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After 25 years as an agent, I have discovered the "5 P's of Publishing Success." If followed, they work and you will have success in the publishing business. The first is "Passion." You need the passion to write—whatever it is—and it gets you up at six am before work or keeps you up late into the evening. As Isaac Asimov said," I write for the same reason that I breathe—because I have to." The second "P of publishing success" is Product. You have to write something worth selling. Don't write if you have nothing to say. Make sure your project or product is the strongest it can be. Third is Patience. You need lots of it in this business. It may take years to get your work published. Persistence is the fourth "P." Please, don't give up after several rejections. Rejection is a part of this business and you must develop a thick skin. I have seen many talented writers never get published because they gave ...

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I know that most of us have heard of "self Publishing" you pay to have the book printed, and selling it falls squarely on your sholders. Sucks doesn't it? Because we want to be writters,...

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It's official: I really like Dr. Horrible. http://www.drhorrible.com/

It's been taken off the web, but I saw all I needed to see. This movie is hilarious, even...

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Best Advice

Best Advice from Andrea

After 25 years as an agent, I have discovered the "5 P's of Publishing Success." If followed, they work and you will have success in the publishing business....

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Okay so I took a shot, I thought "Hey if we are a group of writers, why not invite some published authors? " So I went for it, without taking into consideration that, they can't really read or...

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Not to be confused with Moose.

So, even in the bleakness that is this current patch of Writer's Block, I have hope! Wonder if you can create muses...>8D

Erm, don't mind me. Anyway, expect an update...

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this would not surprise me in the least. In fact it's kind of what I would suspect. Which is why, getting your words in print is so hard to do. And As I find out more about agents and publishing houses,...

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I've heard of a few places like this, but the issue I've found is that many of them cost far too much per copy to be viable if you just want a few to give to friends/family.

Right now, probably for a limited time only, Dr. Horrible is back online. Check it out: http://www.drhorrible.com/mushortio.html ...

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Sure. But as a warning, it is pretty low quality.
(all the more reason to buy the dvd when it comes out, aside from the extra features it'll have)

Nil, send me the vid when it's done, kay?

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