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5f7p6t0r3u · Wysłany: Wto 7:39, 01 Mar 2011 Temat postu: I Want to Write a Book!

Eureka!
* put in an approximate word count (I don't do it "naughty,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], lazy boy"!). Send your manuscript together, so it arrives on the editor's desk as one.
Don't send in sections (after writing or checking). Bits and pieces are then more likely to be mislaid (sounds disgusting!).
PPS
Enjoy some of my favourite quotes...
Look at this....
Then hopefully one day I'll see your name in print or on the [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
# "It is impossible to sell animal stories in the USA."
The book: 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell
"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."
- Colette
Good luck* and happy writing
* that's not standing on unlit street corners at night looking for a publisher for your manuscript!
# "For your own good, do not publish this book."
* What's the definition of an aspiring author?
A waiter!
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I WANT TO WRITE A BOOK!
# "The girl doesn't,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it seems to me,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], have a special perception or feeling, which would lift that book above the 'curiosity' level."
THE CRYSTAL BALL CRACKED for those authors. Some hope for you and I then too,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!
And it happens quite often - misplaced (better word) by
publishers, I mean. If you do your work on a word processor using a computer disc (I do), also send the work on paper. That is the non-technical term for "software”. Not tissue paper please,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!
(AND GET PUBLISHED extracted from Online Creative Writing Course)
(Personal growth, self help, writing, internet marketing, spiritual, ‘spiritual writings’ (how ‘airey-fairey’), words of inspiration and money management, how boring now, craig!)
Me write a book! What!!! A "pipedream" or perhaps a possibility?
"We share what we know, so that we all may grow."
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I WANT TO WRITE A BOOK
This short extract is from my booklet 'How to Write a Book and Get Published' and was written for the "off-line" world of publishing many "moons" ago (well before the new age of immediate and easy online publishing). No matter! Although it's a very brief look at this vast subject,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I hope these pointers may be helpful to aspiring* or perhaps other "non-techno" authors,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], like 'yours truly'.
A introductory words...
NB: Keep a COPY of everything.
"Together, one mind at a time,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], let's see how many people we can impact, empower,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], uplift, encourage ... and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials."
Dreams
"Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow. "
- Langston Hughes
"He who cherises a beautiful vision,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.
Dream lofty dreams and as you dream so shall you become."
- James Allen
Then PERSIST and
BE PATIENT (very)
The book: 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' by DH Lawrence
(to roars of laughter from family and friends)
Finally, always try to give your work a 'real professional' look, as befits the effort put into your work of art.
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As the ancient Chinese proverb said so wisely...
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with ...
a broken fan belt and a leaky tire."
# "A long dull novel about an artist."
The book: 'Lust for Life' by Irving Stone
The book: 'Lord of the Flies' by Wiliam Golding
Try different publishers and don't be afraid of rejection.
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Article Title: I Want to Write a Book!
Submitted by: Craig Lock
Category (key words): "I Want to Write a Book", Writing, Writing a book,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Creative Writing,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Publishing Course, Book Publishing,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], E-books, Creative Writing CourseWriting Hints/Tips (enough there for now,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], craig!)
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Writing a book may seem extremely daunting ...and perhaps even impossible to you,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as I felt when I started out writing (like flying to the moon); but if you believe you have some writing talent just DO IT. As with eating an elephant ("hephelump"),[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], break it into "small chunks". No only joking! Please treat all animals with great care. My point simply:
The key is taking that FIRST STEP in writing that first sentence...then one just gets involved in your "work of art", as writing becomes a daily habit. One word
simply flows into the next...then one chapter just leads on to the next one.
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Nothing is impossible,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but the hardest part is getting
an acceptance from a publisher. Hope these tips may
be helpful in submitting your manuscript (hardcopy)...
Craig Lock (Eagle Productions Books)
So as the Nike ad says,
The following are actual rejection notices received for these famous and incredibly successful books..
"Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your
ultimate accomplishments."
- Napoleon Hill
# "It does not seem to us that you have been wholly succesful in working out an admittedly promising idea."
The book: 'The Diary of Ann Frank'
All mail should have a return address. Always send a covering letter with your manuscript. Multiple submissions are OK, but always remember to withdraw an offer, if publication is accepted by another publisher. Write immediately to them.
* Wasn't that once defined as where 'preparedness meets opportunity'
I find multiple submissions save a lot in finding a publisher, as publishers are often extremely tardy in replying to unsolicitated* (big word) submissions.
Just DO IT