Lori Goldstein | The Children’s Book Review | July 16, 2015 I grew up on the Jersey Shore and now live outside of Boston, where on the right day, I can smell the sea from my back deck (though it still takes an hour to get to the beach). Maybe that’s why the beach is my happy place. For […]
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By: Adventures in YA Publishing,
on 7/8/2015
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We all want it even if we don’t come right out and say it: success. The trouble is, success is a moving target, constantly changing.
There was a time when “making it” was signing with an agent. When “success” was getting the book deal. “Who cares if my book hits ‘The List’? I’ll have a book on the shelves!”
Been there, said that? Yeah, me too.
Cut to two months after release. “Who cares if my book hits ‘The List’?” I do. Turns out, a lot.
Been there too? The good thing is, you and I are not alone in having hopes and dreams and goals. And those are good things to have. That’s how we got published in the first place.
Being a writer takes guts. And cojones. We who go down this path are as arrogant and cocky as we are insecure and plagued with self-doubt. Think about it: there are thousands of people trying to get a book deal every year. Agents read hundreds of query letters a week. To send a query out is to believe your work is better than the rest, that your manuscript can and should be published, that your book deserves space on bookstore and library shelves alongside household names like John Green or Suzanne Collins or J.K. Rowling (depending on your luck with the alphabet). Arrogant and cocky.
When you sign your first book publishing contract, you may think the self-doubt disappears. What few will admit is that the opposite is true. Let’s skip past the fears that come when working with an editor for the first time as here I’m talking about what happens around release.
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By: Bianca Schulze,
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We're so excited to have Lori Goldstein on the blog today, especially since she and her book Becoming Jinn were one of our First Five Pages Workshop success stories in 2013! VOYA gave Becoming Jinn a starred review saying: "The genie theme is original and appealing. Azra is likable; her struggles--even factoring in the genie issue--are real and relatable. This well-written title . . . will not stay on the shelf."
A Debut Lesson: The Trouble with Measuring Success
There was a time when “making it” was signing with an agent. When “success” was getting the book deal. “Who cares if my book hits ‘The List’? I’ll have a book on the shelves!”
Been there, said that? Yeah, me too.
Cut to two months after release. “Who cares if my book hits ‘The List’?” I do. Turns out, a lot.
Been there too? The good thing is, you and I are not alone in having hopes and dreams and goals. And those are good things to have. That’s how we got published in the first place.
Being a writer takes guts. And cojones. We who go down this path are as arrogant and cocky as we are insecure and plagued with self-doubt. Think about it: there are thousands of people trying to get a book deal every year. Agents read hundreds of query letters a week. To send a query out is to believe your work is better than the rest, that your manuscript can and should be published, that your book deserves space on bookstore and library shelves alongside household names like John Green or Suzanne Collins or J.K. Rowling (depending on your luck with the alphabet). Arrogant and cocky.
When you sign your first book publishing contract, you may think the self-doubt disappears. What few will admit is that the opposite is true. Let’s skip past the fears that come when working with an editor for the first time as here I’m talking about what happens around release.
Read more »
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