Who is published (fiction) here?

[Bobtheduck]

Anyone on the forums published? What publisher did you go through? Did you have an agent? Did the publisher demand a lot of changes? Did you receive a contract for more books? I would love information about any professional writers among us.

[Atria35]

While I haven't been published myself, I have a friend who is. Would you like me to ask her about that information?

[Bobtheduck]

While I haven't been published myself, I have a friend who is. Would you like me to ask her about that information?

That would be great. Thank you.

[bigsleepj]

I'm not, but I'm working on it.

[Bobtheduck]

I'm hoping to be published by the end of the year... That's obviously a goal that depends on other people, but yeah... It's what I'm doing. I've got a self-editing book, and a book about book promotion, both of which I'll be studying.

[Rusty Claymore]

I tried to get published... but the company told me they only publish books and such. XP

I still have a long way to go before I could publish any of my stuff, but I have thought about it. Sounds a little rough.

A self-editing book? Lucky! I'd save tons of time if I didn't have to do so much editing... XD

[FllMtl Novelist]

I would love to get a book published. The various aspects of publication fascinate me, like most things about writing.

[Bobtheduck]

Who knows... Maybe I'll be the first on CAA to be published (not counting PoD, which I've already done with a book I made for my great nephew.)

[USSRGirl]

I think you'll be hard pressed to find anyone on the net who's actually published beyond self publishing via Lulu or Createspace - it's a very difficult business. I do have a lot of resources and information on steps to take if you're interested - I'm not published, but I'm a writer. I have written for my university's magazine and I was president of the writer's club last year and VP of the English club. I have one project I worked on that's going through review right now and might be published out of the university extension service (*crosses fingers*), so that's all I have to brag about. I have coordinated and attended a few writing workshops and I bullied one agent into reviewing my work (she shot meh down), but otherwise I have no real experience worth noting. .__.;; I'm a leech and a wanna be so I collect lots of useful links and garbage for aspiring writers. Feel free to PM me if you're looking for info on agents and publishers and how the whole process works. Knowing how it works hasn't helped me so far, but it's good useless knowledge, no? XD

[Seto_Sora]

Sorry bro, only self published... er, just scribed. ^_^ I think most of us here are aspiring to be published and have a ways to go yet. Its one of my goals, but I respect and admire that you are so far along already. bravo. Keep at it bro and don't give up!

SDG

[Arvin]

I'm actually looking myself. For the most part, I've been doing some online research about publishing and for writers and the like. In the meantime, however, I'm building up my resources so that God willing, when the time comes, I can write because I love to, not because I need to pay the bills.

The first lesson I ever learned was that writing isn't steadily profitable. Now some people get by and thrive because they love writing, and wouldn't mind paying the bills that way, but you can say I'm a bit different. I want to be completely free of obligations before I can truly say I do something because I love it. Is that weird?

Anyway, sorry to have derailed a bit. Holly Lisle gives some good pointers about publishing. At least, in my humble opinion. You could check her out (unless you already know what she said).