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Forget the Agent

One of the best pieces of advice I've received in my quest to get published is to "Dish the Agent". I made a list of about 45 publishers, large and small, and got about a 40% response, inviting me to send sample pages. Of those, half a dozen asked for my manuscript. The upshot was two offers of a contract! Those are pretty good numbers.

My historical novel THE CORYDON SNOW - a WWII novel about the Merchant Marine - will be published in November.

Earlier attempts to find an agent were… Continue

Added by Richard Whitten Barnes on September 29, 2010 at 8:22am — No Comments

Hard Work

I think I had better take marketing my book, THE FAIRCLOTH REACTION, more seriously. A little effort goes a long way. This was demonstrated to me when I arrived at our summer home this year.

Last year, on a whim, I called the publisher of our local weekly in Ontario asking him if he'd be interested in doing a story on an author residing in the area. They ran a nice story about me and my book.

This season I arrived to find I am a bit of a…

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Added by Richard Whitten Barnes on June 26, 2010 at 5:11pm — 1 Comment