Hey YWS! I recently started coming back to YWS and have a few questions. I want to write a short story and publish it, but Is it possible to publish a short story and if so, how can I get started? I already have my story in mind, just need to learn from someone who has knowledge in publishing books.
Thesetwo lists should help you out a lot. Keep scrolling through the whole thread because he adds more lists in later posts.
When it comes to publishing short stories, it's mostly a case of finding reputable anthologies, magazines, ezines (electronic magazines) and websites that are willing to publish the piece. Building up a following through short stories is actually a really good way to get an agent later, because if your short stories are well known then your novels are more likely to sell. Authors with pre-established fan followings are deemed "safer" for agents and publishing houses.
You'll probably get a lot of rejections, but that's just more time to improve. Everybody gets rejected, and you just have to keep improving in the mean time.
Good luck!
A writer is a world trapped in a person— Victor Hugo
Ink is blood. Paper is bandages. The wounded press books to their heart to know they're not alone.
