Carlene Havel's Blog: Carlene - Posts Tagged "getting-published"

The phenomenon of epublishing has broken down so many barriers. Once upon a time, an author had to work very hard to obtain an agent, because none of the big prestigious publishing houses dealt directly with writers. The unsolicited manuscript submitted by an author was destined for deletion or the trash can, whichever was suitable for the method of submission. The agent and a host of editors and assistants all had to approve a work for it to move forward in the long, drawn-out publishing process. It was much safer to reject a manscript than to take the risk of approving it. Now, small independent publishers have sprung up everywhere, and they welcome direct submissions. The down side is that some junk is offered to the reading public. In my opinion, that's a small price to pay for the gems that now get published, when even ten years ago they would have had zero chance. It's a great time to be an author!