Hi Eric:
I have been writing for eleven years. It is very difficult to get someone to
read your stuff, must less give you feedback. I have paid for feedback on a
screenplay from a Hollywood consultant. It was very costly, but I still can't
get anyone to read it.She did help me and encouraged me to turn it into a novel.
I didn't think I had a novel in me, but with her belief that I did, I have now
finished two. I just keep writing and sending stuff out. I figure something I
write will eventually hit. I have completed two plays, two children's books,
four screenplays, one teleplay, and two novels. The only success so far is
several shorts that are being produced.

My advise is to go small, and keep writing.Get as much feedback as you can from
everyone you know or don't know.

It doesn't mean your stuff is bad, because you are not published. Seinfeld was
rejected at first, and he has a copy of the rejection on his wall. If he had
given up, we would not have been able to have the joy of watching his funny
stuff..
A book called, Lord of the Barnyard, was rejected by six hundred American
publishes. Yes, six hundred. The young man went to France and met a young woman
whose father had contacts. The Frenchman who read it as a favor to this man, was
amazed and called it "genius". It is published and the rest is history.

There are as many tastes as there are people, You must find your audience. Write
about what you know. I am a psychotherapist and the two screenplays being
produced are about psychotherapy. It just seems to come through that you know
something that others don't.
I have looked into self publishing and it is difficult. How to get it
distributed, that is the problem. I don't know LuLu, but I will check into it.
Good luck.
Joyce

----- Original Message -----
From: Inez
To: WriteMovies@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:55 AM
Subject: [WriteMovies] Re: Advice?


Eric,
If you want to sell a few hundred copies, sure, go ahead. But, if you
are serious about a career as a writer ask yourself why the pros, the
agents and publishers, have not accepted your work.

Self publishing is not called Ego Publishing for nothing.

Getting your work down on paper, believe it or not, is the easy part.
Publishing is a business. It requires time, money and contacts.
Who is going to pay not only for the printing, but for the
distribution, free review copies, mailings, advertising, book signing
tours, etc. etc. etc.

My advice is that you should learn why your writing is not being
accepted and work hard to improve it.

IMO, writers should be paid for their work and never pay to get read.

--- In WriteMovies@yahoogroups.com, "eanderso" <eanderso@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone else out there attempted to self-publish and promote a book
> via print-on-demand sites like Lulu.com? I'd love to hear any advice
> that other writers have to give on the matter.
>
> Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom.
>
> Eric Anderson
>





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