HOW I ACQUIRED THIS AUTHORSHIP-CONTINUED

I received the "Certificate Of Copyright" on a fifth of May(Cinco de Mayo). So I had the "go-ahead" as I stated in the last "Blog Post" to create the manuscript since the ability was worth documenting by "The Library." It was completed by the end of the first week of June, which was the five week process of producing an official manuscript. Once the manuscript was completed, I proceeded to take a trip to the local library in order to look up "Book Publishers." For a period of three months, I sent off to several publishers without obtaining one. After exhausting my patience with that process in September, in October I just had the inspired idea to "Google" "Book Publishers", and "Writers Literary Literary Agency" came up as the top result. They agreed to represent me in an effort to complete this process for me after I queried them. Well, the Agency had one of their editors to critique(a form of edit) the manuscript in order to "polish" it so that they would feel comfortable presenting it to any publisher in the country! The process of presenting the manuscript to potential publishers I liken to a musician "shopping" their "demo" to record labels in order to become an "artist"...in order to "get a deal." I found this to be absolutely exciting! Two(2) months later in December, I was offered a "Joint Venture Publishing Agreement" by the now "Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency(Eloquent Books)." Our "Agreement" is for a "50% Royalty" split. Which basically means for every dollar made, I get half & they get half. Three "somethings" to note about waiting to get signed from the efforts of the agency & working with them in general is:(1) I could have used my own editor for the "critique" but would have to submit that editors credentials first. I just found it easier to use their own editor obviously already approved by them, plus this helped move the process along in my eyes, bringing me closer to my publishing deal.(2) I was assigned a "Senior Agent" to search on my behalf but with the option to fire the agency if there was 90 days of "inactivity" during the search. I decided to give them as many chances as they may need to accomplish the task because I found so much value in having them "there" for me.(3) The agency worked for free up front with the understanding I would pay a 10% Commission on the gross of every "Royalty Check" received from my publisher. Before I could even earn my first "Royalty Check", "Writers Literary" became a "sister company" of the publisher and so the agency waived their 10% Commission. You see, as a "sister", they get paid every time the publisher gets paid so in essence there remained no reason to need a payment from me.

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