Author 4 Aspiring Authors
Only kids ask point blank how much money I make, if I know Tom Cruise, what's it like to be stalked, and does another book need to be written?
Adults ask much more pragmatic questions like:
How do I get an agent? Do I really have to pay 15% commission and are four types of editors truly necessary to publish a book?
These questions and, oh, about 180 others are answered in Author Straight Talk: the possibilities, pitfall's, how-to's and tribal knowledge from someone who knows.
I promised myself if I ever got to the point of success that I'd pause long enough to put down everything I'd experienced in order to save another (potentially better) writer years of angst, money and rejection. Now I've done it. Yes, it took all summer and fall, but it was worth it.
I'll be running promos and magnets (links that allow free downloads) to get things rolling, but for now, it's out and available. And yes, I published it under my own imprint. The publishers were a wee-bitty pissed off (according to my agent) that I wasn't pulling the curtain back on the kimono. I essentially stripped the kimono bare...and that's the point. As one editor at a top five publishing house said to me: "You are going to make a lot of people mad, because it will be harder to negotiate with agents and authors now, but in the long run, you will make our (the acquisitions editor) lives easier, because the submitted manuscripts will be better and the author more educated."
My personal belief is that all readers are potential authors. If you know or suspect an author may be lurking amongst your friends or relatives, send the link along, or have them follow me here or on my own FB page so they can read the eBook version free. (reviews are always welcome and encouraged a'course).
Author Straight Talk
Happy Wednesday!
Adults ask much more pragmatic questions like:
How do I get an agent? Do I really have to pay 15% commission and are four types of editors truly necessary to publish a book?
These questions and, oh, about 180 others are answered in Author Straight Talk: the possibilities, pitfall's, how-to's and tribal knowledge from someone who knows.
I promised myself if I ever got to the point of success that I'd pause long enough to put down everything I'd experienced in order to save another (potentially better) writer years of angst, money and rejection. Now I've done it. Yes, it took all summer and fall, but it was worth it.
I'll be running promos and magnets (links that allow free downloads) to get things rolling, but for now, it's out and available. And yes, I published it under my own imprint. The publishers were a wee-bitty pissed off (according to my agent) that I wasn't pulling the curtain back on the kimono. I essentially stripped the kimono bare...and that's the point. As one editor at a top five publishing house said to me: "You are going to make a lot of people mad, because it will be harder to negotiate with agents and authors now, but in the long run, you will make our (the acquisitions editor) lives easier, because the submitted manuscripts will be better and the author more educated."
My personal belief is that all readers are potential authors. If you know or suspect an author may be lurking amongst your friends or relatives, send the link along, or have them follow me here or on my own FB page so they can read the eBook version free. (reviews are always welcome and encouraged a'course).
Author Straight Talk
Happy Wednesday!
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Jan 28, 2018 12:27PM
How fun! Cannot wait to read what it is like to REALLY publish a book (this from an ePublished author). It's so much simpler to ePub but much more difficult to be successful. Thanks Sarah.
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Hi Jason, the book is now out! Of course, wouldn't you know, now traditional publishers want to pick it up:0 I'm going to be running a few short-term promos for the eBook- the table formatting isn't real pretty due to epub/mobi issues, but the hard data is there, and that's the key. keep a lookout, and you're welcome:)
