Any writers out there waiting for their first break? - Authors.com2024-03-29T11:34:36Zhttp://www.authors.com/forum/topics/any-writers-out-there-waiting?commentId=3798404%3AComment%3A69245&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWhen you become a star author…tag:www.authors.com,2011-08-08:3798404:Comment:758162011-08-08T06:04:37.331ZSameer Kamathttp://www.authors.com/profile/SameerKamat
<p>When you become a star author, it'll be difficult to get in touch with you. So I'm booking my appointment early :-)<br/> <br/>
<cite>patricia A murray said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.authors.com/forum/topics/any-writers-out-there-waiting?commentId=3798404%3AComment%3A76148&xg_source=msg_com_forum#3798404Comment76148"><div>Thank you, Sameer. I've got a long way to go! :)</div>
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<p>When you become a star author, it'll be difficult to get in touch with you. So I'm booking my appointment early :-)<br/> <br/>
<cite>patricia A murray said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.authors.com/forum/topics/any-writers-out-there-waiting?commentId=3798404%3AComment%3A76148&xg_source=msg_com_forum#3798404Comment76148"><div>Thank you, Sameer. I've got a long way to go! :)</div>
</blockquote> Thank you, Sameer. I've got a…tag:www.authors.com,2011-08-07:3798404:Comment:761482011-08-07T14:20:21.593Zpatricia A murrayhttp://www.authors.com/profile/patriciaAmurray
Thank you, Sameer. I've got a long way to go! :)
Thank you, Sameer. I've got a long way to go! :) Patricia, I sincerely hope yo…tag:www.authors.com,2011-08-07:3798404:Comment:757812011-08-07T05:08:04.030ZSameer Kamathttp://www.authors.com/profile/SameerKamat
<p>Patricia, I sincerely hope you are able to get book out to a whole lot of folks out there who are in a similar situation.</p>
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<p>After the manuscipt has been completed, let me know if you need some help creating awareness for the topic and for your book. I've recently published an interview with a young (fiction) author on my blog. Check it out <a href="http://www.sameerkamat.com/2011/08/romance-fiction-author-ankita-chadha/" target="_blank">here</a>. I'd be happy to post something…</p>
<p>Patricia, I sincerely hope you are able to get book out to a whole lot of folks out there who are in a similar situation.</p>
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<p>After the manuscipt has been completed, let me know if you need some help creating awareness for the topic and for your book. I've recently published an interview with a young (fiction) author on my blog. Check it out <a href="http://www.sameerkamat.com/2011/08/romance-fiction-author-ankita-chadha/" target="_blank">here</a>. I'd be happy to post something similar for you.</p>
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<cite>patricia A murray said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://www.authors.com/forum/topics/any-writers-out-there-waiting?commentId=3798404%3AComment%3A75496&xg_source=msg_com_forum#3798404Comment75496"><div>I'm working on a how-to book for people with limited resources who are caring for loved-ones with Alzheimer's disease at home. It's a labor of love that I hope can help lots of people. :)<br/> <br/>
<cite>Sameer K said:</cite><br/>
<blockquote cite="http://www.authors.com/forum/topics/any-writers-out-there-waiting#3798404Comment73671"><div><p>Sounds exciting, Patricia. What topic are you working on?</p>
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<p>Good luck with your agent hunt.</p>
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</blockquote> I'm working on a how-to book…tag:www.authors.com,2011-08-06:3798404:Comment:754962011-08-06T15:30:10.994Zpatricia A murrayhttp://www.authors.com/profile/patriciaAmurray
I'm working on a how-to book for people with limited resources who are caring for loved-ones with Alzheimer's disease at home. It's a labor of love that I hope can help lots of people. :)<br/>
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<cite>Sameer K said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://www.authors.com/forum/topics/any-writers-out-there-waiting#3798404Comment73671"><div><p>Sounds exciting, Patricia. What topic are you working on?</p>
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<p>Good luck with your agent hunt.</p>
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I'm working on a how-to book for people with limited resources who are caring for loved-ones with Alzheimer's disease at home. It's a labor of love that I hope can help lots of people. :)<br/>
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<cite>Sameer K said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://www.authors.com/forum/topics/any-writers-out-there-waiting#3798404Comment73671"><div><p>Sounds exciting, Patricia. What topic are you working on?</p>
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<p>Good luck with your agent hunt.</p>
