getting published. Any tips?

Everything else not related to emulation
Post Reply
corbal
Techno Teaboy
Posts: 3
Joined: Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:09 am

getting published. Any tips?

Post by corbal »

hey longhand types.
now I know some of you peeps have had stuff published. Book, mags , etc. I was just wondering how you go about getting stuff printed. Lately I've been a little disatisfied at work ,so I'm thinking, why not try something else ,something i enjoy.(that'd be scribbling)

I'm thinking ,god I wish I'd listened to my College tutor . He said you're a funny guy ,you give good copy . Why don't you try being a jorno?So... I signed up for a degree in Spanish and latin american studies.

what a joey.
User avatar
gordon
Director
Posts: 408
Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2003 4:15 pm
Location: in that tree, over there
Contact:

Post by gordon »

1. Sit down and write it.
2. Seriously. Don't just talk about it -- write whatever you have to write.
3. When it's finished, give it to a friend, get them praise it, then dump the friend because you know it's shit.
4. Rewrite it.
5. Get an agent.
6. If it's any good, the agent will tell you to rewrite it.
7. Hope the agent sells it to a publisher.
8. The publisher will get you to rewrite it.
9. If it gets published, wait for the reviews, wishing you'd rewritten it a couple more times.
10. Hope you make more than £50.73 in royalties.

Easy. ;)

g.
User avatar
PaulEMoz
Staffer
Posts: 146
Joined: Sun Jun 22, 2003 1:23 am
Location: Near Newcastle, England
Contact:

Post by PaulEMoz »

gordon wrote:1. Sit down and write it.
2. Seriously. Don't just talk about it -- write whatever you have to write.
3. When it's finished, give it to a friend, get them praise it, then dump the friend because you know it's shit.
4. Rewrite it.
5. Get an agent.
6. If it's any good, the agent will tell you to rewrite it.
7. Hope the agent sells it to a publisher.
8. The publisher will get you to rewrite it.
9. If it gets published, wait for the reviews, wishing you'd rewritten it a couple more times.
10. Hope you make more than £50.73 in royalties.

Easy. ;)

g.
Wise words, coming as they are from the man responsible for the book I am currently reading....
They Were Our Gods - a website charting my progress on an upcoming book of the same name, about the UK gaming scene in the 1980s.
User avatar
Lloyd Mangram
King of Ludlow
Posts: 1151
Joined: Thu Jun 19, 2003 10:22 pm
Location: Ludlow
Contact:

Post by Lloyd Mangram »

Hey! You too?
Which one do you read?
I'm actually reading "Damned if you do" right now.
It's got quite some funny stuff in it, although sometimes it's a little bit hard on the stomach. (for me anyway :) )
My favourite GH read must be issue 44 still. :wink:
Rob
Once again I emerge from beneath a massive pile of paper which makes my desk groan to bring you the world’s most amazing posts.
corbal
Techno Teaboy
Posts: 3
Joined: Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:09 am

Post by corbal »

that's really handy , now howzabout some tips on magazine writing. I'm trying to to kill about seventeen birds with this stone. now I must dash I'm trying knock out a chapter , before my boss gets in.

thanks again
Post Reply