Comments on: 5 Stories about Publishing that are No Longer True (and maybe never were)

By: Daphne Kapsali

Daphne Kapsali — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 19:03:57 +0000

Great article; it’s good to hear a positive voice every now and again, to cut through all the doom and gloom. Thank you!

By: Martha Conway

Martha Conway — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 15:00:36 +0000

In reply to Suzan Lauder.

It’s a tricky world, and so much of it has to do with timing. The main thing I’ve come to realize is that no matter how you go about publishing, you are the main champion of your work. You can always do a combination of looking for agents and sending directly to publishers. If you have a revolving door approach with several queries out at once, and can send another query as soon as you get a no from someone, you always have a “hopeful” out there. This mitigates the bad news.

Good luck!

By: Suzan Lauder

Suzan Lauder — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 22:53:35 +0000

#3: I didn’t try super hard, but I was unable to find an agent. But on a FB group, some authors approached over 50 agents before getting one! I figured, no wonder I didn’t get one with my approach of 5! I gave up on an agent and started going to publishers who would take direct submissions.

By: Martha Conway

Martha Conway — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:20:24 +0000

In reply to Barbara Lorna Hudson. Glad it was useful to you! -Martha

By: Barbara Lorna Hudson

Barbara Lorna Hudson — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 23:38:43 +0000

So pleased to have found this. Thank you.

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By: Martha Conway

Martha Conway — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 16:43:27 +0000

In reply to Suzanne M. Brazil.

Glad to shine that light! I just hopped over to your web site and loved what you had to write about women qualifying their achievements and underestimating their abilities — so good to remember that we don’t need to do that. It’s all part of raising our confidence. Publishing isn’t hopeless, and it isn’t just for the fortunate few — thank goodness!

I hope you have a wonderfully productive time at your conference.

-Martha

By: Suzanne M. Brazil

Suzanne M. Brazil — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:56:18 +0000

A perfect read the week before my first writers conference! Thanks for providing a light amidst all the doom and gloom!