Trebor, you were given several links in this thread you started a few months ago; and you might find it useful to spend some time in our self-publishing room, where there are several discussions about this.
I am interested in finding out about small presses and it seems like a daunting process. I see Editors and Predators is no longer up and running. Is there any other resource for finding reputable small presses?
I am interested in finding out about small presses and it seems like a daunting process. I see Editors and Predators is no longer up and running. Is there any other resource for finding reputable small presses?
Question for hopefully a not too distant future me. If you're a brand new author and a you're submitting a book and the publisher asks you to "List any previous publishing history and/or any awards or residencies you've received" how relevant to the work you are submitting does that need to be? For example, I'm submitting a Middle Grade book and I've published a highly technical research paper in a peer-reviewed scientific journal - not at all related to each other. I've also published blogs and online magazine articles. I've published writing, but nothing that's fiction let alone Children's fiction.
So, should I include those other things I've published or just write Not Applicable?
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I believe it would be totally fine. Unless the magazine somehow holds all rights to the IP you created (which is rare in publishing contracts, as far as I know), then you can do as you wish. I might be more hesitant about including events in those books that originally happened in the short stories, but even then, as long as it's not the exact same story, you should be fine.Here's something I wondered about recently...suppose I publish a few short stories in literary magazines, and those stories take place in a certain fantasy world. Is it frowned upon, or in some way inadvisable, to later try to publish a novel featuring that same fantasy world? I seem to recall this was the way the Dragonriders of Pern originated, but I could be wildly wrong about that.