Doing a Tolkien on this Bitch!
I have received a few messages over the last few weeks as to the status of my novel.
Haven’t you seen it rocketing up the New York Times Best Seller List?
No?
Damn you Twilight!!!
That’s not fair, funny but definitely not fair. I finished the last edit, or so I thought, about a year ago. I spent the days in 2011 when my personal life was not either imploding or rebuilding trying to obtain a literary agent. During that time frame I sent out sixty agent queries and received fifty two rejections with the remainder never answered. I wanted more than anything else to do it the “Right Way” I wanted to find an agent, then and editor, and then publish my book to the accolades and riches that I felt were my due.
Burt here is the hard bit of reality. I never received a single request to actually see even a sample of any of my work.
At first I was a little, let’s be honest I was fucking pissed, about this. But then I started doing some real research about the status of the publishing industry and realized that the number of “I am so sorry but I currently have too many clients, good luck” responses I received should have made me feel pretty damn good. I think a lot of the responses were because I took the time to actually hand write and mail my queries, but regardless when I look at the effort in the new perspective I feel pretty good. I would still love to be published by a press (big or medium) but I think that in a few more years that is only going to be a realm where authors who have established themselves elsewhere.
So where does that leave me?
Folks I am announcing it right now, I am publishing this motherfucker myself! And not only that, I have taken the novel that damn near equals the uncut length of The Stand in size and am breaking it into a trilogy. And to cap it all, I am changing the name. Please allow me to introduce …
“Shores of the Dead”
(Part1, Part 2, and Part 3)
Subtitles to be determined
I believe I will be announcing a Kickstarter at the end of the summer to raise the capital I will need to do this myself. Not a big one just the money needed to handle the fees to get it off the ground, not my time and effort.
Alright my Henchmen and Henchwomen that is all fo today, as you can tell by the website redesign I am working on some stuff behind the scenes that I can’t wait to announce, but let’s put that on hold until I have something concrete to tell you.
Josh
Haven’t you seen it rocketing up the New York Times Best Seller List?
No?
Damn you Twilight!!!
That’s not fair, funny but definitely not fair. I finished the last edit, or so I thought, about a year ago. I spent the days in 2011 when my personal life was not either imploding or rebuilding trying to obtain a literary agent. During that time frame I sent out sixty agent queries and received fifty two rejections with the remainder never answered. I wanted more than anything else to do it the “Right Way” I wanted to find an agent, then and editor, and then publish my book to the accolades and riches that I felt were my due.
Burt here is the hard bit of reality. I never received a single request to actually see even a sample of any of my work.
At first I was a little, let’s be honest I was fucking pissed, about this. But then I started doing some real research about the status of the publishing industry and realized that the number of “I am so sorry but I currently have too many clients, good luck” responses I received should have made me feel pretty damn good. I think a lot of the responses were because I took the time to actually hand write and mail my queries, but regardless when I look at the effort in the new perspective I feel pretty good. I would still love to be published by a press (big or medium) but I think that in a few more years that is only going to be a realm where authors who have established themselves elsewhere.
So where does that leave me?
Folks I am announcing it right now, I am publishing this motherfucker myself! And not only that, I have taken the novel that damn near equals the uncut length of The Stand in size and am breaking it into a trilogy. And to cap it all, I am changing the name. Please allow me to introduce …
“Shores of the Dead”
(Part1, Part 2, and Part 3)
Subtitles to be determined
I believe I will be announcing a Kickstarter at the end of the summer to raise the capital I will need to do this myself. Not a big one just the money needed to handle the fees to get it off the ground, not my time and effort.
Alright my Henchmen and Henchwomen that is all fo today, as you can tell by the website redesign I am working on some stuff behind the scenes that I can’t wait to announce, but let’s put that on hold until I have something concrete to tell you.
Josh
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