Re:How to Begin a Novel
by amayne on Thursday November 21, 2019 @06:02AM
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Nobody knows anything. Harry Potter got rejected by over 40 publishers.
I started as a self-published author and sold hundreds of thousands of books plus made my first movie deal before ever getting a publisher.
I was actually better early-off as an indie than with some of my first publishing deals. Although I learned a lot by working with a first-rate editor.
You don't need a publisher in 2019. You need a good book, a good editor, a good cover and a good description...and to keep writing.
A year after I sat down to write my first self-published novel I was sitting across the table from one of my favorite directors on the Disney lot talking about my book.
I started as a self-published author and sold hundreds of thousands of books plus made my first movie deal before ever getting a publisher.
I was actually better early-off as an indie than with some of my first publishing deals. Although I learned a lot by working with a first-rate editor.
You don't need a publisher in 2019. You need a good book, a good editor, a good cover and a good description...and to keep writing.
A year after I sat down to write my first self-published novel I was sitting across the table from one of my favorite directors on the Disney lot talking about my book.
All of that because I started by self-publishing.