Writers Tricks of the Trade VOLUME 10 ISSUE 1 | Page 20

14. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot
first and call whatever you hit the target.
15. You're never too old to learn
something stupid.
16. Going to church doesn't make you a
Christian, any more than standing in a
garage makes you a car.
17. I'm supposed to respect my elders, but
it's getting harder and harder for me to
find someone older than me.
S ELF P UBLISHING VS . T RADITIONAL P UBLISHING
S ELF PUBLISHING CAN BE A GREAT OPTION FOR YOU IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE
TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING ROUTE AND YOU ARE MOTIVATED TO WORK HARD TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS .
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T HE S ELF -P UBLISHING W ORLD
e are in an ever-changing society
that sees many more self-
published authors than in
decades past.
Consider this: many people can
become self-starters if they have the tools
and motivation to self-publish a book.
Unless you get lucky, it is a challenging
and time-consuming task to put your
book out there for publishers and literary
agents—sometimes years, or never!.
Publishers are very strict and picky
about what kinds of work they will pick
up, so a majority of new, and even
W INTER 2020
published authors, have a story of
struggling to finally get their manuscript
picked up by a publisher.
Remember that old saying, “It’s not
what you know but who you know?
Sometimes you have to know someone
inside the publishing house, or have met
an agent at a conference for them to even
consider you at all!
Enter self-publishing. Many people
now find self-publishing to be the best
option to kickstart or continue their
career as a writer.
Unlike like it was several years ago
when self-publish was seen as a bad
choice for the writer to make, the
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W RITERS ’ T RICKS OF THE T RADE