Hemingway and First Time Authors
Posted by Mark Shaw on November 28, 2008
Hemingwaywantabes, I am hearing from many of you who are becoming discouraged about your publishing aspirations. Don’t be. If you have a unique book idea, don’t give up. There is inspiration everywhere as evidenced by these first-time published authors I have worked with over the past few years. They include:
Christine Montross – Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab, Nancy Spears – Buddha: 9 to 5: The Eightfold Path to Enlightening Your Workplace and Improving Your Bottom Line , Patti Lawson – The Dog Diet: What My Dog Taught Me About Shedding Pounds, Licking Stress, and Getting a New Leash on Life, Dawn Knight – Taliaferro, Breaking Barriers from the NFL Draft to the Ivory Tower , Frances Jewel Dickson – The DEW Line Years, Voices from the Coldest Cold War, Dr. Gordon Dragt – One Foot Planted in the Center, the Other Dangling off the Edge, Sam Drash – Reaching Paradise Through Intercourse: American Towns with Unique Names, Charles Pearson – The Last Expedition , Ron Lowry and Mary Walker – Chasing Lewis and Clark Across America: A 21st Century Aviation Adventure.
The key is the formula I purpose in How To Become a Published Author: Idea to Publication, free for the copying or downloading from the above text. Here it is:
Unique book idea+Great writing+Well-planned publishing strategy= optimization for your book to become published. If any of the parts of the equation are missing, try to fix them. Keep changing your book idea if you need to based on agent or publisher feedback. Keep revising your writing until it is the best it may be and get consulting help if you need it. And use proven strategies so as to prepare a professionally written book proposal and query letter. Self-help books are everywhere to assist you including the one above yours free for the taking.
Your book is important not only to you, but to those who will read it. Keep thinking of the day when you will hold that book in your hands, and remember, keep the faith because you never know when there is a miracle right around the corner.
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