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One more sale and I'm going to try and get me an agent and put out a book of short stories. The novel thing ain't going anywheres.

(Thanks for the tip, eureka. I'm aware of Hitchcock and Ellery Queen. They only take hard copies of manuscripts though, so the hassle factor is pretty high. Mind you, they pay well, if you have the patience.)

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

Do you still own the rights to those stories? You probably need to read the sales contracts - the publishers may still own the rights.

If not, I say e-publish it yourself instead. You'll get higher royalties and it will be available much quicker if you do - plus it will never go out of print like traditionally published books do.

BTW, sorry about the novel...it sounded interesting.

GRAND OPENING SALE!

I started a blog. Even if you're not particularly interested in my vapid ramblings, you can at least visit and find out my real name, so that the next time I insult and belittle you here on CKA, you can cyberstalk me.

Mindfingers

Cheers

Zip

My latst blog post is up. I won't mention it again after this, so as not to spam.

Mindfingers

Cheers

Adam

Let me know when you've decided to write something inspired by Lovecraft.

Author:	eureka [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:45 pm ]
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I will look for it. If it is crime stories that you write, have you ever tried the Hitchcock Magazine?

Author:	GreenTiger [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 4:42 pm ]
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Bravo Zip Very well done.

Author:	Zipperfish [ Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:03 am ]
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One more sale and I'm going to try and get me an agent and put out a book of short stories. The novel thing ain't going anywheres. (Thanks for the tip, eureka. I'm aware of Hitchcock and Ellery Queen. They only take hard copies of manuscripts though, so the hassle factor is pretty high. Mind you, they pay well, if you have the patience.)

Author:	bootlegga [ Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:20 am ]
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Zipperfish Zipperfish: One more sale and I'm going to try and get me an agent and put out a book of short stories. The novel thing ain't going anywheres. (Thanks for the tip, eureka. I'm aware of Hitchcock and Ellery Queen. They only take hard copies of manuscripts though, so the hassle factor is pretty high. Mind you, they pay well, if you have the patience.) Do you still own the rights to those stories? You probably need to read the sales contracts - the publishers may still own the rights. If not, I say e-publish it yourself instead. You'll get higher royalties and it will be available much quicker if you do - plus it will never go out of print like traditionally published books do. BTW, sorry about the novel...it sounded interesting.

Author:	Zipperfish [ Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:30 am ]
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bootlegga bootlegga: Zipperfish Zipperfish: One more sale and I'm going to try and get me an agent and put out a book of short stories. The novel thing ain't going anywheres. (Thanks for the tip, eureka. I'm aware of Hitchcock and Ellery Queen. They only take hard copies of manuscripts though, so the hassle factor is pretty high. Mind you, they pay well, if you have the patience.) Do you still own the rights to those stories? You probably need to read the sales contracts - the publishers may still own the rights. If not, I say e-publish it yourself instead. You'll get higher royalties and it will be available much quicker if you do - plus it will never go out of print like traditionally published books do. BTW, sorry about the novel...it sounded interesting. The novel might still happen, who knows. Fact is I really do love the short form, and I'm not running short of ideas. Actually, last might I was typing in some, kind of, memoirs of my days on the road with band, and I noticed I've got like 80 pages. Could techncially dress that up as a novel. The jury is still out on the self-publishing bit. And thank for the encouragement! I have rights to all the stories. I'm pretty careful not to sell them for more than year. And I hope everyone here has bought a copy of Gunnair's novel.

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Author:	ShepherdsDog [ Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:36 am ]
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oh fuck!! Too many jokes coming at once and I can't keep them all straight...New Zealand....sheep...illicit love....MacDonalds...gahhhh....kcdfgjobgmgojgbmolibo,j,hklkj,mbvn mlkgh /hmyglkhjb,lgmkbhjyg,v hgyb,vg oiyjutbv,9utygoit, ubvbvhut,ouyib9,toii.....

Author:	nanza [ Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:20 pm ]
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Zipperfish Zipperfish: One more sale and I'm going to try and get me an agent and put out a book of short stories. The novel thing ain't going anywheres. (Thanks for the tip, eureka. I'm aware of Hitchcock and Ellery Queen. They only take hard copies of manuscripts though, so the hassle factor is pretty high. Mind you, they pay well, if you have the patience.) good idea Zip...good luck with that!!!

Author:	Zipperfish [ Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:38 am ]
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GRAND OPENING SALE! I started a blog. Even if you're not particularly interested in my vapid ramblings, you can at least visit and find out my real name, so that the next time I insult and belittle you here on CKA, you can cyberstalk me. Mindfingers Cheers Zip

Author:	DrCaleb [ Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:42 am ]
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Ooooo! Cyberstalking!

Author:	Regina [ Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:48 am ]
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Zipperfish Zipperfish: GRAND OPENING SALE! I started a blog. Even if you're not particularly interested in my vapid ramblings, you can at least visit and find out my real name, so that the next time I insult and belittle you here on CKA, you can cyberstalk me. Mindfingers Cheers Zip

Author:	Zipperfish [ Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:04 pm ]
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My latst blog post is up. I won't mention it again after this, so as not to spam. Mindfingers Cheers Adam

Author:	Strutz [ Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:27 pm ]
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Thanks for sharing that Zip... It adjusts one's perspective on life to read about how it is, I mean ACTUALLY is, somewhere else that is hard to imagine unless you are there to see it. It's one thing to read a media story about it, it's something else altogether to read about it from someone like you, who is sharing your experience with us here on cka. Brings it home that much more.

Author:	Gunnair [ Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:39 pm ]
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Zipperfish Zipperfish: My latst blog post is up. I won't mention it again after this, so as not to spam. Mindfingers Cheers Adam Hope you do better on yours than I do on mine!

Author:	ShepherdsDog [ Fri Oct 21, 2011 4:53 am ]
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Let me know when you've decided to write something inspired by Lovecraft.

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Author:	Zipperfish [ Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:57 am ]
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ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog: Let me know when you've decided to write something inspired by Lovecraft. I've got a couple in the wroks ctually. Shall let you know.