutmeg]

Me updating my stories:

[kayespivey]

I cannot emphasize enough how much you need to read thoroughly through the terms of any publication before you send your writing to them. It is mandatory that you know and understand what rights you’re giving away when you’re trying to get published.

Just the other day I was emailed by a relatively new indie journal looking for writers. They made it very clear that they did not pay writers for their work, so I figured I’d probably be passing, but I took a look at their Copyright policy out of curiosity and it was a nightmare. They wanted “non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide license and right to use, display, reproduce, distribute, and publish the Work on the internet and on or in any medium” (that’s copy and pasted btw) and that was the first of 10 sections on their Copyright agreement page. Yikes. That’s exactly the type of publishing nightmare you don’t want to be trapped in. 

Most journals will ask for “First North American Rights” or a variation on “First Rights” which operate under the assumption that all right revert back to you and they only have the right to be the first publishers of the work. That is what you need to be looking for because you do want to retain all the rights to your work. 

You want all rights to revert back to you upon publication in case you, say, want to publish it again in the future or use it for a bookmark or post it on your blog, or anything else you might want to do with the writing you worked hard on. Any time a publisher wants more than that, be very suspicious. Anyone who wants to own your work forever and be able to do whatever they want with it without your permission is not to be trusted. Anyone who wants all that and wants you to sign away your right to ever be paid for your work is running a scam.

Protect your writing. It’s not just your intellectual property, it’s also your baby. You worked hard on it. You need to do the extra research to protect yourself so that a scammer (or even a well meaning start up) doesn’t steal you work right from under you nose and make money off of it.

[astridsdreamspace]

Waiting to feel “ready” keeps many writers silent. This post explores why publishing imperfect work on purpose is often the most sustainable path — and how to ship your writing gently without burnout or perfectionism. #WritingLife #CreativePractice

Publishing Imperfect Work on Purpose

[aerospectrum]

im not really sure how to phrase this, but does anyone else ever kinda feel like when they share their writing they’re sorta running down the street naked for the whole universe to stare at? i don’t know why i feel weirdly exposed sharing my writing but sometimes it feels like that. maybe it’s anxiety lol. im still gonna do it but sometimes it’s really spooky to share things publicly because i get nervous it’ll suck or someone will be loud enough to announce their displeasure with it. or is that feeling something all writers share :’) who knows.

[unofficialchronicle]

Version Controlled

[111publishing]

Newsletter June 2020 Tips for Successful Publishing - Freelance Writing - Grants - Free Residencies by 111Publishing and SavvyBookWriters https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tips-successful-publishing-newsletter-june-2020-from-heilmann #WritingContests #FreeResidency #Newsletter .

[davidbcomfort]

THE TOP 7 MYTHS OF PUBLISHING

The real fiction list: The Top 7 Myths of Publishing. #1: Editors Are Psychic http://davidcomfort.org/blogs/

from AN INSIDER'S GUIDE TO PUBLISHING