Agents or lack there of....

Getting an agent is like the hardest thing ever. I always thought the publisher would be harder, but that is not the case.

When querying agents, you really have to sell them on your book. Have them believe that your story is what they are searching for. This way they will want to represent you and work hard to find you the best publisher.

I have sent out about 90 queries in the past week. So far only rejections. I'm staying hopeful though, I think I have at least a 1 in 90 odds.

When trying to get an agent, research how to write queries. Look at sample queries. You can find all this on the web.

Is it the luck of the drawl.

I DO HAVE A VOICE

Today's post I'm going to talk about our voices in writing. No matter what genre of writing we toil in, we have a voice! We can be experts or self-proclaimed experts, have an imagination, be innovated and of course unique.

Our styles with our voice have a quality that is needed and wanted in the writing world!

Try never to let someone sell you short or make you think that you don't know what you’re saying. You have a voice! I have a voice!

Not only that, others want to hear it!

I write children's books. I have two that have been published, just finished a third and working on my next one.

I am no expert by any means, but I have an imagination and think I tell a pretty captivating, interesting and exciting child's tale about 2 crazy poodles and their adventures.

Someone just had the nerve to ask me "What do you know what to say to them", because I don't have children. Not only was that rude and throwing negative vibes at me, but so completely wrong. Who doesn't know what to say to kids, I was a kid once, I have been around children and I have 4 nieces and 1 nephew.

Yes I was offended, but I didn't allow the remark to hinder me or my confidence in any way.

Just remember that if your passion is writing in any genre, you have a voice and others will want to hear it!!!

The biggest thing with publishing when your "not" well known is that you have to do most of the marketing. But how and where to I start.

I took my nieces to see the new Shrek movie, it was great. I laughed out loud!

On the way home I was admiring the imaginations of the writers of this movie. And then thinking what an amazing job that would be. Just to come up with these stories and characters all day. How do I get that job?

For now, I will continue to look for marketing avenues and ways to get an audience for my children stories.