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Hiiii! I'm Sumayyah and I've kind of been lurking around for a couple of days, and just signed up last night. :) I've been writing for as long as I can remember (its one of the few things that hasn't changed since I was a kid...which wasn't that long ago). I'm 19 and a rising sophomore in college studying for a degree in International Affairs (though how long that lasts...meh). Usually I write science fiction or fantasy, everything else I have no talent for lol. :D But I'm always open to new things.

If this is the last time you hear from me for a very long time its not because I've disappeared, its probably because I'm just...lurking around and learning from all the amazing people that are here.

I did have a question though - if I self published through createspace, would I be able to then submit queries to literary agents for that same work or not?
 

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:welcome: to the cooler :) :D :hooray:

I cannot answer your question on the agent if you self publish as I am not sure do not want to give you wrong info so I will leave that to someone who knows. I would like to welcome you though!!
 

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Hiya, sd, and welcome to AW. :)
...if I self published through createspace, would I be able to then submit queries to literary agents for that same work or not?
Probably not, but don't take my word for it. You might want to ask in the Self-Pub forum located here.

Good luck!
 

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Welcome. I suggest you research the pros and cons of self publication before committing yourself. You're young. You've got time to try to break in to the industry in a traditional (readslow and agonising) way. Good luck.
 

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Mostly, literary agents avoid work that has been previously self-published. My website tells about my own attempts to overcome this. So far, I haven't succeeded.
 

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Welcome to AW.

You're right this place has amazing talented friendly too. Perhaps I should try a bit of lurking and absorbing instead of talking as much as I have been?

-NAH- Take my advice, keep talking keep asking. My learning curve has gone vertical with all the replies and help from these people.
 

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Thanks so much guys for the warm welcome and the advice! They should tell NaNoers when they give out that createspace code before hand what you guys told me :Shrug:lol But again thanks, and I'll take the advice Ralf :)
 

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Welcome. Glad you're lurking about. I just read on an agency's website yesterday that they absolutely will not consider anything that has been published in any form. That was only one agency, but I'm sure it says something about the industry.