tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post891472565228637204..comments2024-03-28T06:16:39.508+00:00Comments on Help! I Need a Publisher!: CHECKLIST FOR GETTING PUBLISHEDNicola Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-60629758263041599782011-02-01T09:10:44.650+00:002011-02-01T09:10:44.650+00:00This rings true and amusing at once. Very useful. ...This rings true and amusing at once. Very useful. I have posted the link in my blog. <br /><br />Thanks for that.<br /><br />Marilyn xMarilyn Rodwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03195015482003617317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-6611828766185972972011-01-30T17:37:38.008+00:002011-01-30T17:37:38.008+00:00You sound like the inside of my head, Nicola! I m...You sound like the inside of my head, Nicola! I mean I <i>know</i> most of this stuff... I just need to be reminded now and then - thanks for posting (and no, I hadn't seen the original!broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-50912138490204323562011-01-26T23:49:27.197+00:002011-01-26T23:49:27.197+00:00So helpful, thanks. While being a fan of my chose...So helpful, thanks. While being a fan of my chosen genre, I'm not exactly up to date on what's being published right now - thanks for raising that one!<br />Neezes<br />(http://wordingtheimage.blogspot.com/)JW_Firthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02883661609381686214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-5340836603037292562011-01-26T11:36:33.947+00:002011-01-26T11:36:33.947+00:00Thanks, everyone, for all your comments. I'm s...Thanks, everyone, for all your comments. I'm sorry i can't reply to them all but am rushing.<br /><br />The Factory - you really do need to know what genre you're writing in, because your publisher needs to know, because the marketing team need to know, because the bookshops need to know, because most readers need to know... Unless it's genuinely lit fic, in which case that countsNicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-17777380275735125592011-01-26T07:26:49.731+00:002011-01-26T07:26:49.731+00:00Thanks Nicola - I can see now what my problem is a...Thanks Nicola - I can see now what my problem is as I don't usually feel gutted and miserable after rejection, but furious and liable to snap at the next person who comes along. Usually the next thing I write will be a mad letter to a newspaper ranting about something!<br />Seriously, I think I should probably print out this list and carry it around with me.sheilamcperryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444979085877277654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-78632574108370239812011-01-25T12:11:04.225+00:002011-01-25T12:11:04.225+00:00Useful post indeed, Nicola, thank you! I "pas...Useful post indeed, Nicola, thank you! I "passed" on all of them except no. 5. I'm hopeless at setting a particular time to write, for instance, tending more and more to write when I feel I can, when I can. I'm on to it though; been trying for a while to formalise my workload, writing included, to a more consistent pattern each day. I'll get thereā¦I hope! And there's David John Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524610087056533062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-7180649465400415672011-01-25T00:14:00.375+00:002011-01-25T00:14:00.375+00:00Pawse for thought at each purroint. Answer in the ...Pawse for thought at each purroint. Answer in the affurmative. Last purroint - no brainer but would want the offer to be a genuine one i.e. they are going to pay me to purrublish. I am not going to pay them to do it. Back on with the job - purrractice makes purrfect. (I may even learn to write 'human' and not 'cat' :-) !)catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-53771844585990000232011-01-24T22:16:19.660+00:002011-01-24T22:16:19.660+00:00excellent stuff, Nicola.excellent stuff, Nicola.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316263425112020638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-5277742072936598722011-01-24T20:14:30.753+00:002011-01-24T20:14:30.753+00:00The problem I have is that whenever someone asks m...The problem I have is that whenever someone asks me which authors I read/admire in my genre (YA), my mind goes completely blank. Afterwards, I could list at least eight! Argh. I think I need to write my author-list down (which you're on, btw :-) ) and rehearse it!Emmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-91821090788881698692011-01-24T19:11:33.526+00:002011-01-24T19:11:33.526+00:00wonderful advice except for the ironing thing. Not...wonderful advice except for the ironing thing. Not that I iron. But I do find that I cannot settle down to my day's writing if there are dirty dishes in the sink...Jo Treggiarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02417288480274268189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-66371758822449038842011-01-24T18:45:35.354+00:002011-01-24T18:45:35.354+00:00That article was useful and reassuring, thank you!...That article was useful and reassuring, thank you! It's great to know that hard work and a creative mind is well over half the battle.Jenny Meszaroshttp://www.jennymeszaros-author.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-24578775918982421382011-01-24T18:29:56.172+00:002011-01-24T18:29:56.172+00:00Thank you Nicola