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</blockquote> Congratulations on your up-an…tag:www.authors.com,2011-08-05:3798404:Comment:749542011-08-05T12:32:02.907ZCleveland W. Gibsonhttp://www.authors.com/profile/ClevelandWGibson
<p>Congratulations on your up-and-coming book, soon to be published.</p>
<p>I read somewhere below(this page) that you didn't want to share the</p>
<p>name of your publisher.</p>
<p>It's not a problem. But you might take a look at Yorkshire Publishing</p>
<p>who offer three types of publishing and are open to submissions in</p>
<p>certain genre. The list is long.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I'm guessing you are from India. Why didn't you approach Unicorn Books to</p>
<p>publish your work?</p>
<p>Who…</p>
<p>Congratulations on your up-and-coming book, soon to be published.</p>
<p>I read somewhere below(this page) that you didn't want to share the</p>
<p>name of your publisher.</p>
<p>It's not a problem. But you might take a look at Yorkshire Publishing</p>
<p>who offer three types of publishing and are open to submissions in</p>
<p>certain genre. The list is long.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I'm guessing you are from India. Why didn't you approach Unicorn Books to</p>
<p>publish your work?</p>
<p>Who edited your manuscript?</p>
<p>Did you check the guidelines of the publisher before you sent in your work?</p>
<p>Guidelines vary so much was there something about your current publisher</p>
<p>that was different in what they asked in MS preparation that you might share here?</p>
<p>Did you use a 'notary' when you signed your contract?</p>
<p>On this forum somebody ran into 'PublishAmerica' and that makes me hope</p>
<p>the same disaster is not happening to you.</p>
<p>A good test for newbie writers is to ask them to share their first sentence of</p>
<p>their book. If they are full of ego they will curl up and never surface again.</p>
<p>If they have thrown their ego away and write and write they will be happy</p>
<p>to share. Might you be happy to share something concrete like your first</p>
<p>sentence? My first book was a collection of short stories.The book is no</p>
<p>longer in print as a collection. Pity. It carried a warning: 'read one story</p>
at a time. ' My first sentence from the first story:<br/>
<p>"Incredibly insane! Me? Never Dr Harper! I was clever enough to kill my</p>
<p>best friend and get away with it."</p>
<p>On a serious note. Submission have been switching to e-submissions and</p>
<p>in the next 12 months that will be the onl way to submit a book, etc.</p>
<p>Not only that it means the 'slush heap' has disappeared. Only submissions</p>
<p>on the screen will be looked at or more often than not deleted.No response</p>
<p>or comment sent to the authors who wait and wait.In marathon terms there</p>
<p>are many thousands waiting for their novel to be accepted or rejected. But</p>
<p>in real terms they never get rejected or accepted. In fact they never hear from the</p>
<p>publisher or agent. It is understandable as e-book sales are up b 40% forcing</p>
<p>authors to to 'try' getting their hard copy into kindle or digital format. With</p>
<p>kindle it costs £111 to buy the machine. With Digital Stories for 99cents the</p>
<p>story is sent direct to their computer to read. Isn't that a major break-through.</p>
<p>I'm published at the moment through Trestle Press on Smashwords.com and</p>
<p>am happy with the treatment, covers and a thousand other things.</p>
<p>I applaud your effort to share your thoughts on writing, your enthusiasm on</p>
<p>being in print for the first time, the dancing on the ceiling and drinking champagne</p>
<p>feeling. It is good. Writing is a solitary occupation or pastime. And to make a</p>
<p>break through it is necessary to have friends who are also writers. Keep plugging</p>
<p>away. Don't stop writing even if your book is going to be printed soon. When you</p>
<p>publish that's when the hard work starts. You'll know soon enough through</p>
<p>experience what it entails when it happens.</p>
<p>Good luck. And I mean good luck.</p>
<p>Cleveland W. Gibson</p>
<p>Award Winner <a href="http://www.celj.org" target="_blank">www.celj.org</a></p> Sounds exciting, Patricia. Wh…tag:www.authors.com,2011-08-02:3798404:Comment:736712011-08-02T18:03:00.064ZSameer Kamathttp://www.authors.com/profile/SameerKamat
<p>Sounds exciting, Patricia. What topic are you working on?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Good luck with your agent hunt.</p>
<p>Sounds exciting, Patricia. What topic are you working on?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Good luck with your agent hunt.</p> I'm working on my first book—…tag:www.authors.com,2011-08-02:3798404:Comment:741432011-08-02T17:15:17.324Zpatricia A murrayhttp://www.authors.com/profile/patriciaAmurray
I'm working on my first book—nonfiction of course. I've gotten it planned and mapped out and am now starting on the proposal. I'm also polishing the sample chapter so that it will be nice and shiny once I get a nibble from an agent.
