Hugh's post on the Lilliana Nirvana technique makes it clear what new writers should do: spend several years writing and submitting to
traditional agents until you have a backlog of manuscripts — then self - publish them all at once.
Not exact matches
From
agents to bad contracts to bad editing,
traditional publishing isn't a path I would suggest
until things level out.
In the
traditional real estate model —
agents risk putting all of their work out there, and literally, have no guarantees of payment
until the property closes.