Let's talk publishing. >Tips? >Are you published?

>Tips?
Go to college, find a mentor
>Are you published?
Going to be
>How to find the appropriate publisher
Your agent will do this
>The odds
You will fail (almost definitely)

>>9293056
And why didn't you fail?

>>9293056
How'd you get an agent?

>>9293063
I probably will

>>9293067
Through my creative writing teacher

>>9292816
>Tips?
Have a blog, youtube channel, and active Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter
>Are you published?
No but I've talked to a few on 4chan and Reddit.
>How to find the appropriate publisher
Doesn't matter.
>The odds
Low unless you are spineless.

The people who have guaranteed purchasers that they've collected through their online presence are the most likely to get book deals. This is why so many celebrities and pundits get book deals.

>>9292816
>Tips?
Be black. Write a book about race.
OR
Be a woman. Write a book about being a woman.

>>9292816

Why give rights to a publisher when you can distribute your novel freely online?

The only answer I can think of is if you're not confident in your writing.

>>9293278
you're taken much less seriously

>>9293056
>Go to college, find a mentor

Do you really have to do this? What about sending query letters to agents?