Here's my problem...

I'm currently writing a story that I want to update weekly on my website, sort of like a novel version of a TV series that airs every week. The storyline lends itself to this, because it's set up in such a way that there can be a new mini-adventure every week, and then a big problem that's sort of hovering nearby every week and gets solved at the very end.

Here's my problem though: I love the story and the characters and I'm eventually going to want to write a long adventure, a novel, featuring them - one I'm probably going to want to get published.

Will I be allowed to do that after I've posted their "previous adventures" online? If I pubbed online on my website, would they be considered "used" and therefore not worth any agent/publisher's time? If that's the case, I don't want to publish online.

Please help!

Carmy said:

I've read some comments about posting on your website being considered published; however, considering how many book readers there are compared to those who own computers and will read text on line, I don't think you (or any publisher) have much to worry about.

You could always consider Second Rights sales to a publisher.

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I've heard that publishers won't publish a story that's been already posted online - but I'm not going to try and publish the story that I'm posting - but, just a different story featuring the same characters and world.

Although, now that I think about it, I wonder if publishers consider it the same thing? Don't know.

Twizzle said:

you could query it as a blook. (book based on a blog)

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lol. Maybe I should.

Thanks everyone for your replies!

Twizzle said:

here at wikipedia All about blooks. And I PM'd you the agency/agent I was referring to. Good luck!

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Wow! That's neat! They are real. I've never heard of them before. Thanks!