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Publishing Portions of Your Story
Asked by Linda Ovitt on April 27, 2020
Will publishing portions of your story on a blog (post or eBook format) or submitting to Christian magazine hinder publishing a Memoir? Would it be considered as already published work?
Jerry's Answer
Not necessarily, Linda, but I would not take entire sections word for word for such pieces. The book should be much more involved and detailed, but of course you can write on the same theme and cover some of the same ground.
That way, you can build anticipation for the larger work.