Published Writers?

[StarDragon77]

I'm starting this thread to see if anyone here is a published writer.

My reason for this is because I've been submitting for a long time and gotten nothing but rejection letters or no responses. And I'm currently trying to find out if it's because my work sucks or if it's because of something else.

[Moderator]

Three are several published writers on the Board. You might also want to check out the writer's forum in the Social Groups.

[Dana Jean]

Hey SD. First, I applaud you that you have the balls to hang in there and send stuff in, Kudos big time for that. I understand your question. You just want someone to give you an idea if you're on the right track. And of course, the people you send your work to are very busy people. They just don't have the time to respond to every thing coming into them.

I think sometimes, a person's writing can be very good, but they might be sending it to the wrong market. It's a tricky thing to send writing to just the right spot. And of course, you are in a pile with a ton of other people submitting too. So, that's not saying your writing is bad; it's just saying someone else's fit there niche better.

Hang in there and keep writing!

[Mr. Palmer]

I'm a published author.

I've appeared in several anthologies, and my third book is due in 2010.

[StarDragon77]

Three are several published writers on the Board. You might also want to check out the writer's forum in the Social Groups.

Writers forum in the social group. Thanks. :-)

[Doc Wilson]

I've published a couple of articles in the psychology journals, but no fiction. Fiction would be much cooler.

[Jake Featherston]

I had five articles published in a right-wing magazine.

[Bryan James]

I did ad copy for a large magazine when I was 17, does that count?

Then there was college pubs (some decent poems, but I cringe when I remember them).

Law stuff. Letters to the Editor of the local paper.

I recently sent an "accidental short memoir" to two rags. They both wanted it, but I assigned it to the 45k/Month publication even though it's far from me in the Northeast.

I also sent two horrory fiction things to 'Wierd Tales' and got an email response..."Don't submit two at once! Pick the one you like best and send that." (Then I sent them both-- but 3 weeks apart).

So, I haven't gotten rejected yet, but I haven't been sending much out, and that's even worse than getting the "No thanks."

Keep at it. At the least, get Writer's Market and a subscription to Writer's Digest.

~BJS

[Mr Nobody]

Yeah. If you're told 'no', at least you know. If you never send them, there's always the element of wonder.
OK, you can imagine editors gasping with amazement if you did send a piece out...but that's not reality and really, there's no substitute for the feeling you get when someone says 'Yes'.

[StarDragon77]

I did ad copy for a large magazine when I was 17, does that count?

Then there was college pubs (some decent poems, but I cringe when I remember them).

Law stuff. Letters to the Editor of the local paper.

I recently sent an "accidental short memoir" to two rags. They both wanted it, but I assigned it to the 45k/Month publication even though it's far from me in the Northeast.

I also sent two horrory fiction things to 'Wierd Tales' and got an email response..."Don't submit two at once! Pick the one you like best and send that." (Then I sent them both-- but 3 weeks apart).

So, I haven't gotten rejected yet, but I haven't been sending much out, and that's even worse than getting the "No thanks."

Keep at it. At the least, get Writer's Market and a subscription to Writer's Digest.

~BJS

Actually, I have a subscription to the Writer's Market site. Pretty much like the book but it's a lot easier to find stuff.