![]() The opportunity to sell additional licenses may emerge. Publishing can pay, but it’s usually a slow and gradual path to earning an income. See other posts in the Resources section for links to groups and news outlets for staying up to date. Do your research as you approach publishing things change in a matter of months in this industry, much less years, and you don’t want to be launching with outdated intel. Like any entrepreneur, you’ll need to learn business skills and keep up on your industry, even if it’s just a side hustle. Whatever publishing path you choose, you will become a small business. Try not to feel pressured into writing one if you don’t really want to! They’re a bigger effort in terms of time, skill, and investment, but novels are not inherently better than any other type of fiction. The moral of the story? Keep your copyright, don’t license more rights than the licensee will use (to your benefit), and make sure your contracts aren’t perpetual (so you can get licensed rights back eventually and re-license them.) You can also license (and re-license) translation rights, audio rights, production rights (for film/tv), merchandising rights, etc. Some examples: Licensing first publication rights in English, then, when the exclusivity period expires, licensing reprint rights (over and over again) or publishing it yourself as a standalone or in a collection. Instead, you license the right to use the work in part or in whole. (The exception is when you’re writing as work-for-hire, or working on an IP project that belongs to someone else, like a Star Wars tie-in novel, for example.) Technically, you could transfer copyright in a sale (if you sign a terrible contract), but don’t. Your work automatically belongs to you from the time of its creation. But, in a nutshell, the concept is that intellectual property-like our writing-can be sold over and over, in part and in whole, unlike other goods. You can read about it in his own words and in this excellent blog by his wife, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. The Creative Penn offers a wide variety of learning resources (delivered authoritatively, but take with a grain of salt) on this blogĭisclaimer: many free resources are provided in hopes that you’ll invest in a product (workshop, book, mentorship program, etc.) Don’t invest in anything until you understand it well enough to know if you’re getting a good deal.Įxperienced and prolific author/editor/publisher Dean Wesley Smith talks about the idea of a “magic bakery’ when it comes to writing. ![]() Reedsy offers plenty of free articles, guides and mini courses on their blog.Developmental Editor Lisa Poisso collects useful resources on her Clarity subsite.The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master by Martha Alderson (gets a little new-age-y but generally provides a good foundation).This section is particularly essential: Contracts & Dealbreakers The blog archives and weekly business-for-writers blog by Kristine Kathryn Rusch is gold. ![]()
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