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hi this is one of your mutuals being shy. how did you get into publishing your works with lit magazines?? i dont even know where to begin or how to be organized and Professional

HIIII omg i am not organized or professional at all and dw u can always talk to me<33 esp mutuals omg we're like already friends! just in case u want to stay anon tho, ill get this as detailed as possible under the cut; sorry if it gets long or wordy

anyways so i got into publishing after following jasmine from candied/spit for a long time, and i've found it's mostly a game of knowing your work and finding the right publisher market for it.

there are sites that like collect magazines and presses for ease of submission; i got started with submission grinder, but the most effective and convenient right now is chillsubs.com ! chillsubs has a browse feature with a bunch of filters; u can use those filters to find magazines that are right for u, for example like looking for specifically poetry mags or looking for specific demographics

once you've found smth u want to submit ur work to, u go to their site and usually they have a submit page with instructions on what to submit and how to. there might be some terms that you're unfamiliar with at first; u can always google them or ask me for clarification. if you follow those conditions, you'll get a better chance at getting accepted by that mag obviously. a lot of mags will straight up not read your work if you don't follow the submission rules or whatever.

mostly, in my experience, the mags have you submit by submittable (a site that you sign up to), emails, or gforms. they may ask you for a cover letter, which doesn't need to be detailed or formal; i usually just do a hi im zoe heres my shit thanks for your time peace out. think like office emails or emails to yr teacher; some litmags want it more formal while others are v v lax

they may also ask you for a 3rd person bio; thats the stuff like "zoe adrien is a megahot swagapino" or whatever. usually people take that opportunity to list previous notable publications ot credentials, but esp when you're starting out that doesnt need to be the case! you can put socmed or your website if ever, describe yourself, or you can even just joke. some litmags want a more formal tone; others will literally accept the "zoe adrien is a megahot swagapino" one, so while you can do just a rote one, i usually like to customize it per submission.

sometimes litmags have a "reading fee" which is where YOU pay THEM to read YOUR work; this does not guarantee an acceptance, and i try to avoid paying when possible. some other litmags have an "expedition fee" where you can submit things for free and it might take months, but if you pay the fee your work gets read faster or gets read straight by the editor; again, does not guarantee acceptance, but can be a good way to support a struggling lit mag that you're passionate about or get a quicker acceptance or rejection.

a big term that i remember being confused by is simultaneous submissions. that's the way i usually work, and it's when you have work that you submit to a bunch of markets simultaneously. this makes it faster for you, the writer, since you don't have to wait for markets to get back to you before submitting; otherwise, you'll have to do that, and esp with rlly prestigious litmags (literature magazines) the wait time can be months to years. sometimes though the litmags dont accept simsubs; that means if you submit to them, u submit to only them and wait for their reply before submitting again. theyre dicks if they do this imo but u gotta do what u gotta do

anyways, back on track. once a market gets back to you with an acceptance, you can accept their acceptance (thereby entering into an agreement or contract with them, especially if there's payment involved— note that payment isnt always involved). they might want to do some editing, but usually you'll get the chance to approve or reject their edits before it goes live. typos are common and you can absolutely contact them abt GETTING THAT SHIT FIXED!! (im still listed as zoe adrian in one mag anyway)

if you simsubbed like detailed above, especially if they have an exclusivity clause in the agreement, you'll then have to withdraw your work from the submissions queue of all the other markets. this is to say that that specific work isn't available anymore, as you have found a market for it. if thru email or gform u can just do a quick email like "thx this has been accepted elsewhere thx for ur time" and theyre usually like congrats and thts it

acceptance to publication usually takes months. usually, in my experience, the contract with the litmag will tell you how many months you have to withhold the specific work you've published with them from being published again. for example, i published with foglifter press and agreed for them to have six months exclusivity. if another market agrees to publish it, you have to make sure it's after the six months or the exclusivity period you agreed to, just to make sure no contracts are broken.

you're allowed to publish work you've published before again, usually if they are the first publication mags will ask that you credit them as where that work first appeared . while you are allowed to republish, a lot of mags don't accept "previous publications" so you have to check for that.

a lot of lit mags are online-only nowadays, but i've got a fair few print publications; print pubs will usually send you an author's copy, though in some cases you might have to buy it yourself.

now that i think (?) i've detailed the process, ill tell u smth: u dont need to be professional if u dont want to be! theres prestigious litmags, sure, and they should be paying better, but if you're content with small mags a lot of them are no fucks given. if you go off anon i could help you find some chill mags to start with; im very fortunate to have published with some cool people.

some small mags are my absolute favorites. being smaller, they sometimes only pay nominal author fees to you, or often they cant pay at all, but they can take more risks bc of that. their audiences, while smaller, might be more vocal and supportive. gotta shoutout my absolute fav indie mag, bodyfluids lit; they pay YOU 1 euro per submission and theyre my fav to work with, communication is so quick and easy, and i find almost all the work they publish to be right up my alley

if you can afford to be picky, i would say try to submit your work to magazines you yourself want to or love to read. ive gotten pieces published for relatively a lot of money but felt no joy in it beyond that money; meanwhile, getting published in wrong publishing and bodyfluids brought me so much joy and community. if writing was my main source of income or even a source i was reliant on, i'd have to be working harder for less joy, i feel

a thing i have to say when encouraging people to submit: you're going to get rejected. like a lotttt. it's not about you or the quality of your work, even, it's just that markets have specific tastes or themes and they have limited slots and maybe you mentioned bacon and the editor's hungry right now so they hate you for it and so they throw you in the reject pile. it happens.

publishing for me has been a game of so much luck and wild persistence and, im sorry to say it, thick skin. it hurt a lot when i first started, so much so that i stopped submitting for like 6 months after i got my first few rejections. you gotta keep trucking friens!!!

also im talking like i know sooo much i have like. 11 publications counting one that isnt even available anymore bc the litmag went down lmao i am a little baby! and i am unfortunately so lazy with submitting sometimes like i havent sat down and submitted to a bunch of places in like. 6 months. so yeah i dont know that much el oh el

omfg this is so long but i hope this wasnt overwhelming; theres so much more i want to say abt like readings and submission calls and themes and categories and shit. dont be overwhelmed tho, its usually a pretty streamlined process. again, it's a long game, but it's worth it to me :)) ask me anything any time! and i am SOOOO excited for you!!

