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The whole Royal Road, Inkitt, Webnovel brigade is increasingly becoming a predatory minefield. There was a recent hoo-ha on RR with a publisher called Shadowlight Press snapping up authors and plying them with contracts that included clauses...

Good idea. I would like a thread on contests and submissions. I used to get a steady supply from another writing group that I no longer belong to. It cost about 60.00 a month and I decided Litopia was far better value. The one thing I think we...

+1 for Authors Publish, they also do a free ebook walking you through the process of lit mag submissions if it's something you've never done before (which I hadn't, and was intimidated by). Have now had a handful of poems published which feels...

There are obviously people still getting picked up by agents and sold to publishers so it's possible, but think like an agent. Do you actually have something you can stand on a street corner and flog? In a way the trad market is doing you a...

I've learnt so much in the 7 years I've been on Litopia. I flew in the dark the 20 years before that, arrogant enough that I could do it all on my own. I've learned that's impossible. I've read it takes 6 to 10 years to find your voice and...

I think I’m somewhere near the same point myself and I agree about the fear of sending it to the agents at the top of the list. ‘Cause when they’re gone they’re gone and then what? Self publishing, I guess but that’s fine. My husband can’t...

Also, it feels personal, but really it's such an impersonal process, at least at the start. What means everything to me, means nothing to the agent's assistant working through a pile of submissions. I can't take it personally. Just got to try...

A good topic to discuss. I think a lot of us are or have been going through it. And there's a lot of conflicting advice out there. Personally, I'm rather submission shy. Although my novel had been thoroughly edited and beta-read, reduced word...

Hi everyone. Me again, although I’m hoping you’ll forgive me, as I’m not asking for your help this time. Also, if this is not deemed as allowed or appropriate, please delete. I’ve been wondering recently about everyone else’s thoughts and...

Also gives you something positive (and true!) to say about yourself in your query/submission bio...

Dear Artists, remember that the opposite of depression is not joy. It’s expression. So create, create, create. As it’s the soul’s medicine. Andy Warhol

Also gives you something positive (and true!) to say about yourself in your query/submission bio...

Also gives you something positive (and true!) to say about yourself in your query/submission bio...