Comments on: Getting Published http://gropenassoc.com/blog/2008/05/getting-published/ Discussion, issues and answers for the independent publishing community, hosted by Marion Gropen Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:57:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Booksonfiction http://gropenassoc.com/blog/2008/05/getting-published/comment-page-1/#comment-16641 Booksonfiction Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:37:47 +0000 http://gropenassoc.com/blog/?p=48#comment-16641 thanks for this post on fiction thanks for this post on fiction

]]> By: I’ve Written A Book, Should I Self-Publish? « Publishing For Profit http://gropenassoc.com/blog/2008/05/getting-published/comment-page-1/#comment-13724 I’ve Written A Book, Should I Self-Publish? « Publishing For Profit Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:57:21 +0000 http://gropenassoc.com/blog/?p=48#comment-13724 [...] or not. There are other things you can do to try to get traditionally published. I’ve blogged before about those [...] [...] or not. There are other things you can do to try to get traditionally published. I’ve blogged before about those [...]

]]> By: 05/17/2008 Writing Jobs and Links : PoeWar.com Writer’s Resource Center http://gropenassoc.com/blog/2008/05/getting-published/comment-page-1/#comment-4713 05/17/2008 Writing Jobs and Links : PoeWar.com Writer’s Resource Center Sat, 17 May 2008 17:26:16 +0000 http://gropenassoc.com/blog/?p=48#comment-4713 [...] Getting Published [...] [...] Getting Published [...]

]]> By: PublishingGuide http://gropenassoc.com/blog/2008/05/getting-published/comment-page-1/#comment-4401 PublishingGuide Mon, 12 May 2008 13:13:13 +0000 http://gropenassoc.com/blog/?p=48#comment-4401 Yup, KNOW THY MARKET deserves to be graven in stone! Yup, KNOW THY MARKET deserves to be graven in stone!

]]> By: Stephen Tiano http://gropenassoc.com/blog/2008/05/getting-published/comment-page-1/#comment-4380 Stephen Tiano Mon, 12 May 2008 04:12:08 +0000 http://gropenassoc.com/blog/?p=48#comment-4380 Sounds about right to me. Although I wrote about three bad novels by the time I was 20, the breadth of my experienced as a published writer extends to two short stories—one in the lit mag of a college I attended—and a year or two of film crit for a local arts paper—your list really looks right to me. Oh, but wait, here's some advice for writers who aren’t just doing the Emily Dickinson thing for themselves but actually want to be published: Know the market. I started collecting rejection slips when I was 13. The first one was the best, as an editor at McCall's added some handwritten encouragement: This is very well-written, but there is not enough of it. So I turned it into one of my three bad novels, not knowing the market. Sounds about right to me. Although I wrote about three bad novels by the time I was 20, the breadth of my experienced as a published writer extends to two short stories—one in the lit mag of a college I attended—and a year or two of film crit for a local arts paper—your list really looks right to me.

Oh, but wait, here’s some advice for writers who aren’t just doing the Emily Dickinson thing for themselves but actually want to be published: Know the market.

I started collecting rejection slips when I was 13. The first one was the best, as an editor at McCall’s added some handwritten encouragement: This is very well-written, but there is not enough of it. So I turned it into one of my three bad novels, not knowing the market.

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