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Ana54
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 Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:45 am Post subject: Do you think my posts would sell? |
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I'm thinking about taking all my (relevant) posts, editing them, adding some more, and putting them into a book called My Life With PDD-NOS or something, in diary form with the dates still on them. So do you think it would sell?
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computerlove
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:14 am Post subject: |
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maybe, maybe 
I suppose you'll add more stuff
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ClosetAspy
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First of all, are you planning to self-publish or are you going to go with a traditional publisher? I hate to burst your bubble, but getting published is an extremely difficult AND expensive deal. You are better off buying lottery tickets. I am serious. I can't tell you how to succeed but I can tell you how to fail.
Several years ago I sank thousands of dollars (mostly in credit-card debt, the worst kind) into a book project I had my heart set on. It's a long story, but I almost bankrupted myself in the process. Most of the advice out there for would-be writers is in my opinion, BS. They don't tell you the most important part.
Keep in mind that while most books on writing focus on the writing part, that is actually the easiest. The hard part is marketing, promotion, selling, negotiating contracts. Yes, you as writer will be expected to be able to handle these aspects. The publisher is NOT going to do it for you. Furthermore, unless you know someone in the genre you are working in that can mentor you, you might as well forget it. To get in the door of a major publishing company, you need an agent. To get an agent you need a book proposal, a marketing plan, AND connections.
If you are still serious about this, and haven't been discouraged, then my best advice is to find a university or college English department that has a published author in your genre, and try to get him or her to mentor you. Because publishers get so many submissions they have all kinds of inside tricks to weed out undesirables. Writers Digest will not tell you that, but it is true. For example if you do not know or use the current Style Guidelines for your publisher it does not matter if you are the next Shakespeare, your manuscript will not even be looked at. I am serious about this. Your grammar, your spelling MUST be impeccable. They are looking for an excuse to reject you.
Writers who are affiliated with university English departments are up to date on what the latest requirements are. They have to be, because in academia it is publish or perish. I would not waste my time with a writers group unless you have someone in that group who is willing and able to mentor you. My experience with writers' groups is that most of them are focused on short stories and poetry and have neither the interest or connections to go further. The worst-case scenario is you may encounter someone who will flatter you with the object of stealing your work and posting it as his or her own. (Someone tried that with me, but I was able to see through his scheme) GUARD YOUR WORK!!! |
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