Zetta Grace
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi! I would like to ask how you get a publisher to publish your book? Do you call? Text? Email? Or walk up to their door?
Lois McMaster Bujold
First, you have to write and finish a good book.
Next, in this day of the internet, go to the publisher's website appropriate to your work and look for their particular submission guidelines and directions. Follow same. Prepare to wait a long time.
There are lots of writers' groups and other help online these days. I can't say much about them because I am not plugged into them myself; commenters below may have some more current tips. But a good place to start for level-headed advice is http://www.pcwrede.com/blog/
Begin at the beginning, read all the posts, and then, if any question is still unanswered, you can float it. (Do read first, so you won't be asking a question that's been answered eight times already.)
That should keep you busy for a while...
Ta, L.
Next, in this day of the internet, go to the publisher's website appropriate to your work and look for their particular submission guidelines and directions. Follow same. Prepare to wait a long time.
There are lots of writers' groups and other help online these days. I can't say much about them because I am not plugged into them myself; commenters below may have some more current tips. But a good place to start for level-headed advice is http://www.pcwrede.com/blog/
Begin at the beginning, read all the posts, and then, if any question is still unanswered, you can float it. (Do read first, so you won't be asking a question that's been answered eight times already.)
That should keep you busy for a while...
Ta, L.
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Laure Reminick
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I wish there was a way to search your answers, because you may have responded to this: but Ker Dubauer in Diplomatic Immunity has the same last name as that unfortunate young man in Shards of Honor (who allowed Cordelia and Aral to have their first experience assisting a profoundly challenged person). I bet you had a reason. Also: Where was the ba intending to take those 1000 infants, and how care for them?
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