Anyone have experience of writing a book?

RebelBhoy · May 10, 2011

SleepySpecialK said: ↑

Excellent, a new victim.

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Aberdeenarsenal · May 10, 2011

Psychosomatic said: ↑

Now you're talking. Make them under twelve and you'll triple sales.

No worries about the book recommendation thing, by the way, you're welcome. As a resource, it's fairly outstanding.

Plus, if you're starting from scratch, you'll find a list of just about every English language publication you can think of (and many more besides), with easy links to submission guidelines and the name of any relevant contact you may need. If you're prepared to put in the hours (for limited financial reward to begin with), then getting your name in print with any number of the weird magazine titles you may stumble upon is well worth the effort.

Online journals still hold less professional cache, as you might expect - although this will change and is, in fact, already slowly changing – so any article submitted and accepted by a (paper/physical/in your hand) magazine is a merit badge worth seeking.

Editors and publishers at the higher end of the scale tend to be unimaginative, risk-averse and fearful and will usually always be looking for a body of (published) work.

This isn’t specifically related to book publishing and fiction, of course – I’m talking more about magazines and newspapers - but it still more or less holds true that a publishing house will generally look upon the established author with a growing track record with more favour.

The main thing, of course, is to get writing. So many people reckon they can do it, that it must be really easy – and they simply can’t and it simply isn’t. It requires massive self-discipline and the thickest of skins (to absorb and dismiss those early, painful rejections).

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Haha,

Thats my plan anyway, to get well into it before seeking out agents/publishers.

Right now though im still trying to iron out plot details and characters before i actually start writing.

Anyone have experience of writing a book?

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