This video blog will chart the progress Brian Hughes will be making to get his novel The Boxpress Manifesto published.
Here's Part 4 of the journey...
Monday, January 28, 2008
Journey To Published (4)
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Sounds like things are coming along! I can understand how difficult a proposal would be -I have a hard time clearly describing what my book is going to be about and I dread having to write out some sort of proposal for it! As for not getting to prior suggestions, it's no matter -do things in the order and time that feel comfortable for you -that's what is going to be the best.
I will make one other suggestion -you mentioned that this might be a difficult task given that you don't have a ton of work under your belt or name recognition -you might want to consider e-publishing. The great thing about it is that it gets your name out there and it can lead to a contract with a print publisher too depending on sales and reviews. It's a good way for newer people on the scene to get work recognized. If you have like a collection of short stories, you might want to consider shopping those if you don't want to shop the book right away -if you can get them picked up, it would give you a bargaining chip -but you'd be amazed at who does e-publishing these days -some big names and some new ones. I did some research for sites listing contacts and publishers so I'll include those at the bottom!
Otherwise, all I can say is keep up the good work -looks like you've got a lot of positive momentum and that rocks!
Oh -and one more thing -if you want to get some work in writing or journalism or something that you can use on a resumé, you might try this site -many of the jobs don't require degrees and a lot are just about producing web content and such -I've looked on there for things for myself and there's a pretty broad range -maybe you'll find something that would suit you better and give you both fodder for a resumé and a bit more freedom to work on your project!
Okay I'm done, I promise!
http://journalismjobs.com/index.cfm
http://www.ebookcrossroads.com/epublishers.html
http://www.sff.net/people/Lida.Quillen/epub.html
Really interesting.
I'm a writer and find your story inspiring.
Keep the faith brother...it will all fall into place...it will get accomplished.
Exciting to be taking the ride along with you!
Love the show and great hat...lots of style!
good luck!
i just read therese's bio and i thin k i'm in love!!!!
sounds like whiplash wrapped in satin....
would love to see more of her on here...
your word slave waits...
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