The rights purchased by the editors were, "First printing plus four months," which means that I can't even attempt to shop each installment around again until four months after each has been published. So, in August of 2008 I can begin to shop around for another sale/publishing of the first installment, but since "First printing plus four months" will not have passed for the second installment (or the other four after that) yet, I can't even mention them until each has had the run. December MMVIII for the 2nd, April MMIX for the 3rd, August MMIX for the 4th, December MMIX for the 5th and June MMX for the 6th... that's when I can legally do anything with each of them again once I've submitted them to the editor. If I decide not to try to re-sell, I could then self-publish, or post on the internet...

It's really nifty thinking about all these things, but I will say I'm very glad I took the advice of a friend [unnamed successful novelist] and talked to a literary agent. If I make nothing, he charges nothing. If I sell a poem, story, novella, whatever... he gets 15%. I think that's a fair arrangement to have someone else have to worry about the legal details and looking out for my well-being. I technically have been a client of his for over a year and a half, but now I'm a productive client. Yay me!