It seems we are slated to get a big warmup, with temps peaking in the fifties and sixties next week. I'm ready for the snow to go away.
You might have guessed from the previous entry I've been working on the Great American Novel. I'm rewriting what is the final draft. Maybe. Probably. I hope.
I think this effort is far better than my last book. That one needed about three more revisions to make it passable. So it goes.
I've thought about trying to submit this novel to an agent and trying to get it published by a real publisher. We shall see. In the end it is probably just more meh drivel. I can live with that. Still, I'm no judge, but I think it is not too bad. It is very different from my previous effort.
Yeah, yeah, you don't care about any of that. I know why you are here -- Friday music! Well, here you go:
7 comments:
Love the title.
It’s from the song
Joe
Yeah, but it's great drivel!
"I've thought about trying to submit this novel to an agent and trying to get it published by a real publisher."
I have friends who would tell you "DON'T DO THAT!" One of whom sold a book to a publisher a few years ago and now can't get that publisher to return her calls about why the wrong book is downloading from Amazon.
You're better off to find a freelance structural editor and have them do a once-over on the book to find structural problems. Then self-publish. Then you have to figure out how to market it. (Don't ask me, I'm a failure at self-marketing.)
Anyway I can ask some people I know if they'd be interested in doing an edit for you. Just let me know.
I'll also point out it's a crapshoot as to what will sell and what won't. I have a very serious (well mostly serious) set of SF out with mediocre sales. Then I have this idiotic SF light novel series I started in November that in comparison blew up the charts for me. It depends on the buzz, I guess; I shared those books as they were being written with folks I know on a Discord group of SF writers, and got a lot of encouragement, and I'm sure that's part of why it's selling. But it's Mostly Silly. And maybe that's its charm...
Thanks Fuzxy.
Joe
My first book did Ok, about what I expected. I learned a lot about structure and pacing from that one — and It needed another couple of rewrites.
You would think that 30+ years in sales would help me market my writing. No so much and especially since I’m not willing to ing to by ads from Amazon.
Joe
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