[ SECRET POST #3364 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3364 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[The Glass Scientists]


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03.
[Ghostbusters remake]


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04.
[All for One Webseries]


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05.
[Castle]


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06.
[DC Comics]


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07.
[Reign of Fire]


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08.
[Steven Universe]


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09.
[K. Tempest Bradford]


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10.
[Against the Wall]


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11.
[Queer Literature, "In the Company of Shadows"]


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12.
(Star Wars Rebels)


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13.
[Jeeves and Wooster, P.G. Wodehouse]


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14.
[Giles Coren]


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15.
[James Marsters/Rick Grimes of The Walking Dead]









Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 086 secrets from Secret Submission Post #481.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I can't speak for your goals as a writer, as I think writing is always a worthy goal. It would be wonderful if you could reach your audience and write the stories you most want to write, with your boyfriend or on your own. I wish you well with it!

But I want to strongly encourage you to really do your research about the state of the publishing industry and just what the official stamp of publication from a publisher means these days -- if anything -- and what authors often have to give up to get it. (Control, money, self-respect, etc.)

That's not always the case, but things have changed massively in the last few years and they're still changing. Please, do your research before you decide that this will validate you.

You seem like a really intelligent, thoughtful person, so please investigate self-publishing as a viable alternative to someone else's stamp of approval. Yes, it's not all sunshine and roses itself, but it's more and more viable these days while big publishers are becoming less and less viable.

Do your research. Don't give your rights and control away too easily to someone who might 1) make you change it too much, 2) never get around to actually publishing it, or 3) never actually pay you

[(Anonymous)]

OP here for last post probably. Thanks for this post as it is probably a grand warning to lots of authors and yes, I do know and I have friends working for various publishing houses be it in Poland or not (mostly editors or typographers) - you are very right. It is vile, it is horrid labour on side of everyone but the one who takes money for book rights which then can be manipulated and all that jazz. Not really smart though anon and it is my own bias about paper publishing and having agents and audience that is not a niche group (even if one would be big, would love varied one ... as any writer, hah!).

The paying bit is very true. Especially with comic industry. Knew authors and artists who worked their arses off and ended up sacked despite all contractual stipulations. So yep, your post is grand, even if the contents are dreary.