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Blogger to Free Lance Print Publishing?

Posted by writingtrue • 7/15/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blogging, careers, discussion, freelance, publication, resources, studies, tips, writing

If you have--or intend to seriously pursue this--used your blog as a breeding ground for material later submitted for print publication, I'd like to invite you to participate in a study.

This would involve keeping and sharing records--what you posted, where you sent it, what was rejected, what was printed (for pay).

The group would share information and tips. I, obviously, hope to publish the results of the experiment, but I also hope to encourage both accomplished and aspiring writers to submit--and the "pressure" of knowing the group expects that might provide a bit of needed motivation for us all (hey, ya can't sell what you never submit...).

I'm looking for a commitment of 100 submitted pieces that at least started on your blog, so please, this is for the serious writers.

Let me know if you're interested, tell me about what you're doing writing-wise, and we'll all discuss it from there.

Thanks!

Writer

User Comments

7/15/07

MadameX

When you say "at least started on your blog", do you mean that the actual pieces originally appeared on the blog, or would this include longer pieces that grew out of blog post topics?

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1. 7/15/07
  
  writingtrue
  
  Either would be fine--although it'd be good to know which for each piece.
7/15/07

PrettyLady

Are you referring to submitting material first published on your blog to other publications?

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1. 7/16/07
  
  PrettyLady
  
  If you are referring to my post regarding Poetry being published
  
  FYI
  
  Sandra Soli of byline magazine says, if a poem appears on a web page, it is published. If a poem can be accessed via the general internet user, it is published. On the other hand, if the forum is closed to a limited membership and your poem is not available for general viewing, then they would consider that a workshopped item just as in a private critique group. This concerns how easily the piece can be accessed by readers. Most web appearances are open to all and byline magazines considers that to be a publication.
  
  The Pedestal Magazine quotes “The Pedestal Magazine would consider such a piece previously published, in that it has been inserted into the public domain.
  
  Many publications do.......If you are submitting work that has already appeared in the web for publication, mention in the cover letter the forum(s) where the content has been posted and let the editor make an informed decision.
2. 7/16/07
  
  writingtrue
  
  You've asked to be ignored. Yet you keep replying.
7/16/07

writingtrue

By the way, I noticed some misinformation in a few other threads on similar topics.

While some publications will treat your blog pieces as previously published, MANY publications will accept previously published pieces and even multiple submissions. They just want to know that up front.

Any of the major guides to publishing markets or the publication's own web site will specify which places have which requirements.

Essay forth!

Writer

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1. 7/16/07
  
  PrettyLady
  
  Well seeing how you had to state that there was misinformation in other posts, I had to inform members here that they were not misinformed. Good day!
7/16/07

Bricore

I'd be happy to help you out (with what I can..lol..) My biggest problem is figure out what NOT to give to others to publish so I can keep stuff on my own site (which I don't make money on if I do but I keep readers.)

I have had a couple places ask me NOT to say that I have done something from them until it's live. One of the last ones said they had the rights to it until the next issue came out and then I could post about it on my site.Which is ok with me BUT it gives me a lot less to write about on my blog. I can only release what is not live it seems like..

Why do they do this anyway?

Ok, back to your request. Let me know what you want to know and I'll try to give you all the information I can (I am by no means a writer but I am pretty good with patterns so that's why I believe people like my stuff...)

Dora Renee' Wilkerson
www.bricoreandfamily.blogspot.com/

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1. 7/16/07
  
  writingtrue
  
  Thanks Dora. Let's see who else we get first and take things from there.
  
  Every place is different. Some places pay poorly (10¢/word) and expect the world. Newsday paid me $1/word, and while they have reprint rights, so do I. Weird, huh?
  
  But anyway, the idea is to track 100 submissions, preferably within a year, and sharing records/results/tips with each other. (I keep this on an Excel sheet--periodicals on the top, articles on the left, dates of submission in the matrix).
  
  Thanks,
  
  Writer