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keithy_19
08-17-2005, 08:48 PM
I know that some of you here like tow rite. Some have even been published. I'm finishing up this book I've been working on an I was wondering if anyone could give me some good publishers to send too. I plan to send it to as many as possible, but I really don't have a clue of what to do or who to send it too. Any help would be rgeatly appreciated.

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08-17-2005, 08:54 PM
<p>Are you prepared for rejection?&nbsp;&nbsp; I mean I wish you all the luck in the world, but please don't&nbsp;be fooled into thinking you're gonna submit one book and be successful.&nbsp;&nbsp; Don't let the rejections sour your, and don't let it darken your soul.&nbsp; Persue your dreams no matter what people say.&nbsp; </p><p>I feel only in this way can&nbsp; you truly feel your life was a success.&nbsp; You may not achieve all your goals, but you died trying and that's the difference between winners and losers.</p>

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mikeyboy
08-17-2005, 09:03 PM
<font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font><p>&nbsp;You may not achieve all your goals, but you died trying and that's the difference between winners and losers.</p><p><br />So the winners acheive their goals and the losers die trying?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just kidding. &nbsp;I knew what you were saying.&nbsp;</p>

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keithy_19
08-17-2005, 09:40 PM
I am prepared to be rejected. I know I will be rejected. I'm just hoping that maybe, one of these publishers will see something good in what I write. See that I have some talent. I am confident that I could be published. I've seen a lot of books that I wonder why did this ever get to see a book store shelf. I know I can write. I know I'm good enough at that to be something. Even if it's not a best-seller, I know I could see my book next to all the others in Borders or Barnes and Nobel.

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curtoid
08-17-2005, 09:50 PM
Publish America has a good track record with dealing with first time authors. (www.publishamerica.com) Give them a look. Good luck.

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keithy_19
08-17-2005, 09:53 PM
Thank you sir! I certainly will! An if anyone gives me a publisher an I get published with them, give me your name an I'll thank you. Seriously.

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DarkHippie
08-18-2005, 01:57 AM
<p>2005 Writer's Market.&nbsp; Use it.&nbsp; Love it.&nbsp; Its a way of life.</p><p>Anyway, its much easier to get your name out with short stories.&nbsp; I'd hold off on the novel until I get a short story out there (or two or three)</p><p>And don't expect to make a living at it, unless you pump out those mass market paperbacks like Tom Clancy or some other hack.&nbsp; I suppliment by teaching and a bunch of other jobs.</p>

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Jack_Doff
08-18-2005, 05:12 AM
<p>Hey Keith,</p><p>Is it poetry or prose?&nbsp; I know poetry books can be submitted by the author, but most prose stuff has to go through an agent.&nbsp; I was curious as to why this was and when I asked, most people said because&nbsp;agents don't want to work with poets.&nbsp; Again we get a raw deal.&nbsp; The best advice I can give you, check the publishing houses of&nbsp;books you like or you feel are similar to&nbsp;your style.&nbsp;&nbsp;Submit to those places and&nbsp;as was mentioned, steel yourself for the&nbsp;no's.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Unless you are really Billy Collins writing under&nbsp;nom de plume.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>

UnknownPD
08-18-2005, 05:15 AM
<p><font size="1">I know that some of you here like tow rite. Some have even been published. I'm finishing up this book I've been working on an I was wondering if anyone could give me some good publishers to send too. I plan to send it to as many as possible, but I really don't have a clue of what to do or who to send it too. Any help would be rgeatly appreciated. </font></p><p>You might want to get an editor first...</p>

DarkHippie
08-18-2005, 11:35 AM
<p>Unless you are really Billy Collins writing under&nbsp;nom de plume.&nbsp;</p><p>That's impossible, cause Billy Collins sucks.&nbsp; And his courses at Sarah Lawrence suck too.</p><p>however, my cousin used to get high with him.</p>

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keithy_19
08-18-2005, 03:10 PM
Well, I have this novel, but I also have over a hundred works of poetry. I'm also working on a collection of short stories called 'Not Mein Kampf&quot;.

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mikeyboy
08-18-2005, 05:13 PM
Ed McMahon always has such good things to say about Publisher's Clearinghouse.

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Jack_Doff
08-19-2005, 05:31 AM
<font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote:</font><font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana"> <p>&nbsp;</p><p>That's impossible, cause Billy Collins sucks.&nbsp; <br /></p></font><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One of the most disappointing experiences in my life was seeing him read and then meeting him afterwards.&nbsp; He stands up there and pauses after every line, and all the trained sheep in the audience laugh.&nbsp; He might as well have an &quot;Applause&quot; sign that he can hit.</p><p>So anyway, the reading is over, and I brought a copy of a review that both he and I had poetry in.&nbsp; So I hand it to him, ask him to sign it, explain that we both had poems in it.&nbsp; He opens to the front page with pen in hand and this exchange follows:</p><p>BC: What's your name?</p><p>JD: Jack.&nbsp; (I figure he's just going to write &quot;To Jack, Your Work is SO incomparable to mine.&nbsp; Quit now.&nbsp; Billy.)</p><p>BC: Your last name?&nbsp; (Annoyance)</p><p>JD: Oh, Doff.&nbsp; (He signs, then flips through the book for about 10 seconds.)</p><p>BC:&nbsp;Well, I guess I have a copy of this at home somewhere, I'll read your poem later.&nbsp; (Then he hands it back to me.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Moral of the story: Never meet anyone you admire.&nbsp; They suck, but boy can he sell books.&nbsp; And don't expect Billy to be anywhere near as impressed that you are in the same book as him as you were.</p>

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DarkHippie
08-19-2005, 06:20 AM
<p>I just find his work to be very trite.&nbsp; And yeah, he's an affectated snob too.&nbsp; I sat in on one of his classes and he made me nauseous with his pretention.</p>

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