By Rupert R Trubshaw
After the writing, comes the dream where an author hopes and thinks "won't someone publish my novel."
If you are to get into print then it can be a long and complicated process and it is likely to involve rejection. However, if you have some good advice and act like a professional then the chances will improve greatly and that there will be that magic call and you will be able to say that a famous name is about to publish my novel.
So what are the things that many people do that mean their work has no chance of making it? I found out via a useful guide that there are dozens of easy pitfalls you can avoid. You would be surprised by the number of people who send their poetry to publishers of crime fiction. It might sound stupid but it does happen. Publishers don't move into a new niche no matter how good one piece of work is.
Small things like not sending SAE's for your manuscript, a lack of clarity (something poorly printed or not double spaced) just give publishers an excuse to put your work on to the rejection pile. I soon learned that publishers get far more submissions than they can actually read, let alone print. So if there is one important lesson, it's make sure you give a publisher or agent just what they ask for. Get on their good side and they are more likely they will help you with that dream to publish my novel.
Finally, when you are enclosing a letter with your manuscript, think about who your book might appeal to and the genre. Information on those is always helpful to publishers and their agents and also helps them look at your work from the perspective you want.
To learn the one key thing that will help you if you want to get a novel published then you must read The Road to Publication, the essential guide to getting into print from a successful author.
If you are to get into print then it can be a long and complicated process and it is likely to involve rejection. However, if you have some good advice and act like a professional then the chances will improve greatly and that there will be that magic call and you will be able to say that a famous name is about to publish my novel.
So what are the things that many people do that mean their work has no chance of making it? I found out via a useful guide that there are dozens of easy pitfalls you can avoid. You would be surprised by the number of people who send their poetry to publishers of crime fiction. It might sound stupid but it does happen. Publishers don't move into a new niche no matter how good one piece of work is.
Small things like not sending SAE's for your manuscript, a lack of clarity (something poorly printed or not double spaced) just give publishers an excuse to put your work on to the rejection pile. I soon learned that publishers get far more submissions than they can actually read, let alone print. So if there is one important lesson, it's make sure you give a publisher or agent just what they ask for. Get on their good side and they are more likely they will help you with that dream to publish my novel.
Finally, when you are enclosing a letter with your manuscript, think about who your book might appeal to and the genre. Information on those is always helpful to publishers and their agents and also helps them look at your work from the perspective you want.
To learn the one key thing that will help you if you want to get a novel published then you must read The Road to Publication, the essential guide to getting into print from a successful author.
