tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275407340772980947.post1015065552770988688..comments2016-12-14T15:07:17.543-08:00Comments on Inside a writer's mind -- enter at your own risk: There’s Got to be a Better Wayd s saulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788612729434162987noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275407340772980947.post-71611601520385146292011-02-25T15:55:40.041-08:002011-02-25T15:55:40.041-08:00Post script to this post...I signed my agent-autho...Post script to this post...I signed my agent-author contract with a good NY literary agent on Feb 23, 2011. Next stop; aquisition-editor desks. I am confident "it" is going to happen.<br /><br />Terry, you are so right. Luck is an important factor, but luck only opens doors. The manuscript MUST then stand up to professional scrutiny or that "luck" is wasted.d s saulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12788612729434162987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275407340772980947.post-5463069232882902692011-01-04T13:54:04.785-08:002011-01-04T13:54:04.785-08:00There is no easy way, or if there was, it'd ha...There is no easy way, or if there was, it'd have been discovered and be in use by now.<br /><br />There is so much competition out there for the available publishign slots, from best-selling authors to midlist and down to first time hopefuls.<br /><br />And luck does play a part. Is the manuscript too similar to one the agent just took on last month, or the editor/publisher just signed a contract for? Or did it arrive on desk clearing day (email box overflow reduction day) and not even get an ounce of consideration--just a form rejection?<br /><br />Who knows?<br /><br />It is a long process and it can wear at a writer's self-confidence. Being an author--or attempting to be--isn't easy. Whoever said it was is quite wrong (unless you happen to be a celebrity/politician with a ghost writer and a platform already).<br /><br />Hang in there and good luck to you Dean and all those other hopefuls/writers/authors out there.Terry W. Ervin IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561009802388207515noreply@blogger.com