Over the weekend, I had a ton of submissions from authors who were clearly looking for the easy way to getting published. These authors were doing things such as adding links to their Google Drives, telling me to "visit their website" or, more often than not, just mass mailed a submission to every editor or agent they had a on a list.
I also received several invites to participate in a Twitter Pitch or Online Pitch session where authors would simply put a blurb out there and think that editors and agents will come running to them.
In all of these cases, the odds are none of these authors will get what they want in terms of their writing career. It all comes down to their desire to really work to be a quality published author.
I recently signed an author who has shown me that she is willing to do the work. When I "made the call" to her, she demonstrated everything she was doing. She knew she had to learn the business and she was working toward that. She knew she would have to take the time to really learn how to be a great writer. She knew just slapping together a story would not get her what she wanted.
To truly be a great author takes more than just a story with a catchy premise. It takes a desire to put in the time, put in the hard work and not look for short cuts. Your path to being a published author will be a long and arduous road that will take you over a lot of rough terrain. But, I can promise you that when you get there, the view from that vista will be well worth it!
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