| So you want to be a published writer and author a | | | | we wish to write about, and every other relevant |
| book that will catch the attention of everyone: | | | | book that we think will help us. |
| editors, publishers and readers. It takes more than | | | | The important thing here is to have a wide range of |
| just a strong desire to be a published author to get | | | | reading choices so we will see how each one was |
| your book of the ground; although this is always a | | | | written and how each one jumps at us - or not. |
| good start. | | | | Another important factor here is reading the books |
| The first thing we all need to do in order to finally | | | | at least twice so we will truly grasp at the meaning |
| get noticed as a writer is to take in all the | | | | of each book. |
| information we can get on how to get a book | | | | Learn the ropes in publishingnaturally, if we want to |
| published. This means that we have to be greedy for | | | | find out more about how to get a book published, |
| information to prepare us for the long and arduous | | | | we should learn how the publishing industry works. |
| task of getting our book published. | | | | Getting first-hand information on publishing will be |
| Learn the basics of writingone of the first things we | | | | very useful. The best way to do this is to work or |
| need to learn on how to get a book published is | | | | at least intern in a publishing company. |
| learning how to write it! Even if we have perfect | | | | If this is not possible, try to talk to people who work |
| grammar and all our punctuations are in the right | | | | in the industry to get a clearer picture on how to get |
| places, if we don't know how to make words come | | | | a book published. |
| alive, the book might as well be dead. | | | | Write a query lettersimply put, a query letter is your |
| Whether we are writing a technical book, a text | | | | sales pitch that will make publishers take notice of |
| book, fiction, non-fiction, self-help and children's | | | | your work. This is an important step on how to get a |
| books; we must know how to relate to our readers | | | | book published because manuscripts that turn up at |
| to capture their attention. The first few lines alone | | | | publishers without a formal query letter are all too |
| should be riveting enough to make the readers want | | | | often put in the back drawer to gather dust. |
| to read more of our stuff. | | | | There are guides and tips that we can find on the |
| Another basic tip on how to get a book published is | | | | internet on writing the perfect query letter. We |
| extensive reading. | | | | should keep in mind though that we should send only |
| The importance of readingto get our imagination | | | | this letter to the right publishers. What this means is |
| rolling, we should read all sorts of books. Read literary | | | | that we should know what the publishers are looking |
| classics, contemporary and mainstream works, books | | | | for and if our book fits the need, and then we can |
| on other cultures and history, current news, books | | | | proceed with the query letter. |