I will be slowly going back over the chapters below and updating some of them and bringing them up to 2013/2014 world of publishing. So caution, some of the older ones, even though they say “updated” may be dated. Only the first one has been done so far.
The first book will be called:
KILLING THE TOP TEN SACRED COWS OF PUBLISHING
Chapter Two… Speed: Writing Fast is Bad
Chapter Four… You Need an Agent to Sell a Book.
Chapter Six… Selling a Book to a Large Publishers Insures Quality
Chapter Seven… To Sell You Must Write What is Hot
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Older chapters… Again, warning, even though they say they are updated, they may not be suited for this new world of publishing. You might be better served until I can get some of this redone going back slowly from the present through the blogs listed as “The New World of Publishing.” And make sure you read the comments as well.
— Myth: Giving Away 15% of Your Work.
Thinking That Causes Bad Decisions…
—You Can’t Make a Living Writing Fiction (updated)
—Writers Don’t Need to Practice (updated)
Agents and All the Myths
— Not updated… Just read any of the posts with agents in the title below, starting at the top. And read the comments.
(I will update in a final section the non-agent posts at some point down the road.) HUGE CAUTION!!! Much of the data in these posts about agents no longer applies. Please use caution reading them and the comments until I get them updated.
(Chapters left to be put in order and updated)
—Agents Care About Writers First
—Agents Can Give Career Advice
—Your Agent Sells Your Book Overseas
—Follow the Rules to Get Published
—Only 300 Writers Make a Living
—Agents need to Take Care of Writers
—You Must Give All Your Money to an Agent First
—Self-Publishing is a Bad Idea
—Writers Compete With Each Other
