Hi scribes!
I've decided I need to get some things off my plate and start pushing some of the mostly-finished ones out first. How did you begin publishing? Is it unrealistic to publish a few shorts alone on amazon? Or should I look to making them into a collection of some sort? If you've done collections, how did you group the stories? I think my stuff is all over the board, but I'm interested in understanding what your goals were when you first put work out into the world.
I have a small number of short stories that are ready for me to release into the wild, and i'm not overly concerned with making money (which is why I want to self-publish them instead of sanding to magazines). i'm mostly just interested in retaining the rights to them, because if they're included in magazines or being read by folks collecting for anthologies, it means I can't do anything with them on my own.
Also, my biggest question, perhaps, is how easy is it to edit things later? As in, what if I publish some short stories and later put out a collection which contains a few of them? Can I take down the stories as stand alone ones? Or does it even benefit me to have stories standing alone in any way?
I know a few of you are indie publishers with a lot of experience and while I'm pretty confident in the stories, I don't know the first thing about actually publishing them, though I've read several books that tell you how to make wise choices. They don't really cover short stories, but instead focus more on the self-publishing novelist.
Thanks! I guess I'm just looking for whatever you all think is the "clear winner" in regards to beginning publishing for myself.
I've decided I need to get some things off my plate and start pushing some of the mostly-finished ones out first. How did you begin publishing? Is it unrealistic to publish a few shorts alone on amazon? Or should I look to making them into a collection of some sort? If you've done collections, how did you group the stories? I think my stuff is all over the board, but I'm interested in understanding what your goals were when you first put work out into the world.
I have a small number of short stories that are ready for me to release into the wild, and i'm not overly concerned with making money (which is why I want to self-publish them instead of sanding to magazines). i'm mostly just interested in retaining the rights to them, because if they're included in magazines or being read by folks collecting for anthologies, it means I can't do anything with them on my own.
Also, my biggest question, perhaps, is how easy is it to edit things later? As in, what if I publish some short stories and later put out a collection which contains a few of them? Can I take down the stories as stand alone ones? Or does it even benefit me to have stories standing alone in any way?
I know a few of you are indie publishers with a lot of experience and while I'm pretty confident in the stories, I don't know the first thing about actually publishing them, though I've read several books that tell you how to make wise choices. They don't really cover short stories, but instead focus more on the self-publishing novelist.
Thanks! I guess I'm just looking for whatever you all think is the "clear winner" in regards to beginning publishing for myself.