To Answer Your Question, First I. . . .
In this initial installment, I want simply to reveal the individual steps I took in the publication of my books. (Bear in mind that I am addressing only nonfiction works, although fiction submissions will often involve similar steps.) Then, in subsequent installments, I hope to deal with each step separately. Those steps are as follow:
Getting the idea
Doing the research
Outlining the manuscript
Writing the first draft
Editing and revising and revising and. . . . (You get the picture?)
Researching the markets
Pitching the book (to publishers, not the trash can!)
Marketing the published book
Getting on with other projects
That’s where we’ll be going with this series. As we go through the steps, I hope you’ll share your insights, especially if you’ve had a book of your own published, using the comments section. I look forward to hearing from you!
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