I think your blog is keeping me s...Thank you Nicola<br />I think your blog is keeping me sane on this horrendous journey to getting published.<br />Now I have another tick list to follow and an even bigger pile of ironing, ho hum.LizMhttp://lizmcginty@btinternet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-55803729231031081162011-01-24T16:53:24.354+00:002011-01-24T16:53:24.354+00:00A great post. I was with you until the last bit -...A great post. I was with you until the last bit - I so love travelling (not necessarily Paradise Island, but just being lost in different places and meeting great people). Always with a notebook, of course - and some of my adventures have even made it into short stories (and yes, one or two have been published!)JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-70387193726698418292011-01-24T16:30:45.832+00:002011-01-24T16:30:45.832+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16159557094701371600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-4936344415730932482011-01-24T16:30:25.981+00:002011-01-24T16:30:25.981+00:00Very interesting, and nice blog.
To be honest I c...Very interesting, and nice blog.<br /><br />To be honest I couldn't tell you what my genre is, I take it that means I have a problem.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for the help.The Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16159557094701371600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-29023687179474260382011-01-24T15:25:37.593+00:002011-01-24T15:25:37.593+00:00Ah, I do love the last one! My other half would ki...Ah, I do love the last one! My other half would kill me if I answered that truthfully. (Psst - of course I'd choose the publication!)<br /><br />Great list, thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-52185939050247138562011-01-24T14:58:20.131+00:002011-01-24T14:58:20.131+00:00Another great post Nicola, although I'm sure I...Another great post Nicola, although I'm sure I'm on the same page with you (pardon the pun) on items 11 and 12. If I was still terribly wounded by each rejection after so many (for 3 novels), I'd be worried that I might be too fixed on how I feel and not focused enough about learning from it to make the next submissions even better. Similarly, in a profession as subjective as writing,DThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-21839684912991925452011-01-24T13:39:56.767+00:002011-01-24T13:39:56.767+00:00You said 6 because that's a regular shortlist....You said 6 because that's a regular shortlist. 8, however, us good luck in China, so a good choice. Lovely to know someone else shares my wife's numerological obsessions (personally I prefer odds and primes - she goes for evens).<br /><br />Of course, it depends on the circumstances of the offer of a month on Paradise Island and the book I was offered a contract on. It may well be that Dan Hollowayhttp://eightcuts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-21056592368739762312011-01-24T13:15:03.475+00:002011-01-24T13:15:03.475+00:00I love it. I might make a mantra of 11-13.I love it. I might make a mantra of 11-13.Paul Anthony Shortthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14393249001158230985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-19591379014402302972011-01-24T12:24:28.536+00:002011-01-24T12:24:28.536+00:00"...Just be friendly, open and sensible."..."...Just be friendly, open and sensible."<br /><br />Sensible?! I'm Dooooomed!Mark Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183394221961369630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-82377350749483435442011-01-24T11:25:58.114+00:002011-01-24T11:25:58.114+00:00Nicola, brilliant! Plus a huge thank you for turni...Nicola, brilliant! Plus a huge thank you for turning some of the um...'less acceptable' symptoms of wanting to be/stay published into positives.Phillipa Ashleyhttp://www.phillipa-ashley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-10012037257750369742011-01-24T11:17:57.592+00:002011-01-24T11:17:57.592+00:00A very useful article. Happily I can answer yes to...A very useful article. Happily I can answer yes to all of those (or I can now I have posted this comment). I'm now off to check out the 'mistakes' blog, I expect I will be guilty of all of those also. Thank you.steviebabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05273764979987637026noreply@blogger.com