/lit/ - Literature

>>13722191
fuck i want one, but you're glowing.

>>13722244
Nah man. All I can hope is that one of the contributors (all of whom have been paid) vouches for me. But at the end of the day, you have to take the leap. I've been trying to set up an Amazon seller account but there are so many hoops to jump through and I'm very disinclined to technology in the first place, so it's become quite frustrating. I am debating whether to purchase an ISBN because it's required to sell on amazon, but I told the printers that I'm just making copies for family and friends. My concern is that if I tell them that I solicited contributions and paid the authors, they would request copyright releases from each author, which I don't have time to acquire for the first edition (since I'm going out of town for two months).

>>13722280
how much did you pay them and how much does the thing cost?

>>13722304
I paid fiction contributors $200CAD each and poetry contributors $150CAD each. I may have to scale that back a bit for word count, but I'll decide that once I calculate the all-in costs of the project. The cost for the first edition will be nominal...like, $10 or less. Just depends on where I'm shipping to. I'd like to get on amazon for the next edition to facilitate the distribution process (probably charging just shipping plus $5 or something), but I have to see what other restrictions there are.

>>13722191
This is really cool. I'm going to try and see if I can write something to contribute to the next edition. Also going to buy a copy. I want to support productive ideas.

>>13722357
so did you just put every submission you got in, or did you reject shitty stuff?

>>13722380
Same question ^

Are all the works anonymous?

>>13722377
Thanks!
>>13722380
>>13722390
Some contributions were just not organized enough. To them, I offered edits/suggestions and some of them ended up in the quarterly. If the author wasn't willing to have a back-and-forth about their work, I didn't print it. But most were willing to hear my suggestions and edits. Some of the submissions are rough around the edges, but if I saw that the author was genuine and serious, I printed it. Everyone who contributed seemed to care about their writing, which was the essential part. The point of the project is to give some structure and motivation to up-and-coming writers, myself included.

>>13722398
Not exactly, but somewhat. I asked each author how he/she liked to be attributed. Some provided initials, others provided a pseudonym, others provided their real name. Also, I asked that they include their age and location.

>>13722423
Sweet, when’s the next one being printed? Sort of intrigued ngl

>>13722489
I'm overseas until the end of November, where I can definitely accept and edit contributions. I will spend the month of December putting together the Winter edition, hopefully before or shortly after Christmas.

If you're interested in the current edition, shoot me an email at litquarterly@gmail.com and I'll try get one to you before I leave.

Bump. Just FYI, you're welcome to reach out for more details. Don't have to contribute or anything. I'm happy to provide feedback about your writing free of charge.

>>13722280
For what it's worth, this guy is legit.

>>13722244
>glowing

Can somebody explain to me what this means in the context? I've encountered it a few times on /tv/ as well.

>>13722719
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvTqknDobU

>>13722719
Means he seems like a plant. A fed. A CIA or similar operative. One of Terry Davis' glow-in-the-dark-CIA-niggers. Trying to get your addresses and identities. I just gave him mine as a test case.
>>13722191
Always interested in this project OP, hope to contribute next time around. Thanks for trying out something cool (assuming, of course, that you're not a glow-in-the-dark).

>>13722719
He's implying that I'm not actually trying to publish new writers, but that I'm scheming to entrap people for their affiliation with 4chan. "Glowing" in the /pol/ context implies that one is an FBI, CIA, or other agent of the government attempting to encourage illegal or damaging behaviour to use for sinister purposes later; basically, a the honeypot concept.
I can assure you that I'm just a normal guy who wishes he was a writer, with some extra time and money, who wants to do something productive. But then again, that's exactly what CIA would say.

>>13722738
>>13722739
That's what I suspected but wanted some confirmation. Thank you for the responses. OP, I look forward to seeing your efforts come to fruition.

>>13722768
Thanks man. I'll have lots of time to organize and edit between September and mid-November, so I look forward to your contribution towards the Winter edition.

>>13722739
for you

Bump.

