Frankie - there can be a lot of jumping through hoops with submissions. After that you have to entice them to read the manuscript. As they are getting them all the time you would need to pitch something that catches their attention. Hard enough for a first time author. Good luck with it. Have you thought about self-publishing?
I have the book basically finished, I am tweaking it...Once I have it finished I am going to send a few copies to family members to read----I wouldn't mind if Mr Owens and yourself had a look-...
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.
Straight Question---how hard is it to get a book published, I've been working on a novel for a while and I think I have it completed...
ReplyDeleteFrankie - there can be a lot of jumping through hoops with submissions. After that you have to entice them to read the manuscript. As they are getting them all the time you would need to pitch something that catches their attention. Hard enough for a first time author. Good luck with it. Have you thought about self-publishing?
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