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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Christina" data-source="post: 1326236" data-attributes="member: 3077"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">You can break into the market, certainly. The delusions come from thinking you'll make a lot of money at it. It CAN happen, but it isn't likely to happen, especially if you are a freelancer.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">If you just want to break in as a writer, start answering some of the open calls that companies post here. When you've contributed to a few things, you'll have something to point to when you approach publishers for larger jobs.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">If you are writing, then you can call yourself a writer. If you are published, then you can call yourself a published writer. That's all there is to it.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Uh...if that's the case, you better self-publish. The publishing company always gets the final say--they are forking out the money on the project, after all. And you'll have to accept the editor's changes, too. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">To write the book, depending on size and your writing speed, can take anywhere from a month to a year. Mongoose has writers knocking out 128-page books in a month's time. If you are talking final product, then you have to add on editing time, art requests, and layout--these can add 3-4 months to the production deadline.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I've collaborated on several books, and on a few, I had little contact with the other authors. Pulling it off really requires a good editor/developer. Otherwise, the book comes off as a chaotic mess of varying visions. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Hope that helps.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Christina</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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