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Message: <blockquote data-quote="yangnome" data-source="post: 3409605" data-attributes="member: 7413">PC.  The industry is different for fiction vs. non-fiction.  For fiction, it generally works like this (assuming you are looking for a big publisher):1.  You write a manuscript, then rewrite and polish it.  (add in as much procrastination as you like)2. You start to query agents about your project (any industry contacts help in this step, meeting agents at writing conferences also can help)3.  You slog through reject letters until someone asks for a partial or full look at your manuscript4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until an agent likes what they read and feels they can represent it.  5. Sign contract with agent (no up front money if dealing with a reputable agent, general deal is 15% first publishing rights)6. Agent shops book around to publisher.  The agent may or may not work with you to polish the book7. Agent finds a publisher.  They may or may not have an editor work with you to polish up the book.8. Book eventually gets published9.  Receive a check that is a lot smaller than you thought it would beSupposedly this gets easier with subsequent novels since you already have an agent.  of course novels that don't sell well force many authors to have to find new agents, or even write under different names.  If you don't care about the big publishing houses, you could always work with a small publisher or self-publish through a site like Lulu.com.  You won't get their marketing efforts or see your book in bookstores, but you will see it in print an dyou can sell it to family and friends (and whoever buys into your marketing) via online stores.  There have been a few success stories that have gone this route and later been picked up by larger publishers.</blockquote>

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