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A Publisher's Guide to Beta Reading by FanaticalPublishing, literature

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A Publisher's Guide to Beta Reading

I suppose lots of people do it lots of different ways, but I hope folks might find this useful: I'm a writer and editor as well as a publisher, so I have some experience with this. As Insane-Randomness aptly commented below, these are all questions a writer could ask of their own stories. Step 1: read the story. Read the story all the way through, do not stop half-way through, if you must stop half-way through, then TELL THE WRITER. DO NOT leave people waiting on a report from you that is not coming. Saying you will beta read a story, and then flaking is worse than doing nothing. A FORM: A short form with questions you ought to answer fo

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A Publisher's Guide to Beta Reading by FanaticalPublishing, literature

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A Publisher's Guide to Beta Reading

What I have to offer as a publisher by FanaticalPublishing, literature

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What I have to offer as a publisher

I am an amateur publisher; I have no money, no printing press, I have an email account and a good idea, and a hell of a lot of hard work invested in what I do. I publish an electronic magazine, in PDF format, distributed via email to all my subscribers. I can't offer you money, I don't have any; I can't offer you loads of comments and feedback, I can offer two things: first, that your work will be better protected being published in my magazine than on Deviantart, and second, I can absolutely guarantee that your work will be seen by hundreds of people.

Don't Pay to Publish Your Work by FanaticalPublishing, literature

Yes, I Spam People by FanaticalPublishing, literature

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Yes, I Spam People

Item 1: I am biased, so keep your own opinion in mind when reading this. A long time ago, a person whose work I wanted to publish responded to my message with: 'isn't this spam?' I wrote back 'Yes, but in a good cause.' 'Good answer!' he(she? It? I don't remember, it's been a long time) wrote back with a smiley face. 'Hi, I'm a publisher and I like your work' there are only so many ways I can say that over, and over, and over again. And I do: in my job, I write to literally hundreds of people. As a new publisher, I need to handle my own publicity; I need to tell people about my publishing as well as finding people whose work I want to publi

A Publisher's Lament by FanaticalPublishing, literature

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A Publisher's Lament

I do not offer book deals. I never have. I explicitly say what I do, and what I do is not book deals. 'Free online magazine' is what I do. What is hard to understand about this? Nothing. It is a very easy thing to understand. So if you do not understand it, then you are stupid, or insane. I'm leaning for 'insane', myself, because expecting something from someone that they did not offer, and expecting a man to do something that he explicitly says he does not do, is insane! So, yes; I did stop talking to you. Because you are stupid, and insane, and I want nothing to do with you. So while I would be very glad if you were to stop talking badly

How you can know I am not a scam artist by FanaticalPublishing, literature

I AM NOT A VANITY PUBLISHER by FanaticalPublishing, literature

Why I Publish by FanaticalPublishing, literature

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Why I Publish

A person commented, asking why I want to publish people's work when I'm not making any money or anything out of it; I started to write a reply, but it turned out to be rather long for a comment, so I write it here for anyone curious to know to see. Once upon a time I was trying to join the army and was stuck waiting for people to call me. For almost three years I was stuck in my parents' house, waiting for a phone call. And of course when the phone call came I'd be joining the army, so I couldn't get a job; I sat around all day doing nothing. I had nothing to do all day except watch TV and browse porn; I understand there are some people who

How to start an E-zine by FanaticalPublishing, literature

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How to start an E-zine

Very simple: 1, pick a theme. 2, make an E-mail for the 'zine(optional; you can use your personal one). 3, talk a whole bunch of people into subscribing and contributing to the first issue. 4, send the first issue to your subscribers. 5, repeat steps 3 and 4 for every subsequent issue. (if you want to make money doing it) 6, once you have a large number of subscribers, start to run advertisements for people in exchange for money. IMPORTANT TIP: talk to other publishers, see if you can work together. Example: two folks doing E-zines, on poetry, the other prose; they help to advertise each others' work; from that they both get more subsc

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Hugs by shelleypalmer, literature

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Hugs

I knew Charlie was an angel as soon as he came into my room and I don’t mean an angel in terms of endearment but a real angel. Not that he had a halo, or glowed or anything. He just exuded this kind of power. And I know it sounds like a cliché but he had the bluest eyes I’d ever seen. I first met him on the kind of day you wouldn’t expect to meet an angel. It was dull and overcast with heavy black clouds, which probably reflected my mood. I had just returned from having multiple tests, in various parts of the hospital, during which my anatomy had been poked and prodded by unmentionable objects in even more unmentionabl

