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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Depends what you want from it.
If you really believe in your idea, work with an illustrator and develop a manuscript, workshop the manuscript, edit the manuscript, and then start shopping it around to publishers who are open to unsolicited work and children’s books.
If you just want to say “I wrote a book” or it’s some vanity project for yourself, you can self-publish, I guess.
Writing is an art, and a book is a product. Writer’s who pay to publish are suckers, honestly. You should be the one getting paid (which will be a very small amount, for your first unsolicited manuscript). The only money you should be spending is on an editor, maybe.
The world is stuffed full of delusional self published authors and their vanity projects. Don’t be another one, just take it seriously and do it the right way.
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Oh yeah. I remember a person I used to know that self published a book of poetry, and would gift autographed copies to show you were one of her dear friends.
I think I managed to get through 2 of her crappy poems.
Every chance she got she'd work into a conversation about being a published author. had it on her resume, too.
you want to make some money writing, get into romance novels.
I have a friend who writes them on the side and said it's an awesome second income.
after the first one, it's probably pretty easy. the publisher gives you the plot and you just flesh out the template.
biggest thing would probably be making a list of all the naughty sounds adjectives and phrases.
velvety softness, rigid, turgid, arrowlike Oh myyyyy.