Comments on: Still Not Published, There’s No Hope For The Rest of Us https://booksquare.com/still-not-published-theres-no-hope-for-the-rest-of-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=still-not-published-theres-no-hope-for-the-rest-of-us Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:04:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Booksquare https://booksquare.com/still-not-published-theres-no-hope-for-the-rest-of-us/#comment-110546 Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:04:51 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/10/23/1628/#comment-110546 Heavens, a copy editor? This site doesn’t even believe in spell-checking. Or double-checking. Actually, now that the book has rested for a while (this is the luxury of being unpublished), you will likely be in a great position to do some serious copy editing on your own. I suggest having whisky close by — it is amazing what sort of things slip by the eagle eye of the author, despite many rereads and edits and such (I’ve misspelled my own name; granted, it’s a hard name, but I’ve had it sufficiently long to get the order of letters right). And I have been following your story — you are not alone out there, rest assured.

And please note: I was joking about the cute kid character. The world needs fewer cliches!

]]> By: Tom Shess https://booksquare.com/still-not-published-theres-no-hope-for-the-rest-of-us/#comment-110542 Thu, 03 Nov 2005 05:15:40 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/10/23/1628/#comment-110542 Hi
Thanks for noticing The Zoo column at mediabistro.com and yep, I’m unpublished. Back story: 18 weeks ago I finished a novel after tinkering it for a very long time. My day job is being a magazine editor and writer so I never had the luxury of sitting for months to polish the prose. Somebody wise told me you have to network to get a novel published. I decided to keep a journal to perhaps not making the same mistakes. On day one of my journal, I asked mediabistro if they were interested in following a bonafide rookie as he seriously tries to get published. They agreed and a terrific friendship has resulted Along the way, I’ve taken a few sidetrips exploring various things that every newbie novelist stumbles across. The column is not meant to be anything more than a novice in pursuit of a dream. Thanks for the kind words and I’m now looking for a copy editor, any ideas?

]]> By: Booksquare https://booksquare.com/still-not-published-theres-no-hope-for-the-rest-of-us/#comment-110353 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 04:44:15 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/10/23/1628/#comment-110353 That will teach me to post before fully caffeinated. Sixteen weeks is only a long time to read about someone not getting published — actually getting published takes much, much longer. I, unfortunately, have a really short attention span.

]]> By: Holly La Pat https://booksquare.com/still-not-published-theres-no-hope-for-the-rest-of-us/#comment-110344 Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:52:42 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/10/23/1628/#comment-110344 Sixteen weeks? Is that supposed to be a LONG time to find a publisher or agent? You’ve gotta be kidding me. Most writers struggle for years. This guy’s wait can barely be counted in months. Let’s be realistic, indeed.

I get the feeling I missed something. Or was this meant to be tongue-in-cheek?

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