By the way: this is, I think, not super unusual. I was lucky, because I found Thao by chatting with her: she read some of my fics, found a note I wrote about wanting to try to write original stuff, and asked me if I’d be interested in submitting some of my works. How do you find an agent? So, I think most people find one through querying, which is basically the process of submitting your work to them and asking if they’d be interested in representing you. all-caps emails from me she constantly puts up with.) My agent is Thao Le, and she is The Best. Agents do so in exchange for a commission (I think the standard is 15%, which in the case of my agent is definitely too low considering the 2 a.m. I think (and please remember that I Know Nothing Jon Snow) that an agent is someone who believes in your work (because it’s good or because, like me, you have swindled them) and (1) helps you get it in better shape so that publishers will like it, and (2) pitches it to publishers so that they’ll buy it and… well. What kind of people, you wonder? Ha! Glad you asked.Ī literary agent : So, the first step to be traditionally published is to get an agent.
But what I’ve recently discovered is that becoming published means bamboozling a lot of people into thinking that you’re a good writer. So, how does one Do the Publishing? Excellent question! If you’re like me, you’ve lived the first few decades of your life convinced that books just sort of download from the head of your favorite writer directly into your hands, farm-to-Kindle style. As I mentioned before: I rarely know what I’m doing and I am often wrong!).
Plus, the fic ended up having to be completely rewritten anyway. A year later I have adapted one (1) fic and written one (1) manuscript from scratch, and let me tell you, the latter was way more fun and waay easier and waaay less work. (Spoiler Alert: it wasn’t easiest, not at all. I mean, how does one Creative ? Petrified, terrified, lost, aghast, and more than a little ignorant, I decided to try what seemed like the easiest option: adapting one of my old fics.
I began becoming interested in writing original stories about a year ago, but I honestly had no idea where to start. Everything I know about writing (admittedly very little) I learned from fic and romance novels. And… well, you get my point), but I read works in over a dozen fandoms (I even read works for SHOWS I’VE NEVER WATCHED, WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?). My gateway drug was Star Trek (mmm, Spock, and Nyota, and Bones, and Kirk), and then Pride and Prejudice (mmm, Darcy & Lizzy), and then Star Wars (mmm, Ben Solo. I started writing a little over three years ago-when I discovered fanfiction.
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