OOC -- help?

[sythyry]

Various people have been after me to publish various bits of fiction. I'm thinking about it, without making any decisions yet, and I've got a couple questions.

Please answer these if you read Sythyry, even if the answers are negative. [Poll #349513]

Also, do you have any other advice?

Comments

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

Prioritize: pick the one in the best condition that will take the least work to get into "finished" condition, do it, and while you move onto the second work, shop that one around. And so on.

When I've been shopping stuff out, I always start with the big presses/magazines on the off chance I'll hit it big, but with the expectation that it will probably get picked up by something smaller.

Take this advice with a grain of salt: I haven't sold a short story or novel yet, and it takes me forever to kick my own ass into motion to shop my stories around.