Michael Witheford
I've never felt really qualified to give advice in this are. My first novel Buzzed was picked up by Penguin but I can't say WHY, except they enjoyed it.
However ... get your friends to read your stuff and be honest with you. If you have something they'll know. Try to get someone who writes professionally; could be a journo, anyone, to see what they think and be honest with you. If they like it too, keep writing and send stuff to a publisher. They will look at it at some point. Could take a while.
However ... get your friends to read your stuff and be honest with you. If you have something they'll know. Try to get someone who writes professionally; could be a journo, anyone, to see what they think and be honest with you. If they like it too, keep writing and send stuff to a publisher. They will look at it at some point. Could take a while.
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