Written by Zackary Richards for Ari
Publishing
Writers are
great when it comes to creating wonderful fantasy environments. Places like
Hogwarts, Narnia, the Dark Tower and so on. But there’s a problem…Too often they live in one!
My name is
Zackary Richards. I’m a writer, publisher,
and entrepreneur. Look me up on Google (make sure you spell my name right) and
you’ll see that I’m featured extensively on the first ten pages. I also teach
creative writing, book marketing and sell publishing related products such as
books, videos, and how-to courses. And because of this, I have
been branded a hack, a huckster and a rip off artist.
Apparently,
I am not a true artiste.
But here’s
the deal. I make a comfortable living and the people who berate me are those
who have no idea how the publishing industry works and have never had a book
published by a traditional publisher.
I have.
Now let me
explain why you won’t get a publishing deal no matter how good your book is. Now
this applies to aspiring novelists only. If you’ve already secured a publishing
deal and want to argue the issue, go do something else. Those struggling need
to know the hard facts, they don’t need someone to reinforce their fantasy.
So here goes… If you are writing book after book and submitting them to agents and publishers in the hope that one of them will see the astounding raw talent you possess and immediately sign you up to a book deal…
You will very likely die broke in some cheap hotel.
Why? Because the odds of that happening are exactly the same as winning the lottery! Don’t believe me? Then let’s look at two of the most successful creative people in the last half century: The Beatles and J.K Rowling.
If you lived
through the sixties, then you know firsthand the astounding success and
influence the Beatles had on just about every aspect
of society. Fifty years later, Paul McCartney is still selling out massive
arenas.
But as
amazingly talented as they were, no one would sign them. And the only reason
EMI (the Beatles English record company) did finally agree, was because Brian
Epstein, their manager, convinced the executives that the Beatles enormous fan
base would buy any record they created and by doing so, would offset the record
production costs.
It wasn’t
because the executives thought their music was any good. In fact, they thought so little of them that
they were assigned a record producer who did only comedy albums. It just so happened
that George Martin was also perhaps the greatest record producer in history,
but they had no way of knowing that at the time.
J.K.
Rowling, the creator of the incredible Harry Potter series? Harry Potter was
turned down by every book publisher in England, including her original
publisher.
The only reason she didn’t receive that rejection letter was because
one of the company’s top executive’s daughter just happened to read the
manuscript and begged her father to publish it. Reluctantly, he did. The rest
is history.
Want more?
Look up how Scott Adams, Dilbert’s creator landed his deal or how Dr. Seuss got
his. Amazingly good luck to amazingly talented people.
Are you an amazingly lucky person? Does everything work out for you? Does good fortune follow you like a little puppy? If so, leave now. You need to make preparations for fame and fortune.
Here’s a
question you need to answer honestly. Do you have a crappy life and are writing
feverishly in the hope that you’ll be discovered and whisked off to a life of
fame and fortune? Then I say…
If you want
to learn what you have to do to become a published author, I will gladly teach
you, but it will cost you some money. Why? Because it’s the price of an
education! And if you’re not willing to invest five bucks for my book which
explains just how the industry works and what you need to do in order to get
the attention of agents and book publishers then,
by all means, keep writing book after
book and keep submitting.
But I promise you, unless you are astounding lucky,
you will NEVER be offered a publishing deal regardless of how good your book
is.
The why is
because your book will never reach an actual agent. It will instead likely be
rejected by a college intern, probably because of a lack of professional editing,
or incorrect spacing, or the use of a plot contrivance or a number of other
things you likely don’t know garners your book an automatic rejection.
So to prove
I know what I’m talking about I’ll give you a sample. Go to https://www.amazon.com/Write-Publish-Market-Novel-Bestseller-ebook/dp/B00EHYIMCI/ref=sr_1_7?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1468685703&sr=1-7&keywords=zackary+richards#nav-subnav
Click on the
cover of The Best Book on How to Write,
Publish and Market Your Book into A Bestseller and read the first chapter. That kindle version is under 5 bucks!
So you have
two choices. Keep writing and submitting and hope and wish and pray that
someone, anyone, will give you a break. OR
spend five bucks, learn how the business works, adjust your work to fit that criterion, resubmit to someone who has
expressed interest then, go live happily ever after.
Your
decision.
