Talk about leaving it on the back burner.
At 20 odd - 30 years old no one wants to think they would have to wait that long to be published.
You would have been inclined to throw in the towel.
All that traipsing up and down motorways.
All that waiting to find out ~
" Has it been published OR temporarily or permanently shelved ?"
It's torture !
But the most demoralizing is ~
" Yes it's very nice - good artwork etc - but . . "
BUT, BUT WHAT ?
Just say it - spit it out ! You can sense the rejection before it's announced.
OR when a publisher hangs onto to it for 3 months and you think,
" THIS IS IT !
I'VE DONE IT !
I'M IN !
I'M GETTING PUBLISHED ! "
But they don't ring you.
YOU have to ring them because they've left it at the back of a pile of OTHER peoples work and they are really sorry, but they forgot about and it's not really what they wanted.
("How do you know Mr Publisher - You didn't even read it ?")
Humm, cry, cry, cry.
THEN - out of the blue - I find myself browsing and hovering over my searches and I come across the Self-Publish pages on Amazon's KDP.
I didn't want to dare to give it any energy for fear of failing or more rejection.
After being ill for such a long time and suffering medical negligence and several personal tragedies, I was on quite a low.
Feeling very inadequate due to my disability - very restricting circumstances, bereavements and impending bereavements, I suddenly had a revelation.
"Use the tools you have"
I thought ~ "Well the only tools I have now are my 2 Children's Books and there's no chance of me keep submitting them to publishers only to be rejected"
"No" - I said to myself - coz I was, by now having a right good chat with myself.
You know how it is sometimes -
"KIndle," I continued.
" Go over to YOUTUBE and learn how to format my manuscripts for the Kindle Market so I DID - and I got published VERY QUICKLY for FREE !
For novices it can at first appear to be Rocket Science - but it isn't.
It just takes a bit of concentration.
I can't do much physically at the moment but my brain has been working THAT hard that I am exhausted - but it's a good tired if you know what I mean.
The sales are slowly trickling in but I am currently having a problem with the Customers Reviews getting published.
You really do need Customer Reviews to maintain a relatively decent status.
Apart from that - I am well pleased.
I am currently on long-term sick (also widowed) but have had permission from ESA and TAX CREDITS to go for it until sales reach a certain level and to keep them informed of course of my 'movements'
So the worry of that is off my shoulders.
If you DO decide to buy Fringeless & Friendless would you please mind giving me a Customer Review where it says " Be the first to review this . . . ."
Also - please look out for FRIBI THE PLANETARIAN TOUR GUIDE on Kindle
Thank you for reading !
Hope you have a very good day !
Alena
You would have been inclined to throw in the towel.
All that traipsing up and down motorways.
All that waiting to find out ~
" Has it been published OR temporarily or permanently shelved ?"
It's torture !
But the most demoralizing is ~
" Yes it's very nice - good artwork etc - but . . "
BUT, BUT WHAT ?
Just say it - spit it out ! You can sense the rejection before it's announced.
OR when a publisher hangs onto to it for 3 months and you think,
" THIS IS IT !
I'VE DONE IT !
I'M IN !
I'M GETTING PUBLISHED ! "
But they don't ring you.
YOU have to ring them because they've left it at the back of a pile of OTHER peoples work and they are really sorry, but they forgot about and it's not really what they wanted.
("How do you know Mr Publisher - You didn't even read it ?")
Humm, cry, cry, cry.
THEN - out of the blue - I find myself browsing and hovering over my searches and I come across the Self-Publish pages on Amazon's KDP.
I didn't want to dare to give it any energy for fear of failing or more rejection.
After being ill for such a long time and suffering medical negligence and several personal tragedies, I was on quite a low.
Feeling very inadequate due to my disability - very restricting circumstances, bereavements and impending bereavements, I suddenly had a revelation.
"Use the tools you have"
I thought ~ "Well the only tools I have now are my 2 Children's Books and there's no chance of me keep submitting them to publishers only to be rejected"
"No" - I said to myself - coz I was, by now having a right good chat with myself.
You know how it is sometimes -
"KIndle," I continued.
" Go over to YOUTUBE and learn how to format my manuscripts for the Kindle Market so I DID - and I got published VERY QUICKLY for FREE !
For novices it can at first appear to be Rocket Science - but it isn't.
It just takes a bit of concentration.
I can't do much physically at the moment but my brain has been working THAT hard that I am exhausted - but it's a good tired if you know what I mean.
The sales are slowly trickling in but I am currently having a problem with the Customers Reviews getting published.
You really do need Customer Reviews to maintain a relatively decent status.
Apart from that - I am well pleased.
I am currently on long-term sick (also widowed) but have had permission from ESA and TAX CREDITS to go for it until sales reach a certain level and to keep them informed of course of my 'movements'
So the worry of that is off my shoulders.
If you DO decide to buy Fringeless & Friendless would you please mind giving me a Customer Review where it says " Be the first to review this . . . ."
Also - please look out for FRIBI THE PLANETARIAN TOUR GUIDE on Kindle
Thank you for reading !
Hope you have a very good day !
Alena
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