Not exact matches
Consider this... a person goes to college,
gets a four year degree in archaeology (or some antiquities preservation analog); spends summers sifting through sand and rock and gravel, all the while taking graduate level classes... person eventually obtains the vaunted PhD in archaeology... then
works his / her tail off seeking funding for an archeological excavation, with the payoff being more funding, and more opportunities to dig in the dirt... do you think professional archaeologists are looking hard for evidence of the Exodus on a speculative basis... not a chance... they know their PhD buys them nothing more than a job at Tel Aviv Walmart if they don't discover and
publish... so they write grants for digs near established sites / communities, and stay employed sifting rock in culturally safe areas... not unless some shepard stumbles upon a rare find in an unexpected place do you
get archeological interest and action in remote places... not at all surprising that the pottery and other evidence of the Exodus and other biblical events lie waiting to be discovered... doesn't mean not there... just not found yet...
Consider this: you've
worked hard to write your book, taken great pains to
publish it correctly,
gotten good reviews, done appearances, and promoted your book far and wide.
Anyone
considering the self -
publishing route needs to do their homework first, to become more aware of the pitfalls, as well as the positive aspects of
getting their
work published.
And finally,
consider the new self
publishing assistance programs like joint venture
publishing where you
get a full service approach including an editor who will polish your
work to a professional level.
My English instructor suggested I
consider getting some of my
work published, but I was too scared at the time.
We also confirmed with all of them that they would not
consider a writer's
work to have been «
published» if the writer were to upload a portion of that
work to a community site for the purposes of workshopping and
getting critiques.
The type of
work you have written is one of the most important factors to
consider when you want to
get it
published.
Here's an idea from Self -
Publishing Relief: Although it's not right for everyone,
getting your e-book into the Kindle Unlimited program is one of the options you should
consider when researching the best marketing strategies for your
work.
Works of these lengths are generally
considered novellas and novelettes, and are generally harder to
get published because they are too long for magazines and too short to be a novel, so they usually end up in some sort of collection or compilation.
Most of my favorite
work has been done by self -
published indies whose
work I can't even imagine
getting picked up by a big publisher because rarely does what I read fall into what the big publishers
consider to be «popular» and in demand at that time.
The Legal Services Board Consumer Panel has this week
published consumer satisfaction research, which suggests that an increasing proportion of consumers
consider they are
getting good value for money from legal services, and that 84 per cent are content with the outcome of their legal
work.