Do you want to be a professional author? The kind who can quit their day job and still pay the bills? The No Bullshit Guide to Publishing Your Romance can help you achieve that goal.
This is the straight scoop—the nice and the not-so-nice aspects of the romance industry. The No Bullshit Guide to Publishing Your Romance will help the newbie author, or even a veteran author looking to make positive career changes, gain a foothold in an extremely competitive market by providing honest insight on all aspects of the romance industry.
Should you hire an agent? Sign with a large New York house or a small press? What about self-publishing? How do you submit to a publisher? What should you keep in mind when presented with a publishing contract? The No Bullshit Guide helps answer these questions and more.
We will also give you an inside look at common career pitfalls—and there are many. The industry is rife with stories about authors who may have had a bright future, but made very bad decisions that cost them their careers. It’s a true shame when this happens, and we want to make sure it doesn’t happen to you.
Ultimately, our goal is to give each of you the knowledge and the confidence to pursue your dreams of becoming a published author. But more than that, once you are published, we hope the information contained in this book will help you to STAY published. And then you can quit your day job.
About the Authors:
Leigh Collett has been an avid reader of romance for more than 30 years and has been a published writer for 29 years. She first published a short story in a literary magazine at the age of 17, with several freelance news articles and professional protocol journals published in following years. Leigh holds three degrees and is finishing her MBA. She spent 11 years as an Administrative Consultant, but she decided to retire from consulting in order to pursue her dreams within the publishing industry.
She is currently the CEO for Resplendence Publishing, which she co-founded with Jessica Berry in 2008. Leigh has been a member of RWA, Kentucky Romance Writers, Florida Romance Writers, FF&P, and EPIC.
Jessica Berry obtained her BA in Psychology from the University of Central Florida in 2001, and she has since taught language arts to students on various levels, from Kindergarten to college. Her first love, however, is editing romantic fiction for publication and overseeing all elements of the publication process—from submissions to print book design and formatting. In addition to her professional writing and editing experience, Jessica has attended and taught various workshops on the craft of writing. She is an avid reader, and has been devouring an average of 3 books per week for almost twenty years. This has given her a deep appreciation of the craft and the authors who practice it.
This is the straight scoop—the nice and the not-so-nice aspects of the romance industry. The No Bullshit Guide to Publishing Your Romance will help the newbie author, or even a veteran author looking to make positive career changes, gain a foothold in an extremely competitive market by providing honest insight on all aspects of the romance industry.
Should you hire an agent? Sign with a large New York house or a small press? What about self-publishing? How do you submit to a publisher? What should you keep in mind when presented with a publishing contract? The No Bullshit Guide helps answer these questions and more.
We will also give you an inside look at common career pitfalls—and there are many. The industry is rife with stories about authors who may have had a bright future, but made very bad decisions that cost them their careers. It’s a true shame when this happens, and we want to make sure it doesn’t happen to you.
Ultimately, our goal is to give each of you the knowledge and the confidence to pursue your dreams of becoming a published author. But more than that, once you are published, we hope the information contained in this book will help you to STAY published. And then you can quit your day job.
About the Authors:
Leigh Collett has been an avid reader of romance for more than 30 years and has been a published writer for 29 years. She first published a short story in a literary magazine at the age of 17, with several freelance news articles and professional protocol journals published in following years. Leigh holds three degrees and is finishing her MBA. She spent 11 years as an Administrative Consultant, but she decided to retire from consulting in order to pursue her dreams within the publishing industry.
She is currently the CEO for Resplendence Publishing, which she co-founded with Jessica Berry in 2008. Leigh has been a member of RWA, Kentucky Romance Writers, Florida Romance Writers, FF&P, and EPIC.
Jessica Berry obtained her BA in Psychology from the University of Central Florida in 2001, and she has since taught language arts to students on various levels, from Kindergarten to college. Her first love, however, is editing romantic fiction for publication and overseeing all elements of the publication process—from submissions to print book design and formatting. In addition to her professional writing and editing experience, Jessica has attended and taught various workshops on the craft of writing. She is an avid reader, and has been devouring an average of 3 books per week for almost twenty years. This has given her a deep appreciation of the craft and the authors who practice it.
