How to Get Published Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/category/on-publishing/how-to-get-published/ Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:31:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 How Can I Get My Memoir Published http://booksbywomen.org/how-can-i-get-my-memoir-published-by-sara-mansfield-taber/ http://booksbywomen.org/how-can-i-get-my-memoir-published-by-sara-mansfield-taber/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:54:45 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10194 After you have toiled and tinkered and revised for ages, and you feel you finally have a strong manuscript, you begin to wonder how on earth to get your book into print. It goes without saying that that is a tough world, and even really top literary manuscripts fail to find a New York publisher. […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/how-can-i-get-my-memoir-published-by-sara-mansfield-taber/feed/ 11 10194 You’re a Writer. Now Act Like One! http://booksbywomen.org/youre-writer-now-act-like-one-by-mm-finc/ http://booksbywomen.org/youre-writer-now-act-like-one-by-mm-finc/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2013 04:00:38 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=9300 My entire life had been in a single large city.  I loved the important hustle of the daytime and the somewhat dangerous excitement of the night. Art and fabulous food fed my deeper cravings. Still, I always felt that my forever life was waiting for me somewhere drastically different.  On impulse, I moved to San Diego, […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/youre-writer-now-act-like-one-by-mm-finc/feed/ 62 9300 You’re Never Too Old to Write a Book http://booksbywomen.org/youre-never-too-old-to-write-a-book/ http://booksbywomen.org/youre-never-too-old-to-write-a-book/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:07:18 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=5133 “Big deal,” I hear you saying.  Of course you’re never too old to write a book! These days, anyone can become an author. It is so easy; by using “Publishing on Demand” and publishing on the internet, anyone can get a book out there. So what am I talking about?  I’m talking about the fact […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/youre-never-too-old-to-write-a-book/feed/ 13 5133 The Writing Part is Easy: A Publishing Story http://booksbywomen.org/the-writing-part-is-easy-a-publishing-story/ http://booksbywomen.org/the-writing-part-is-easy-a-publishing-story/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:40:06 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4641 So you find an hour here and there, a weekend, holidays, and when the kids are gone for the summer. You write. Stops and starts. It’s all wrong and then finally you find your voice and then it flows. Ah. You’re in the throes of creativity. Thoughts come on their own accord. While you’re in […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/the-writing-part-is-easy-a-publishing-story/feed/ 9 4641 QUEER GREER: From Self-Published to Indie Pubbed http://booksbywomen.org/queer-greer-from-self-published-to-indie-pubbed-by-a-j-walkley/ http://booksbywomen.org/queer-greer-from-self-published-to-indie-pubbed-by-a-j-walkley/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:03:01 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4114 I wrote my first novel, Queer Greer, in 2007. The arduous process of querying literary agents and publishers started the following year. Several dozen rejection letters later, I was not dissuaded from my belief that I had a publishable piece of work – only that, perhaps, the traditional publishing route was not the best way […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/queer-greer-from-self-published-to-indie-pubbed-by-a-j-walkley/feed/ 8 4114 The Challenges of Self-Publishing – And Why I’d Do It Again http://booksbywomen.org/the-challenges-of-self-publishing-and-why-id-do-it-again-by-jill-salzman/ http://booksbywomen.org/the-challenges-of-self-publishing-and-why-id-do-it-again-by-jill-salzman/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:15:29 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=3970 With a publisher, fame and fortune would certainly follow.  Right? The idea for Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs came to me in the night.  Literally.  At 2 AM, I raced to a lined yellow pad and each of the 51 chapters fell out of my head and onto the paper.  Just like […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/the-challenges-of-self-publishing-and-why-id-do-it-again-by-jill-salzman/feed/ 11 3970 Published! Does it matter how? http://booksbywomen.org/published-does-it-matter-how/ http://booksbywomen.org/published-does-it-matter-how/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:00:47 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=386 “Wow!” Co-workers and acquaintances exclaim and ask when they see the print copy of my book. “You got published?” They ask. That question is hard for me to answer. I know they’re expecting to hear the name of a famous publishing house. Sometimes they ask, “Who published it?” That one is easier. I just smile […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/published-does-it-matter-how/feed/ 15 386 Is it Your Turn to Be a Published Author? http://booksbywomen.org/on-getting-published-by-sandra-carrington-smith-2/ http://booksbywomen.org/on-getting-published-by-sandra-carrington-smith-2/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 13:23:03 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=271 It is really fascinating how things manifest. My first book, The Book of Obeah (website link) , was conceived early one morning, when I woke up with the first few words in my head. Until that moment, I never really thought about writing a thriller, even if I have always been an avid reader of suspenseful […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/on-getting-published-by-sandra-carrington-smith-2/feed/ 11 271 Interview with “Write to be Published” Author, Nicola Morgan http://booksbywomen.org/interview-with-write-to-be-publishedauthor-nicola-morgan/ http://booksbywomen.org/interview-with-write-to-be-publishedauthor-nicola-morgan/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 19:01:36 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=121 Nicola Morgan’s new 2011 book, Write to be Published. Nicola Morgan is an award-winning author from the UK with around ninety published books to her name and is well known as a speaker about all aspects of writing and publishing. She is the creator of the popular blog, Help! I Need a Publisher! and is […]

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