I'm working on my first book—nonfiction of course. I've gotten it planned and mapped out and am now starting on the proposal. I'm also polishing the sample chapter so that it will be nice and shiny once I get a nibble from an agent. Pritha,
Unfortunately, for…tag:www.authors.com,2011-07-30:3798404:Comment:728432011-07-30T12:18:46.910ZSameer Kamathttp://www.authors.com/profile/SameerKamat
<p>Pritha,</p>
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<p>Unfortunately, for new authors targetting the top tier publishers, the 'straight no or a yes' may happen only after real long wait. Which is why many start looking at alternative publishing options.</p>
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<p>Pritha,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Unfortunately, for new authors targetting the top tier publishers, the 'straight no or a yes' may happen only after real long wait. Which is why many start looking at alternative publishing options.</p>
<p> </p> Thanks Sameer, I will have a…tag:www.authors.com,2011-07-25:3798404:Comment:692452011-07-25T12:37:04.256ZPritha Chattopadhyayhttp://www.authors.com/profile/PrithaChattopadhyay
Thanks Sameer, I will have a look. But I have already done my initial research on the internet. Actually, at this point, I am more interested in an interested publisher, who can give me a straight no or a yes.<br></br>
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<cite>Sameer K said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://www.authors.com/forum/topics/any-writers-out-there-waiting?commentId=3798404%3AComment%3A68853&xg_source=msg_com_forum#3798404Comment68615"><div><p>Thanks Pritha.</p>
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<p>When I was starting off, I would spend a…</p>
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Thanks Sameer, I will have a look. But I have already done my initial research on the internet. Actually, at this point, I am more interested in an interested publisher, who can give me a straight no or a yes.<br/>
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<cite>Sameer K said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://www.authors.com/forum/topics/any-writers-out-there-waiting?commentId=3798404%3AComment%3A68853&xg_source=msg_com_forum#3798404Comment68615"><div><p>Thanks Pritha.</p>
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<p>When I was starting off, I would spend a lot of time on the internet. There's a lot of information available on the internet, but it can get a litte overwhelming.</p>
<p>So I'm hoping to share more information about this in a structured manner on my blog (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sameerkamat.com/" target="_blank">http://www.sameerkamat.com/</a>). So watch out for those posts.</p>
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<p>- Sameer</p>
<p><br/> <cite>Pritha Chattopadhyay said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.authors.com/forum/topics/any-writers-out-there-waiting?commentId=3798404%3AComment%3A68962&xg_source=msg_com_forum#3798404Comment68182"><div><p>Hi Sameer</p>
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<p>Congrats on your first book :)</p>
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<p>I am a writer too...and yeah, I am yet to get that publishing break. Would you know how and where I can get started? You can email me at reveuse.pritha@gmail.com.</p>
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<p>Thanks</p>
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</blockquote> Scribbler,
It's with the bu…tag:www.authors.com,2011-07-25:3798404:Comment:688532011-07-25T08:14:28.888ZSameer Kamathttp://www.authors.com/profile/SameerKamat
<p>Scribbler,</p>
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<p>It's with the business imprint of a leading publishing house. I'm a little reluctant to share the specific details right now on a public forum. Hope you don't hold that against me. Once the book has been published, I'll come back here and share all the gory details.</p>
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<p>I just checked out your profile page. Seems like you have been on this site (and in the publishing industry?) for a long time. I'm just taking my first baby steps and trying to read…</p>
<p>Scribbler,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>It's with the business imprint of a leading publishing house. I'm a little reluctant to share the specific details right now on a public forum. Hope you don't hold that against me. Once the book has been published, I'll come back here and share all the gory details.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I just checked out your profile page. Seems like you have been on this site (and in the publishing industry?) for a long time. I'm just taking my first baby steps and trying to read through the various discussion threads.</p>
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<p><br/> <cite>scribbler said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.authors.com/forum/topics/any-writers-out-there-waiting?commentId=3798404%3AComment%3A68962&xg_source=msg_com_forum#3798404Comment68962"><div>Who are you publishing your book with, Sameer? You didn't say.</div>
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