Hard to get noticed
I wonder why I do the things I do, sometimes. Like writing a book
when I thought it was a good idea at the time. I've never written a
book before and I never did pass my English 'O' level because I was
severly handicapped by my late learning; I started learning English
when I came to England to join my family when I was ten. So English
isn't my first language. I am glad my English is much better and I
work as a scientist on fruit flies; hence I am the lord of the
flies...
I have just spent months after my daytime work reading and re-reading my book to iron out mistakes etc only to be disappointed by rejection after rejections from these publishing agents many of whom are not taking new clients. I realised from reading the Writer's Workshop that it is extremely difficult to get any interest from these agents and is it a wonder why? If you go into book shops the shelves are taken over by these so called biographies from celebrities; I thought biographies are supposed to reflect a lifetime of stories, not what happened from age nought to twenty five years old when they scored the winning goal for a football team or they've become so gorgeous with their latest implants that magazines flock to pay them for their stories or just make up the stories for them.
Anyway, I shall endeavour to get myself noticed and I suppose I am glad that I do not depend on my job as a writer. If anyone out there likes to read a few chapters of my book, I'll be glad to send you it and perhaps have some feed back?
Flyman
I have just spent months after my daytime work reading and re-reading my book to iron out mistakes etc only to be disappointed by rejection after rejections from these publishing agents many of whom are not taking new clients. I realised from reading the Writer's Workshop that it is extremely difficult to get any interest from these agents and is it a wonder why? If you go into book shops the shelves are taken over by these so called biographies from celebrities; I thought biographies are supposed to reflect a lifetime of stories, not what happened from age nought to twenty five years old when they scored the winning goal for a football team or they've become so gorgeous with their latest implants that magazines flock to pay them for their stories or just make up the stories for them.
Anyway, I shall endeavour to get myself noticed and I suppose I am glad that I do not depend on my job as a writer. If anyone out there likes to read a few chapters of my book, I'll be glad to send you it and perhaps have some feed back?
Flyman
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It is good manners to post a critique or two of your own on others work before you do so but it is not neccessary, people will comment anyway.
Or, if you are shy, message me the first couple of thousand words and I'll have a look. I may not be much of a writer but I'm a voracious reader and can perhaps throw a pointer or two your way.
Don't be too disheartened by rejections. Even the best writers have been rejected! I am far from the best but I too I have had two rejections, one for each book. I think it was absolutely right they were rejected though as they were in fact no where near ready to send out. I view it all as a learning curve.
I do agree with you about the mindless autobiographies from young celebs which incidently are never written by them. When I started writing my own I went out and had a look at some of them. Quite a few were rubbish I have to say.
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