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 Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:20 pm
Ok, what i want to do is try and publish the book i worked on for about eight months. A few big things are an editor, agent, and actually sending it out and publication.
For the editor, A woman that my mom works with edits contracts and papers and such, so we asked her. My grade school Librarian wants to read my story, and my mom said that we could ask her to edit also. Question: Is it a good idea to get more then one editor? The woman my mom works with could help with grammar, and my librarian could help with the actual story, would that be a good idea?
For an agent, i am definitely one of those people that have a problem with sending something to somebody i don't even know for help with something. Any tips on what i should do?
Finally, the sending it out and publishing it. The big problem is, I'm 15 and i cannot sign a contract and all that jazz. Also, most people just won't want to publish because of that. Any other tips?
That is a big ol' wall of text. If you can help, thank you, if you can't thanks for reading.
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:31 pm
I'm currently working with www.wlwritersagency.com. There are a lot of hoops to jump through, but I'm hoping it will at least be a learning experience. What they are is a group of agents who approach a lot of publishers with a lot of manuscripts. Their philosophy is one of "more is better" when it comes to having available pitches.
They don't ask for any money--which is the biggest key when finding an agent. Money should always flow TOWARD the author, and the only place an author should sign a check is on the back!
They do, however, ask for a 3rd party critique, which is basically a "how will this book sell" cheat sheet for them. They will recommend you to a professional critiquing service who will charge under $90--BUT THEY ARE NOT EDITORS. I had a friend of mine do the critique for free, and they accepted it, so you're in no way obligated to use their recommendations.
Definitely have someone you trust edit your story for basic typos, context and such. More than one person can be very useful!
I know that many authors get the "Writer's Market" book from the library and start sending out queries like crazy to publishers and agents. I haven't had a lot of success in that area, and I keep getting offers for self publishing.
If you can help it, don't go with a print-on-demand publisher like Publish America, because YOU will have to do any and all advertising and promotion (unless your willing to cough up a few hundred dollars). I "published" my first book with them, and I made enough money off of friends and relatives to buy a small latte. It doesn't cost you anything to get your manuscript on their database, but they're not really helpful otherwise.
I'm still in the process of working with my agent to find publishers, so I don't know how the actual publication steps work yet. I'll definitely let you know if it ever happens.
Hope that was at least a little helpful! xp
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:38 pm
Wow! Scarlet pretty much said it all. I cannot think of anything else to add but I figured i could post so at least you knew I had read what you posted. I'm glad I did cuz now I want to check out that link Scarlet provided.
If, however, its my personal opinion you want, I think having more than one editor can be helpful. I had 2 friends helping me with the editing on my CV fanfic at some point. 3nodding
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:06 pm
Yeah, they hit it all really.
This has helped me out as well, thanks guys! 3nodding
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B-rad the Vampiric Shadow
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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:20 am
Ok, thank you guys so much. I think that it'll help me a lot.
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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:02 pm
Glad I could help! ^_^ I don't have much experience in actual publishing yet--I'm getting there tho!
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