While most everyone is hitting the self-publishing road, including most of my clients, there are some authors who yearn to be published through a publishing house. Before I go on though, let me clarify what traditional publishing is as I just had a query from a new author who wasn’t sure about it. Basically, traditional…
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Submitting to Publishers and Agents – Is There a Best Time?
Lately, I’ve had a number of clients who are going the traditional publishing route. Some are querying directly to book publishers and a couple are querying literary agents. As I’ve helped a number of clients with their query letters. They can’t wait to submit the query as soon as their book is complete. But ….
Small Home-Grown Book Publishers – Good or Bad?
I’m thrilled to announce that I have an article up at Writer’s Digest! It’s about the pros and cons of working with very small book publishers. What I mean by “very small” is the publishers that are primarily one-man or one-woman businesses. While these home-grown publishers can be a life-saver for the new author and…
Traditional Publishing and Self-Publishing – The Differences
It seems the publishing waters are getting murkier and murkier. I think the most significant difference between ‘real’ traditional publishers and services that are NOT ‘real’ traditional publishers (vanity presses, self-publishers, and others) is the cost. This is aside from ‘quality’ in many cases. If you are submitting to a ‘real’ traditional publisher, you will…
Traditional Book Publishing – Contract to Sales to Career
You’ve chosen to write books, possibly children’s books, and you’ve done it right. You did your homework and learned the craft of writing. You created a polished manuscript and submitted it to publishers. And, knowing it’s not necessarily the best writer who gets published, but the one who perseveres, you were steadfast and didn’t let…
Children’s Writing and Publishing Process – The Traditional Path
Children’s books fall into one of three primary categories: picture books, middle grade, and young adult. And, children’s writers need to take the necessary steps to achieve success whether aiming at traditional publishing or self-publishing. In regard to traditional publishing, there are four steps in a writing career: writing, submissions to agents and publishers, book…