20 Nov 12, 06:53PM
Cool shit, another writer on the board.
Getting hard copies of your work will cost you paper. Go through lulu.com, a seminar I went to run by a lit agent said they are the best bang for your buck. I know nothing about e-book publishing.
Most big, and some small, publishers will not touch a non-solicited manuscript, so try submitting to lit agents first. DO NOT PAY A LIT AGENT TO READ YOUR MANUSCRIPT. Reading fees are bullshit, bullshit, horrible business practice, largely frowned on by the publishing world. If they want a reading fee, say thanks but no thanks and go elsewhere.
Going the small press route is hard because small presses cater to a smaller audience and usually keep their releases in a specific genre (even if they pub lit fiction, they will only touch certain kinds of lit fiction(dirty realism, neo-noir, existentialist, ect)).
You will get no's. A lot. I've received 21 no's and two yes's just on my short fiction. On my novel, I've gotten two no's (each one took 6+ months to get) and waiting to hear back on my third (oh yeah, def a no).
Have fun writing. Don't buy a typewriter, they are a waste of paper. Copious notes, copious amounts of copious notes. Read: Lots and Lots of Notes and NOTES. And movement, any progress is movement, even if all you did for the day was write a paragraph of biography for each character. Hell, even if all you did was sit at the comp facepalming and drinking Southern Comfort and re-ordered plot points. Try to work every day.
Getting hard copies of your work will cost you paper. Go through lulu.com, a seminar I went to run by a lit agent said they are the best bang for your buck. I know nothing about e-book publishing.
Most big, and some small, publishers will not touch a non-solicited manuscript, so try submitting to lit agents first. DO NOT PAY A LIT AGENT TO READ YOUR MANUSCRIPT. Reading fees are bullshit, bullshit, horrible business practice, largely frowned on by the publishing world. If they want a reading fee, say thanks but no thanks and go elsewhere.
Going the small press route is hard because small presses cater to a smaller audience and usually keep their releases in a specific genre (even if they pub lit fiction, they will only touch certain kinds of lit fiction(dirty realism, neo-noir, existentialist, ect)).
You will get no's. A lot. I've received 21 no's and two yes's just on my short fiction. On my novel, I've gotten two no's (each one took 6+ months to get) and waiting to hear back on my third (oh yeah, def a no).
Have fun writing. Don't buy a typewriter, they are a waste of paper. Copious notes, copious amounts of copious notes. Read: Lots and Lots of Notes and NOTES. And movement, any progress is movement, even if all you did for the day was write a paragraph of biography for each character. Hell, even if all you did was sit at the comp facepalming and drinking Southern Comfort and re-ordered plot points. Try to work every day.