Last semester at my community college, I submitted a short story to the school's arts magazine. I received a copy of the magazine last week and I immediately read my story in it. I was surprised to see typos in the text that were not in my submission copy. Also - and this burns my ass the most - several of the sentences (including the first one!) had been edited by removing or switching words around, affecting the flow of how the story reads, but still retaining the premise of the work.
What I want to know - and I think I have an idea of the answer - is should I consider this my first published story? Can I even list this as a writing credit when querying agents?
Has anyone here on this forum experienced anything like this?
What I want to know - and I think I have an idea of the answer - is should I consider this my first published story? Can I even list this as a writing credit when querying agents?
Has anyone here on this forum experienced anything like this?