I Gave Up For You by WolfdogTheKiller, literature

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I Gave Up For You

Destiny excelled your power Making you limply follow their fears Sky's full of the same stars The same tears each night The big painting, so splendid, so normal I was bored, every second of it Repeating itself with the errors growing Old, dusty dresses Still hidden back there Behind their faithful smiles and laughs All of the lies you trusted me with Anger swelling behind the old wounds I couldn't look at my reflection again Each day I see your face The smile that deceived and ditched me Colors fading from your eyes You don't care about life Misfortune will forever taunt you Until your buried with your loss, your pride Diamonds brighter

Seeking Solace by WolfdogTheKiller, literature

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Seeking Solace

There were times so bright and sunny When everything was perfect I got used to life like that When sorrow came it controlled me I was scared and lost it all Nobody was by my side As I cried each night, all alone Someone who can hold we close Was my best dream I only wished for it I took my turns My eyes empty with tears The same scarred heart Never taking a chance to leave Still I walk this empty road Seeking solace

Poem 001 by Hero-Adopts, literature

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Poem 001

The world around me, It goes by so fast, I sit on the cold ground, Waiting for a time that is right, I watch and listen, But no color enters my vision, Just various shades of gray, Just as no sounds enters my ears, No laughter of the walking couples, No cries of ones who were turned down, Not even a playful wind blew across my face, The sun starts to darken, Its yellow warmth taken away, Along with the only color I could see, Dangerous booms echo, Along with split second flashes, And finally, After what felt like years, The sky starts to cry, Drowning me in my shared sadness, Until all that's left is a soaked rat of a girl, The time is rig

From Shadows: Future Scenes by Apache1342, literature

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From Shadows: Future Scenes

One of many scenes I MAY use in my movie is a scene where Rebel is flying a beat-up P-47 (damaged rudder, elevator, leaking fuel, damaged fuselage, overheating engine, hole in both wings, one flap ripped off) and sings quietly to herself Do Not Hurry by Anna German in French (the original was in Russian). She only sings the first part of the song: Dépêchez-vous, dépêchez-vous vers moi, si je suis loin, si je ai des problèmes, si je suis dans un vrai cauchemar, si l'ombre du malheur est à ma fenêtre. Dépêchez-vous, quand ils me ont bouleversé un jour. Dépêchez-vous, quand je ai besoin

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Literature Groups by FanaticalPublishing, literature

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Literature Groups

A listing of groups here on DA devoted to literature(including fan fiction), divided by poetry and prose. EDIT: groups devoted to song lyrics also now listed. I aim to help groups by giving them some publicity and also to help writers find groups that can help them spread their work about; if you know of any group not on the list, please tell me. And if you are a member of any group listed here and you want me to include something about it, like 'we have regular writing contests' then just say so and I'll include them. I am a flawed being, so it is entirely possible that I have made a mistake with any one group's listing; if you notice tha

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I'm an amateur publisher, out to have fun and help writers reach a wider audience. I used to work from my literature account(I'm a writer myself) but things were getting mixed up, so I decided to make this new account so I could concentrate better on both things.

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FanaticalPublishing

Apr 12, 2016

My computer broke

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The computer I use to make issues broke. I'm using a little tablet I can use to post stuff like this, but no publishing without the computer.

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FanaticalPublishing

Apr 12, 2016

My computer broke

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The computer I use to make issues broke. I'm using a little tablet I can use to post stuff like this, but no publishing without the computer.

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FanaticalPublishing

Apr 2, 2016

Yahoo Has Defeated Me

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I tested it last week. Now, when I try to actually send out an issue, I get a 'temporary error' that lasts all day and is still going.

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YOKOKY

Oct 15, 2019

THE DONORAAT ⒞
ME- THE DONOR
by YOKOKY, Nov 12, 2015, 1:49:15 AMLiterature / Poetry /

SHE...

        All are looking after her...the way she walk, like a feline, so much charm,
        And so much magic...
        BUT the sad part , her life in so many ways ,so many years,
        Was so tragic...
        To tell you HER story is like to write a milion page of tears that
         Day and nights, this magic woman - fill her years.
        She never slept- no day , pls read it- thanks so much

PlayfulMalice

Oct 14, 2017

Neat thing you got going here! If you'd like help with anything, i do got some spare time. I am a professional writer and work with other professional writers. My main projects are mostly philosophical, but we're some very heavy writers 😄