>>13722649
>you're welcome to reach out for more details
>I'm happy to provide feedback about your writing free of charge
Not as just a question to you, but others: how much of this is from /crit/ threads? Sincere apologies if answering this question hurts business, but we both know there won't be much anyways.

>>13723090
I've only responded to critique threads a handful of times, and it was always more grammatical rather than conceptual. I just find critique threads don't draw my attention often enough. But even if you aren't interested in submitting to the quarterly, I'm perfectly willing to provide feedback for your writing.

Lol faggots

>>13723110
No, I was just curious if it's the same group of people. If crit threads are even a group.

>>13723126
Do you not write?
>>13723153
Not that I can tell. I'm sure there's some overlap, but I rarely contribute to critique threads, though I strongly agree with them in principle.

>not bringing back TAR
ISHYGDDT

>>13722191
Will there be a digital copy, or some pics? Even if I won't get it, I'm very interested to see what it looks like/have a look at it

>>13724544
I'm going to make a thread when I have the physical copies and I'll include pictures of it. It's quite small: 6x9 and under 50 pages.

>>13724444
Never heard of TAR and don't know how it works. This project is very simple. A simple paperback of collected writings.

>>13725309
>Never heard of TAR
YOU
you, you
you double newfag

how dare you try to make a /lit/ zine while still sae green

>>13725348
I've been here for about five years. Never heard a single reference to TAR in my life. Maybe that's because I hate technology. But it's probably because it's not as significant a thing as you think.

>>13725371
>five years
in other words, you arrived after the land had been contaminated and the waters turned to blood

>>13725483
fuck off namefag. shouldn't your boomer ass be in some retirement home by now?

>>13724444
It isn't April.

I think I still have some pdfs somewhere, it was fairly decent.

>>13725483
Why are you still here?

>>13725565
I am as the wind, dear friend.

>>13725535
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0aJnaOl7gykODRFX2hfdVNQekk

>>13725588
Seems pretty cool, to be honest.

>>13722244
I sent him two poems under a pseudonym and he sent me 300 Canadian pesos. Didn't demand my address or real name or anything, but I guess I'll give them to him to get a hard copy, and I don't really see why glowniggers would bother doing something this long-term and boring on one of the few boards that doesn't regularly try to pull shit on the outside world. I'd expect a fed to theme it on the board's love of Uncle Ted or accelerationism and encourage edginess, but my poems were completely apolitical.

>>13722191
i would pirate

>>13722357
how fucking rich are you to spend 2500 dollars on anonymous poems?

>>13725687
I applied for a sabbatical from work to go back to school. In the months leading up to it, I saved a few thousands bucks for tuition and books, but was not accepted to the university I applied to. I decided to use the tuition money for this project and still take my sabbatical.

>>13725699
Ey, that's awesome. Super cool of you to invest in this

>>13725699
do you intend to make money on this project?

>>13725699
I'm glad you managed to make something out of it and create a physical thing that other anons only half-assedly daydream about, anon. I would've blown it on travel or booze.

>>13725708
No. Definitely not. At least not the first few editions. This is more to facilitate disciplined and productive writing (for myself as well as other contributors) and to learn about the small press world. Plus, it's a lot of fun.

>>13725704

Invest implies a return

>>13725710
lol, I still waste a ton of money on booze (and will be traveling during my sabbatical), but earmarking a part of my savings for a creative/intellectual pursuit like that has been extremely rewarding. I just hope to fine-tune it as time goes on.

>>13725660
I'll send you a free copy if you're hard up.

>>13725735
how the fuck you so nice

Bumping to keep this alive. Hoping this can turn into a positive thing.

I gave xim my address, I'll see if it turns up or not

This is a very cool project. Will there be a pdf version available? Also, would you accept essays on history and religion?

>>13727109
Years of misery before I turned the corner. Plus it's a lot of fun.
>>13727266
Thanks for the bump! I replied to everyone who emailed over night. Check your inboxes.
>>13727406
I suppose there could be. Once hard copies are in, I could send you it the pdf.

Bump for the based paypig

>>13722191
Do you intend for this to be exclusively fiction, or include essays on various topics as well?

>paying anons for their shitty work
absolutely based