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[alg]

Submission

A look at submission guidelines -- what they mean, how to read them, how to find them, and much encouraging to follow them.

Comments

[alg.livejournal.com]

Well, I figure that eventually they will be of use to lots of people, even if immediately no one really cares. Plus, you know, this whole demystifying publishing thing is actually really important to me. I want people to understand what goes on here, that it's not a gaggle of well-coiffed people casually making career-or-death decisions for no accountable reason. We're a bunch of nerds in jeans and t-shirts, or whatever, trying to find and publish good books that will sell to the general public! It's harder than people think, and there's a lot more to it than anyone realizes.

[itshardtosay.livejournal.com]

I figure that eventually they will be of use to lots of people, even if immediately no one really cares.

I see that too, though I don't think it's a "no one really cares" issue, so much as it's not relevant to where they are with their writing and experience at this moment. Because I care, I just don't have an immediate use for it.

Plus, you know, this whole demystifying publishing thing is actually really important to me.

It shows, it really does. I find that aspect to be great. It's not an inside scoop, per se, but it is revealing in a way that matters. It's not reading parties, pizza and coffee; there's a business side that needs addressing every day, I'm sure, and that isn't typically seen (or thought of) often.

[authorm.livejournal.com]

...WHAT?

You've always been well-coiffed when I've seen you.

M

[zhaneel69.livejournal.com]

I'd rather read the same advice 10000 times than have editors/agents/authors NOT post this stuff. I may seek it out, but there are otherse who might just stumble across it once and then it is LOVELY.

And there are 10000 different ways of saying it and only 1 might resonate with a given author.

Zhaneel