Why Rush to Publish?

You wrote a book!

You want it published! Now!

Congratulations!I’ve felt that same excitement. However, I urge you to resist that impulse to self-publishright away.

I know you’re excited and, trust me, I know time is the downsideoftraditional publishing. It can take years. First you have toqueryagents. That can take a year or more of submitting your manuscript and waiting for responses. Then, when you get an agent, shemay requestedits before she queries publishers and editors. Then you both w...