The Waiting Game
Getting published is definitely an exercise in patience. Granted, every book, magazine article or agent/publisher submission guidelines suggests that the process can take months. In retrospect, for many submissions, I’ve experienced shorter waiting times. I had four agents respond within a a few days to a few weeks with their “no”. I had a publisher […]
Is it Envy? The Incredulous Success of Fifty Shades
I love rags to riches stories, especially about indie writers. There is something satisfying about hearing about a writer rejected by traditional publishing, who delivers the ultimate payback…success. But in the case of Fifty Shades of Gray, I’m stumped. In theory, I should be excited that the Twilight fan fic turned published book is such […]
Endangered Cover – What do you think?
Step-by-step I move closer to getting my novella Endangered published. It’s crazy how much there is do to self-publish a book. Aside from writing, there is editing, formatting for e-readers, buying an ISBN, writing a blurb that makes people want to read it, and creating a cover that entices people to read the blurb. I’m […]
Rejection Sucks!
I understand that rejection is part of the writing/publishing process, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to take. Particularly when you make a step forward, but then are pushed back again. I mentioned in a recent post that I’d made it one step closer when a publisher and an agent requested the full manuscript. The […]
One Step Closer
As I wrote in my previous post, waiting is hard to do. But, today I heard back from a potential agent. This woman has been sooooo great. I first sent the query through the submission form on her website about a week before Christmas. I got an automatic message that the submission was received. In […]