Get ready for the shameless plug because I’m published for the first time!
There’s a local independent publishing house that got suckered into publishing two of my short stories. The journal is called Summer Legends and is available for $25 plus shipping.
I truthfully have mixed feelings about this publication. One hand, my writing is in print and some people will pay money for it! That’s incredible to me. On the downside, I’m not sure how widely this journal will be circulated and what kind of appeal it will have; All the authors in it are unknowns, myself included.
I’m so excited that I was accepted, but I wonder what kind of criteria was used because there are some pieces that I feel were falling a bit short. I wonder if this publication is something I would even want to include in a query letter because I don’t know if an agent would be impressed.
One of the nice features is that I didn’t have to pay to submit my work and received a complimentary copy of the journal. On the down side, I wasn’t paid for my work. I’m not particularly bothered by this because I don’t feel the pieces are the best reflection of my writing, but are still good enough that I’m not embarrassed for them to be in the public domain. I have another short story that I’d like to publish but I’m hoping to get paid for it or at least have it distributed to a wider audience.
Okay, Reader, time to engage in a conversation. What do you think about this publication? Should I be proud? Use it in a query? Look for more well-known journals in the future? Have you ever submitted to a small journal before and what was the outcome? Please leave a comment on any of these below and let me know your thoughts!
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