Hello fellow writers,
After a gruelling slog spanning six months, I have just completed my first non-fictional book.
Naively, I imagined I could simple email my soon-to-be best seller en masse to several publishers and let them fight it out amongst themselves on the rights.
Sadly, having read the brutal guidance on several publishers’ websites such as “Please don’t send us your work”, “We don’t love you” and “Go away!” I decided to seek help from you, the experts.
So here I am. I’m completely at your mercy. Please be gentle with me.
Good luck!!!!!
Victoria, Michelle and Shalisa,
Thank you for taking the time to respond with useful advice. It's very much appreciated.I have started to research some suitable Agents and am in the process of submitting the first three chapters to a select few.
Best wishes with your writing and publisher endevours too.
Well, being relatively new myself, my ears are only now beginning to dry out!
Why not set up a blog (try www.blogger.com/) to gather interest about your book? Not only will it help to attract prospective publishers and potential readers, it’ll also help to ease the pain of the rejection letters (I know; hence my advice…!)
Oh…and when you set up your blog, make sure you register it with Google &/or other reputable blogsites sot that it CAN be found – something my friend laughingly pointed out to me last night…! Like I said, my “wet-behind-the-ears” are still drying out too!
All the best!