First and foremost, you DO NOT send an unsolicited manuscript to anyone. All they’ll do is just throw it in the trash; no reputable company accepts unsolicited material.
Second, you DO NOT contact publishing companies. No reputable publishing firm accepts non-vetted material.
An author is just a writer who refused to take ‘no’ for an answer and was stupid enough to get back up after they were kicked to the ground.
To become a writer, you must write. To become an author, you must publish. To become successful, you must write more.
…and other stupid blog post titles.
To say that the landscape of publishing has dramatically changed over the last five years is an idiotic statement. The landscape of publishing has been dramatically changing since it’s inception. Just because someone finally noticed — after the printing press dramatically changed the landscape; after offset printing dramatically changed the landscape; after the computer dramatically changed the landscape; after the desktop computer dramatically changed the landscape; after Amazon dramatically changed the landscape; after Mobi dramatically changed the landscape; the Kindle dramatically changed the landscape; etc. — that there are no longer any walls stopping a writer from becoming a published author and that the gatekeeper concept is passe, it doesn’t mean the landscape has ‘dramatically changed.’
It just means that they’re not particularly observant.
AuthorReading.com will start offering expedited reviews to better serve the literary community. This year, small press and self-publishing has blossomed as never before, with self-publishing now very much a legitimate publishing option for authors. Today much of the literary community has shed its bias against those who have chosen to self-publish. Authors Reading welcomes this change and hopes it can be instrumental in helping those Indie authors in their uphill battle to promote and sell their books. As authors quickly learn, once a book is finished, tapping into a receptive audience is a formidable task. In the book publishing world, that is known as “discoverability.”
As a multi-year winner (including this year, he wrote, tooting his own horn), I always look forward to NaNoWriMo. And Camp NaNoWriMo. And I have fond memories of Scriptfrenzy, and hope they bring it back.
An article from the Examiner puts NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in perspective:
A day to remember for a lot of writers. NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) has officially come to an end. While a lot of authors have triumphed, writing 50,000 words in just one month, others gave it their best but didn’t quite make it. But that should hardly be the point.
A lot of people think the NaNoWriMo goal of 50,000 words in a single month is about completing that. It’s just a goal; a difficult goal. But the point of this goal is to learn how to squeeze every ounce of free time into your creativity: For writers to give it their best, grasp the concept of pumping out a rough draft without worrying about revisions, editing, or how a chapter flows.
Talk to any writer and most of them will tell you they have an abundance of ideas, and the hardest part is writing it out. This is the sole purpose of NaNoWriMo: get that idea out on paper and worry about refining when it’s finished! This could very well be a revolutionary idea in the realm of books.
You can read the whole article HERE.
If you’re a writer, you can find out more about NaNoWriMo HERE.
