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yorkielover88:
I know some of you on here have published books. I'm just wondering where dose one begin? All the feedback on my fan fiction has inspired me to start writing regular; bsb free; fiction. I've let a few people see what I have written so far and they keep saying I should try to publish it when I'm finished but I don't even know where to start! Any help; tips; hints or advice?

Pengi:
This is a good topic. I'd actually be interested in some more experienced feedback on this also. The only knowledge I have about publishing came from reading The Writer's Market books, which release a new version each year. They list publishers looking for work and guidelines for submissions. They're great books.

I've never published, though, so I have no experience.

julilly:
For the most part, self publishing is the way to go. It avoids costly and lengthy book proposals, and there's less risk of your ideas being stolen by publishing companies while you're sending manuscripts around.

mare:
I'm not a fan of self publishing, but if you have the money and means to do it, it is a way to guarantee you'll get your story published.

The problem is that almost all places you would submit to will not take unsolicited material, which means they won't even look at your manuscript unless it is presented to them by a literary agent.

There are markets out there for all types of stories but things like mainstream fiction are almost impossible to get an 'in' unless you have an agent these days.

Smaller publishing houses are the way to go. Independent places looking to expand their own businesses by accepting unsolicted material. I am in the process of trying to get my second novel published and i'm pretty sure i'll have to try to get an agent to do it since it's a young adult novel.

I can tell you no matter what you do it's a very very long and hard process. I know after I was published I didn't want to look at my book or think of writing anything for a very long time because it becomes all consuming. The amount of editing you have to do over and over again is crazy and that's even before your editor recommends changes. I was lucky and that didn't really happen to me that much. Still you spend hours and hours reading and rereading your stuff to the point where you start to second guess yourself and hate your own story! lol

I would recommend starting small first and trying to submit a short story somewhere to be published. I had a short story published in a teacher's anthology gift type book. It gives you a small idea of what it would be like on a grander scale. Plus it's money lol and we all need money.

jasminium_ailey:

--- Quote from: yorkielover88 on September 05, 2010, 11:51:44 AM ---I know some of you on here have published books. I'm just wondering where dose one begin? All the feedback on my fan fiction has inspired me to start writing regular; bsb free; fiction. I've let a few people see what I have written so far and they keep saying I should try to publish it when I'm finished but I don't even know where to start! Any help; tips; hints or advice?

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You should totally do it! I think even if you turned Far From Normal into original fic it would do really well. Look at how popular that transgendered woman got when she had a baby. People loved the whole 'guy having a baby' story!  :cheshire:

And Mare I totally bought your book too! SO AMAZING!

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