Don't Just Settle On Anyone Just To Say You Are Published

I get it! Publishing is a tough business. There are a lot of you and a limited number of places on the book shelves out there. Although the market is starting to pick up. Look at some of the numbers.

In the U.S. print book sales totaled $782 million in 2924 which was a 23% increase over the past decade. 

Predictions show even more growth.

And yet, so many writers today are complaining about how hard it is to get published. They write their book, send it to editors and agents only to be rejected, or more likely, don't hear anything at all. Talk about frustrating. 

Now, if you have been here on the blog, or heard me talk before on my other platforms, I have stated that there could be any number of reasons for this - you sent it to the wrong person, bad timing, not marketable, and yes, your writing could be bad. The list is endless. It could even be that this is your first book are you are simply impatient. 

Impatience is really a mark of many in the present generation. We are living in the "we want it now" generation and publishing is no different. So, if they can't get published, often they will jump to anyone who will take their writing. 

And it is here where I want you to ask yourself, do you really want to do this? Sending your writing out to anyone, just to say your are published, might not be the best option. Do you really want this product out there for the world to see and say "this represents who I am?"

I am sorry, but I look out there and I see a lot of authors who have, for lack of a better word, slapped on some pretty hideous covers on their books "just to be published." And I don't know about you, but looking at the cover, it just is not that appealing. 

At Greyhaus, I openly state that I am looking for "traditional print romance and women's fiction authors." Note the word PRINT. I am pretty picky about what I am looking for. Now, does this mean I will ignore digital presses? No. But I WILL NOT just toss my authors book out to anyone just to let they be able to say they are published. They worked to damn hard on that book. They love their baby. I love their writing. I believe in their writing and that writing DESERVES the best. 

Doesn't your writing deserve the best too?