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SPECULATIVE
FICTION WRITER
PAUL ALLAN COMSTOCK
Speculative Fiction Writer
The Art Of Writing
I Got Published! Now, I'm A Professional,
Right?
In a way, yes you certainly would be a
published author with a publishing credit, but that's not all it takes.
Being published, and being professionally published, and being a
professional author, are all different things. For one thing, there's a
big difference in getting published in a minor publication and a major
nationally distributed professional magazine like Asimov's. There's
also a big difference in getting published in a run-of-the-mill on-line
publication, and a hightly respected one like Sci-Fiction. Even if you
do manage to get published in a magazine like Asimov's, or on
Sci-Fiction, it's still only one publication. Then you have to do it
again and again. If you publish a novel, it'll likely only make you a
few thousand for the first one. To be considered a real professional,
and to pay the bills, you'll have to write and publish a lot, and
consistently.
Copyright © 2006 by Paul Allan
Comstock. All Rights Reserved
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