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Started this discussion. Last reply by Raymond Cook Nov 27, 2017. 1 Reply 1 Like
Last year I had my first book picked up. The editor was negative and condescending and wanted me to change every element of my story including the characters. The deal fell thru and I lost my passion…Continue
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Hi everyone. My name is Melinda Smith but everyone calls me Mindy. I live in upstate New York where I was a property manager until about 6 years ago when I started writing seriously. Now I'm a part…Continue
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"Well Mindy, my suggestion is to send your work to small houses and see who bites."
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same journey for me. I have three books, one through a publisher and the other two self-published. Candidly, I have little trust or comprehension of the publishing/agent criteria. For the most part, publishers want…"
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Posted on November 27, 2015 at 10:26am 0 Comments 0 Likes
My first book was picked up last year and I had to agree to a few minor 'tweaks." My editor did a lot of critiquing but never in a constructive way. She made me change both of my main characters' personalities because she didn't like them. And when I told her I no longer recognized the story as my own she told me she only liked the concept and to have it in print I had to completely reconstruct the manuscript.
I did contact a few authors before pulling out from the deal because this…
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