The final reviews are now being done before its submission to a publisher.
What type of book? A novel.
What is the subject? That, for now, is a secret. I will say that it is unusual.
A lot of research was required, but that was enjoyable.
Other writing projects? Two are in the pipeline. One fiction and one nonfiction.
Watch this space.
5 comments:
Mr. Wade, how long did it take you from start to finish?
Do you consider that an average time for most books? (of yours)
Jean,
It's hard to say. It certainly took longer than some of my other books because I had the idea for the plot, then conducted research, then wrote early drafts, but then, when it was close to completion, had to set it aside because of other projects. There was an important but small change that I wanted to make. I was able to do that more easily than expected and so now I'm at the final readings and revision stage before it is sent off.
It's being tweaked but it will be done this week.
I'm more of a re-writer than a writer and always make multiple drafts.
Michael
P.S. All in all, around three years.
Have you ever self-published or have you always had an editor, etc.?
Jean,
I've done both. I have had two books published with traditional publishers and the others were self-published. I've actually made more money with the self-published books but those were mainly business books that clients would order. I plan on going the traditional publisher route with the novel.
I have also had four agents over the years. (Three of the four were quite good but even with a good agent you might not get a sale.) Publishing is a strange game and is very slanted against the writers. The marketing people are the most influential people at the table in most publishing houses. We are entering an environment where more and more writers will self-publish and then devise ways to publicize their books.
Michael
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