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maderrWhy have I been awake since 3:30 am? I'm a loser, that's why.
Why the fuck is it so damned difficult to get a book published? Everything I'm reading says "it takes years" "subscribe to this" "try a million times" and all of these cost hella bucks. This one site advises subscribing to publishers weekly, which would be great except the subscription is like upwards of $200.00. And this other site is hella useful, except I don't have the $75.00 to sign up for it. The one that really cracked me up was the site that said you don't necessarily need an agent or anything - which is bullshit b/c everything I've read about publishers says they don't accept manuscripts directly.
I have no idea what I'm doing, let's face it. This is so overwhelming I get a headache. I would just like to see my name on a bookstore shelf. That's all I want. But given that I'm broke that's not likely to happen (at least not any time soon), esp. as I've been point blank told that b/c I write slash, I'll never make real money off it. Fuck that. I'm still going to try. I just can't figure out how the fuck to get started.
I suppose finishing a story might be a good starting point. Mew. The next time I wake up to strange noises and my brain immediately decides to turn to weighty, depressing thoughts somebody shoot me.
Why the fuck is it so damned difficult to get a book published? Everything I'm reading says "it takes years" "subscribe to this" "try a million times" and all of these cost hella bucks. This one site advises subscribing to publishers weekly, which would be great except the subscription is like upwards of $200.00. And this other site is hella useful, except I don't have the $75.00 to sign up for it. The one that really cracked me up was the site that said you don't necessarily need an agent or anything - which is bullshit b/c everything I've read about publishers says they don't accept manuscripts directly.
I have no idea what I'm doing, let's face it. This is so overwhelming I get a headache. I would just like to see my name on a bookstore shelf. That's all I want. But given that I'm broke that's not likely to happen (at least not any time soon), esp. as I've been point blank told that b/c I write slash, I'll never make real money off it. Fuck that. I'm still going to try. I just can't figure out how the fuck to get started.
I suppose finishing a story might be a good starting point. Mew. The next time I wake up to strange noises and my brain immediately decides to turn to weighty, depressing thoughts somebody shoot me.
