{"id":6362,"date":"2007-11-09T12:34:53","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T18:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2007\/11\/09\/an_inspiring_story_of_getting_published\/"},"modified":"2007-11-09T12:34:53","modified_gmt":"2007-11-09T18:34:53","slug":"an_inspiring_story_of_getting_published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2007\/11\/09\/an_inspiring_story_of_getting_published\/","title":{"rendered":"An Inspiring Story Of Getting Published"},"content":{"rendered":"

In perusing T.L. Hines<\/strong>‘ blog, I came across his post<\/a> where he shares how he became a published author. He currently has two thrillers out. The first is “Waking Lazarus”, and the second is “The Dead Whisper On”.<\/p>\n

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The neat thing about his story is that after having two novels repeatedly rejected, he says:<\/p>\n

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… I decided I was wasting too much time and energy worrying about becoming a published novelist.<\/p>\n

So, I stopped. I began writing a third book, and put a moratorium on new queries. I decided I’d simply write, and concentrate on that alone. Publication, well, I’d worry about that at some undefined future date.<\/p>\n

That’s when the magic happened.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What happened?<\/strong> He got an email from a Bethany House acquisitions editor who had discovered his blog and downloaded the first chapter of his book. One thing led to another, and within a matter of months he had a signed contract!<\/p>\n

The amazing thing<\/strong> is that this was for his first novel which he had “put it in a drawer (figuratively speaking)”. He had considered it unsellable and had begun work on a second novel and then a third.<\/p>\n

How well did this first book do?<\/strong> So well that “Waking Lazarus”, was named one of Library Journal’s Top 25 Genre Novels of 2006! Here is what T.L. has to say to us about getting published:<\/p>\n

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Nothing about the book itself had changed; only the circumstances were different.<\/p>\n

So it’s really true: agents turn down saleable work every day. Sometimes 80 of them do it … Keep plugging away, and you can indeed reap what you sow. The growing season just may be a little longer than you expected.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for the encouragement!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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