Not all of you reading this have necessarily heard the warnings about the vanity publishing companies who lure potential writers in with the promise of publishing glory; those companies who may even go so far as to advertise ‘no fees’ or even allude to payment for acceptable manuscripts. Legitimate publishers need not even mention such…
Category Archives: Get Published
Taking a Leap of Faith as a First Time Published Author
Many writers dream of finishing that wonderful story…some day. They dream of submitting that finished creation to a publisher or two or three in hopes of a response, a positive one. For some, their creation never does get finished. For others the creation is finished but never gets submitted. However, there are those crazy, thousands…
So, You Want to Write a Book
Each of you has a book in yourself. After all, you all have your life stories. That is a starting point; at least it was for me. I wrote my memoirs about recovery from multiple addictions and mental illness. It helped me to heal and to learn how to put my thoughts down on paper….
A Great Book Only Goes Half Way With Publishers
Every author in the country has a wish list of things they want to accomplish. Almost all of them want nothing more than to get the attention of a major publishing firm in New York City. Unfortunately, less than one in a thousand are actually going to make it. Some may be truly generic and…
Smartlines on Winning an Editor’s Vote
Writers, especially those starting enthusiastically with publishing their work, are likely to pat my shoulder (virtually) if I endorse their feelings about the general apathy and hubris of editors. Well, I’m afraid I won’t; though I would have loved to do this some years ago, but not now when I am seated in an editorial…
How to Get Published – You Need These Three Things
I hear the same question over and over again. “What is the secret to having a book published?” Most people walk away in disbelief when I tell them no secret exists. If you can meet three conditions, I tell them, you have a chance to get published. None of the three requirements are secrets however….
New York Publisher or Small Press?
Anybody in this business who is right more than 50 percent of the time is a genius. —Former Simon & Schuster President Richard Snyder If you haven’t yet read Scott Berg’s wonderful book, Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, you have a treat in store. Back in the twenties, thirties, and forties, publishing was small potatoes….
How to Format a Manuscript
Whether authors are submitting their manuscripts to traditional publishers, or self-publishing their books and submitting a document to a book design person, certain standards should be maintained if authors want to be taken seriously by publishers or keep their book design person from being frustrated with them. In the old days of the twentieth century,…
How to Pitch Your Book
Any opportunity you have to get in front of an agents or publishers and tell them about your book is a precious opportunity, no matter how brief the encounter. Don’t waste it. Make the moment memorable (for the right reasons) by crafting a series of brief, targeted talking points about your project. Qualities of a…
What Publishers Want From an Author
If you have already written a book, or even if you are just considering writing one, you may have asked yourself what it is that publishers are looking for. Unfortunately, there is no magic formula a writer can follow for guaranteed publication. What works and doesn’t work varies by genre, publisher, and other factors outside…
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