/lit/ - Literature

>>22286921
Sharing my experience for what it's worth anon.
When i was trying to get my first book (pic related) published i tried three of the well known Melbourne publishers.
First one said "nobody is interested in stories about country bogans doing country bogan things, move to Melbourne if you want to become a real writer."
Second one said "we're not interested in straight white male perspectives"
Third one was interested and asked what Aboriginal nation i was from, i told the truth and said i was white, they never replied to another email.
Eventually i found a little indie publisher and the rest is history.

>>22278440
Viva Unreal! Viva autism!

>>22200441
The Australians will dominate the world

>>22161353
I also spent most of my 20's working security and i can recommend it highly.
Other jobs i've done that i can recommend for the /lit/ lifestyle: working at a bottle shop (liquor store for Americans) i got plenty of raw material from doing that.
I also spent 5 years living and working at remote roadhouses, got a lot of reading done and wrote my first book (pic related) while i was doing it.

>>22105277
Welcome to the club anon, enjoy being part of the elite and better than nearly everyone else on this board, laugh at the crab anons and their bitter rants against you.

>>22067803
When you're done with that please buy my book anon. I have a wife and kid to feed and can't afford a banner ad.

>>21956468
What you are seeing is the rising of the great /lit/ renaissance.
It will be spoken of for decades to come.
It will, of course, be lead by an Australian.

Hi, I'm your friendly local shitposter Lewis Woolston. I'm the author of pic related.
I'm awake stupidly early and can't get back to sleep so i may as well entertain you lot.
This is now an AMA Thread.

>>21931907
Dude you're approaching it all wrong.
Work sucks.
The only reason to work is because you need money.
Your objective when choosing a job is to find something with the most money and least time and effort.
That's the magic formula.
There is no dignity in working hard for the global McFuckwit corporation. You will not be rewarded because you went the extra mile.
Get paid while doing as little as possible. Fuck the system.
If you have literary ambitions pursue them Life is short and you don't want to be on your death bed wishing you'd written something but knowing you wasted your life being a corporate drone instead.
pic related, my first book, i wrote this while working a minimum wage job in the middle of nowhere that i didn't give a fuck about

>>21932080
i spent 5 years living and working in remote roadhouses in Australia. Didn't participate in society, lived in the literal middle of nowhere. Fucked a heap of European backpacker girls and wrote a collection of short stories based on my experiences.
That's the lit life, or at least a good version of it.

>>21913991
I'm published through a small press (pic related) and so far it's been a positive thing.

>>21912440
Have you read it? What are your favorite stories? The worst? The sloppiest? Anything that you'd read if it wasn't shilled on /lit/?

>>21884085
Dude i literally wrote pic related based on things i'd seen and done during a five year period of my life when i lived and worked out bush.
The idea of just going somewhere and working a crappy job and absorbing all the stories around you for later use is actually a pretty good idea.

>>21831002
Don't waste your time with agents or big publishers, find a small indie press and build from there.
Pic related.

>>21826414
Dude i'm keen but i can't send you anything for a month or so because i'm broke and busy.
Can you flick me a message on my Goodreads and i'll get in touch with you when i have a copy to spare?

>>21798983
I'm gonna chime in again.

The problem is that modern literature is written by the wrong people. Middle class University brats, leftist white women, diverstiy quota hacks, etc.
Basic life story of most of these people: lived in a comfortable home with a middle class mummy and daddy, got a good education, went to university with other people from the same background, wrote a book and it was dogshit.

At the risk of being banned for shameless self promotion here's my background: grew up poor white trash, parents were in an insane fundamentalist christian cult, moved to the city to try and become a rock star, became a drug addict instead, got clean, worked as a bouncer for year, did a stint in the army, worked as a prison guard, worked remote, got married and became a father, wrote two books.

Which is more interesting?

>>21773104
Small indie publishers are the way of the future for dudes like us.
Pic related

>>21759084
It's entirely possible to write books and get them published. I mean, i've managed it so how hard can it be?
Making money or getting a larger audience is another story.

>>21753437
I can help OP, i'm the author of pic related published via a small indie press.
The other anons are right, the major publishers are gatekeeping motherfuckers. Woke cat ladies who want books by transgender muslim refugees with autism discussing climate change in a post-colonial society.
Don't waste your time with them.
Find yourself a small indie press. There are lots around now due to the rise of print on demand tech making them more financially viable. Try a few different ones and if your work is half decent you might get picked up. Downside is they have tiny budgets and no money for promotion so you'll have to do all that stuff yourself

>>21742409
It's definately up there. Not only is it a cracking good read but it upsets the elitist snobs and pseuds so it gets points for that.

>>21735961
Set yourself the discipline of reading a book a week, 52 books a year. It sounds hard but its not once you get into the swing of it and ditch useless distractions like social media etc.
Work your way through a solid chunk of the classics range just so you know what quality writing looks like. Try reading different genres and forms (short stories, plays, essays) so you're broadly well read.
Start writing but accept that the first thing you write will be shit. Write it anyway, submit it and collect the inevitable rejections. Go back to the drawing board and start again.
Write something better this time, submit it and see how it goes.
Rinse and repeat until you achieve success or die, whichever comes first.
Source: i did this and i'm published (pic related)

>>21711604
Good, i'm really making it. I'm the first person from /lit/ to really make it.

>>21709662
I had 19 in my first collection, mind you i'd started with 43 but myself and my publisher did some culling.

>>21693896
start with the Australians