First Novel Survey

We talk a lot about how to sell that first novel, but it's hard sometimes to draw any real conclusions on the best way to break in when all we've got is a lot of anecdotal data.  Everyone's path is different.  The experience of someone who broke in twenty years ago might not match the realities of publishing today.  For that matter, the experience of someone who broke in today might not match the realities of someone else who broke in today.

So, taking a page from Tobias Buckell and his first...