The top 5 Reasons You WON'T Get a Book Deal From a Traditional Publisher:
You aren’t
going to want to hear what I’m going to say. It will destroy many of your
illusions and you will vehemently disagree with me.
But everything
I’m going to tell you is true.
So before we
continue, ask yourself. ARE YOU SERIOUS ABOUT BECOMING A PUBLISHED NOVELIST?
Are you sure?
Because as
published novelist I’ve met a considerable number of people who fancy
themselves as yet to be discovered writers whose ticket to literary
superstardom will arrive at the completion of their latest book.
No it won’t.
And the reason is because
they fancy themselves to be undiscovered authors on the verge of superstardom.
I’ll
explain. The number 1 reason talented writers fail to become a published authors
is their EGO. A writer’s EGO is enormous. And until the day comes when they value
constructive criticism FAR more than praise, they’re not going anywhere. The
amateur is devastated when their labor of love is criticized or told it requires
a lot of rewriting.
They are so convinced their manuscript is a masterpiece of
word and phrase that ANY attempt to improve it will only destroy its beauty.
That belief is
proof that writer isn’t publishable. A publishable writer can take
their manuscript and rewrite it six ways from Sunday and each and every rewrite
will be better than the previous one.
Reason #2 You think the publishing world is the
same as it was in the days of Steinbeck, Faulkner and Hemingway. The days of
writing a novel with cross outs and erasures and instruction to remove this
paragraph and place it at the end of page thirty-five are long dead. A
PROFESSIONALLY edited manuscript is expected and anything less will almost
always wind up in the rejection pile. And you better know what a “As you know,
Bob” is, the first 5 page rule and what your characters need to be doing while
they talk.
And a hell
of a lot more. But, moving right along.
Reason #3
You’re nobody, so why would an agent or publisher working within a very
tight budget take a chance on an unknown? Been to Wal-Mart or Target lately?
Notice that the majority of the books being sold are from media superstars?
Kardasians, Duck Dynasty, Televangelists and already established authors like
King and Collins and Grisham? Do you have any idea what books are presently
selling? You should, because that’s what agents and publishers are looking to
publish.
But you just read an article about a
completely unknown author submitting the first book she ever wrote and it sold immediately
and became a best seller. So why shouldn’t that happen to you?
Because it
was LUCK. If she didn’t have
a book published, she probably would have won the lottery. You read about it
because it was news and it was news because that very, VERY rarely, happens.
And if
you’re waiting for that to happen to you, here’s what will actually happen.
Writing is a
VERY solitary profession. Very Solitary. And eventually your spouse is going to
get fed up with your dream of literary superstardom and start looking for
someone they can actually have a life with. And they will leave you to your
dream.
Alone.
Reason #4 You haven’t actually made any money
writing. True artists can’t be bothered
writing copy or work for hire because it’s beneath them. That’s why most
artists die, usually by suicide. And why not? Their fantasy with becoming a
world famous novelist has taken over their lives. Their spouses have gone,
their kids want no contact, money is non-existent and they have alienated all
their friends. But at least they’ll have
the comfort of believing that their work will be discovered after they’re dead
and then people will appreciate them.
If that’s
what you’re thinking then ask yourself, if you’re dead, how will you know?
Reason #5 You haven’t learned to sell books.
This is the most important skill for a writer to acquire. Here’s how it works
in today’s world. Say an agent actually shows interest in your book. He calls
you and asks you to talk about your book. If you say it’s a feel good story
about a man and his dog and their travels through Vermont, you will likely have
a very short call. On the other hand if you say the self-published version is
selling 500 copies on Kindle a week, you will have an agent, a publisher and a
very hefty advance in a short period of time.
So you have a choice. Keep sending manuscripts
to agents and publishers. Keep collecting rejection notices, keep telling
yourself that your next book will be the one that will get you that book deal
and watch as the years pass as you obsessively feed that dream.
Because that’s
what it is…a DREAM.
OR…
You can pick
up a copy of How
to Write Publish and Market Your Novel into a Best Seller, so you can stop
dreaming and learn what you have to
do to get that deal!
Here’s one
last fact that you’re not going to like, but you need to know it exists.
There are
thousands of “writers” who make 7 to 10 thousand dollars a month in royalties
who have never written a single book. You don’t know their names because they
all use pen names. Agents and publishers
are dying to sign them but those “writers” aren’t interested. Why? Because they
make much more money selling on Kindle than they would with a traditional
publisher. How do they do it? They
outsource the ENTIRE process.
Isn’t it
time you stopped chasing agents and publishers and instead have them chasing
you? It Can happen but first you’ll
need to read How
to Write, Publish and Market Your Novel into a Best Seller. It’s available
as an e-book
for under $5.00 as an Audio
book for under $7.00 and as a paperback for under $10.00
Dreamers
dream.
Writers take action. Here’s is the link for the e-book and audio book. http://www.amazon.com/Write-Publish-Market-Novel-Bestseller-ebook/dp/B00EHYIMCI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406127967&sr=1-1&keywords=zackary+richards
For the
paperback version http://www.amazon.com/Write-Publish-Market-Novel-Bestseller/dp/0615997112/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406128170&sr=1-8&keywords=zackary+richards
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