The musings of an award-winning fantasy author
Well, after months of back and forth decisions on whether or not we were going to the fall ACFW Conference, it finally came down to finances.
The manuscript questions fell to the wayside with Marcus Goodyear and Randy Ingermanson's encouragement that even a first draft is good enough to pitch.
But the money dried up and there was nothing for the conference, travel, or hotel. Nothing.
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Nathan Bransford, literary agent for Curtis Brown, Ltd. blogged yesterday about the book imprint "12″ which only publishes 12 books a year—one per month—and attempts to make each one a bestseller.
As part of this, he points to Moon Rat's blog, who has some interesting advice for novelists. This advice stems from the fact that most publishers DO NOT follow the "12″ model and instead may attempt to fill a quota, and often give very little editorial support to books prior to them being published. This inattention sometimes means:
What is the advice in light of this situation? (text simplified by me)
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