| First Time Novelists: How to Get Attention |
I just read a great post on the Media Bistro blog about how one first-time novelist sold her book. I think she offers good advice, especially her first point:I submitted my short story "Adults At Home" to twenty-eight literary journals before it was accepted by the Indiana Review. I couldn't believe what happened next. Three agents contacted me -- proving the fact that agents actively seek clients, and they really do read literary journals. I had only just started writing TWINS, but I responded to the agents' queries, thanking them for their interest. Over the course of the next two years, one persistent young agent (Alex Glass of Trident Media Group) stayed in regular contact with me. When I finished TWINS, I sent the manuscript directly to him. To read her entire post, check out: Media Bistro. |
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I think the paradigm in the world of writing is shifting 'like itunes did to music' - the internet is turning the publishing world upside down. I've had an agent and now I'm doing it myself.
What it comes down to is publicity and how to generate it.
My new book Secret Revelation
( www.secretrevelation.com )
was viewed by agents, publishing houses and hollywood. Yet it was up to me to get the word out there. It may not sell like Harry Potter or the Davinci code, but it was all done off my back. The interest i have already from more agents and publishers is staggering. They're realising that great books will sell themselves and they will simply lose their %.
My secret : Publicise
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