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It's the first of August! Let's celebrate the beginning of the month by celebrating the King of the Sun, Lim Jihun!

Happy Birthday, Jahan! 🥳

Please, look at the collage I made for him 🥺

I just want to say that I didn't have any idea about the couple pic. I wanted to put him with one of my biases but then I had a sort of illumination and I went "wait...what if I put the maknaes here?" so now you get Hwon(nie) anb Jahan together because I make the rules.

Ok, enough with the explanation about the collage, there's nothing more to add...get the letter, hehe.

Ok, I want to start with one of my anecdotes. You can't have a birthday letter without my anecdotes after all.

So I want to start by saying that, when I got into Kingdom, I didn't believe that Jahan was the maknae of the group.

Yeah, I know you're all acting surprised right now, you're probably thinking that I'm very dumb for even thinking about this. And I was it actually, because I have this habit of never checking a group's profile while I'm getting to know them and I still do it to this day! I like following the vibes, ok? And also see if I'm right at the end because I need to boost my fragile ego I think it's fun.

But I know you're still asking "but why, Teresa, don't you see that little cutie bear you put in the collage here? That's maknae behaviour 101!" And my answer would be "yeah, you're right but don't act like he likes showing it 24/7, uh?"

In fact, in my defense, the main reason why I thought he was older was because of his serious face™. You know, the one he always shows in the MVs and when he performs and when he sings (most of the time) and most of the time. You know, that one. And if you're asking "what about the deep voice?" I would say "nah, I didn't think about it" although I should have considered it, since one of my men is Changkyun and he has a deep voice and he is, indeed, the maknae in Monsta X. I'm just dumb, ok?

And apart from all of this...well, guys, I'm gonna be honest with you, I don't know more about him. Yeah, I know, I can hear your heart shattering and going into pieces and you're probably crying right now but I didn't do the homework aka watching more extra stuff with him in it.

"Oh please, this is just an excuse you're making", uhm, it actually isn't an excuse, it's the truth! See, if there's one thing that makes Jahan special is that he's...mysterious.

Ok no, he's actually very shy like the biggest introvert ever but, you know, that still makes him ✨ mysterious ✨ you need to watch some more stuff from him before getting to know him or at least grasp some little details that you might miss.

But I want to add a little thing that I noticed and that thing is the duality that Jahan shows when he plays his character in the lore versus his actual self (for the few things I saw ofc). Ot don't know if the creative director did it on purpose but his character gave me the impression to be, yes, an able calculator (after all, he did a Coup d'État 🤣), but also kind of a straight forward one? I mean, he's a character that would kill if that means going further with the plan, so...

But then you see the actual Jahan and you see a shy boy who acts awkwardly in restaurants and he refuses to do aegyo because he doesn't think he's cute and shows his shyness every time he can like...boy, how do you do that? 😭 Teach me 😭

Dear Jahan, I'm sorry, I feel like someone who failed their exams while I'm writing this letter. I probably wasn't the best candidate to do that. But I want to assure you that there's a mutual of mine who deeply loves you. I don't know if it will read the letter because the timezones will probably not timezoning when I'll post the letter but I assure you that I never saw a fan loving an idol more than it. You would probably love it if you ever met at a fansign.

My birthday wish for you is very realistic. Remember when last year you started your series where you ate in a fancy restaurant and tasted delicious food? Well...what if...what if you'll make a part two, mmmmmh? I can also give some suggestions! And if you're wondering about the money, I'll bring them through the power of magic.

Happy birthday, little bear 🐻

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Tagged by @purrvaire

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips. (You can make your own post or reblog this one!)  I have deemed that this isn’t just for writing either. Sketch titles? Comics? Dnd campaigns? If you have an unfinished project, it counts!! 

Oh hell I have too many WIPs but here we go:

Battlefield dr4

More devils 10 11 + dreams

Sun and storm 1

Where the light lingers longest

Seeing stars v2

the end of the age of heroes

Silver linings, gilded tongues

Jedi seance v1

nobler to break than to bend

Redshift

twin dragons

shitty climate - crechemaster

Moonless Night

Triple threat

Occam's razor confiscated

Disaster daughters AU

oops I think sith happened

softer than flesh, stronger than bone

anakin meets shmi

Worst padawans AU

In absentia scarlet thread

Scorched earth

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Ahhhhhh!

I'm now 12 followers away from my next hundred! What even you guys! My trash blog, you like it??? I'm just. Honestly I'm so full of love tonight so just putting that out there. I hope you're all doing well and that you all get to meet and hug Taylor this year; and to my Sheerio friends hope you meet Ed of course and I hope everyone is able to go see these incredible artists in concert. Those of you dealing with stressful things, going through things that maybe we don't know about, I hope that things work out for you and that all your goals and dreams come true. You deserve it. Wishing everyone the very best💙💙💙

Seriously. Thank you so much for everything. You guys are the best. 💙💙💙💙💙💙