Rights question

[melissajm]

Just for fun, I wrote a story based on a cut scene from the novel that's currently sitting in DAW's slush pile. It quotes from a wanted poster in the book and is about the novel's main character, although it doesn't mention his name.

I saw a market that might be a good fit for this story. Am I allowed to submit the story to magazines now that I'm shopping the novel, or is that a no-no? Thanks!

Comments

[safewrite.livejournal.com]

You can...but if you sell the book to DAW, do you want to - yet? Look at how Allan Steele pushed his Coyote books and how Charles Coleman Finlay increased interest in his Maggot stories ( The Prodigal Troll, etc.) with strategic releases of related short stories.

Just a thought.

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

Hold off a bit, you mean, until the book's actually out there? That's a big IF...
(But wouldn't it be fun? ;))