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By: R.A.Savary

R.A.Savary — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:32:51 +0000

About nineteen years ago I attained a new outlook on life which I now strive to maintain; solutions are found in problems. My pessimism and despair stem from the pressures I feel to promote and market my writing rather than write what I feel and what pleasures me, with an intention of attacting an agent who wants the same things, through the unified process of write-edit-publish. My adversary, greed of socitey, is also the adversary of the agent; he, or she, desires to land a special story – lo, a special author – as much as this author wants to publish his story and his writing. I find a shitload of optimism in that, because my desire is huge.

By: Beth K. Vogt

Beth K. Vogt — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:43:31 +0000

In reply to Wendy Paine Miller. Just now seeing this comment, Wendy. Thank you for the encouragement. :)

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By: Donna K. Weaver

Donna K. Weaver — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:28:07 +0000

Because paper books are still easier to loan to a friend. I have a Nook but many of my friends have Kindles. Because if the power fails, I can still read my paper books.

By: Lisa W. Rosenberg

Lisa W. Rosenberg — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:48:25 +0000

Thanks for this optimistic list. I’ll keep coming back to it. Love this inspiring blog!

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By: Hazel Joy

Hazel Joy — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:22:13 +0000

Rachelle,

This post was very timely for me, coming at a point in the rejection process when i really needed encouragement. It has inspired me to pick myself up and continue sending out my queries and samples.You are a lifeline to debut authors!Thank God for you!

By: Dee White

Dee White — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:01:19 +0000

In reply to P. J. Casselman. That's absolutely true. Readers are our inspiration:)

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:43:01 +0000

Rachelle,

Thank you so much for this encouraging post! It’s great to hear about the upside of the publishing industry every now and then.

By: Adam Carter

Adam Carter — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:43:53 +0000

Thanks for this uplifting article, Rachelle. I didn’t think I could believe that story I heard about e-books being more popular than real books.

By: Carol Frome

Carol Frome — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:26:49 +0000

In reply to Dozie Nzewi.

Yes, I agree Dozie.

Personally, I’d like to see agents start shifting over to representing indy authors. Nowadays, agents already edit, and they also know a lot about book marketing. Those two services are exactly what a lot of indy authors need, in addition to selling various rights.

I’d happily cut a good agent in on the proceeds for that kind of assistance. And it stands to reason if indy authors can make more as indies than they can in the traditional publishing world, then so will agents–the difference is that they won’t get it all at once.

By: Dozie Nzewi

Dozie Nzewi — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:52:07 +0000

In reply to Alice Haro. The future is here. If you've got something to say it's your right to get on record. Let's not let the difficulty with traditional publishing stop us. Great if we can have it, great if we can find alternative routes. It is very valuable advice that Rachel renders here. However the saturation in the system is a bigger problem. It behoves writers to take every possible route to publishing.