[stylist] Update on my publishing progress

[loristay]

That's good to know.  It makes it worthwhile to get a commercial publisher.
As for who owns your book, it's them all right.
I sold a story two years ago to Angels On Earth.  IT took them a year to publish it, and then they kept maybe three lines and the general idea of it, but rewrote the rest, including some things in it I never would have put.  I saw it before I agreed to let them publish it, and had a good laugh.  They paid $250 for it, said I agreed that I was writing for pay, and they own the reprint rights, though if I wanted to make a book of it, I could.
My thought was, after they rewrote it, the story was theirs, so why would I want to reprint it?  And there wasn't enough in it to make a book of it.  David (my hubby) said I shouldn't write for them any more, but hey, if they want to send me money for their work...   So I sent them another story, but I do hope if they decide to use it, they will keep more than three lines.
Lori

On Feb 28, 2010, at 2:32:53 PM, Toni <trfraser at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Lori,
No, they are doing the editing along with me. The person is the regular
writer for NBP. I don't know how she is getting paid, but nothing has said
that I have to worry about that.