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pacwriter
Wisdom Member
Post Number:
905
Registered: 04-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 03:18 pm: |   |
How many writers are there in the USA and Canada?
Judging from the writer sites on the web, the registed and unregistered users -- it seems like millions. No wonder it is so hard to get attention from a publisher or agent. |
Sheila Schmidt
Hsympothai Member
Post Number:
325
Registered: 05-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 03:52 pm: | |
Hey Pac! Glad to see you are on the boards! Must mean Isabel didn't cause too much of a problem for you? Hope that is the case!
Sheila |
Donny Ray
Awareness Member
Post Number:
1
Registered: 10-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 02:04 pm: | |
 Hi Pac,
This is true. There are so many writers right now who are trying to get into the major industry, it is almost a must for agents and editors to reject 99.9 percent of submissions. The industry is flooded, flooded, flooded.
Unless you have something so special and original, it will be difficult to get a reputable agent to accept it and take it on. Getting a major contract is really a matter of persistence...and a whole lot of luck.
Donny Ray - Literary Agent/Consultant/Writer
http://www.literaryagent.2ya.com |
Donny Ray
Awareness Member
Post Number:
2
Registered: 10-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 02:06 pm: | |
Oh...and of course, you can always vanity publish. But I don't suggest it. |
Steven Shrewsbury
Wandering Member
Post Number:
281
Registered: 04-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 08:04 pm: | |
I am sure there are plenty of writers.
I see from my searches that there are plenty of agents.
The trouble is getting one interested in an idea, that may just be special, sellable and marketable.
Define a good agent. I really would like to meet one. |
Laurel Johnson
Unity Member
Post Number:
2348
Registered: 01-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2003 - 04:12 am: | |
I gave up on querying agents long ago. I will sink or swim on my own. |
Steven Shrewsbury
Wandering Member
Post Number:
284
Registered: 04-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2003 - 05:29 am: | |
I'd like to think I have a pretty good resume. I'd like to think the novel I have edited and ready is a marketable idea. Does one have to KNOW someone to get an agent? |
F.E. Mazur (Unregistered Guest)
Work-in-progress guest
Posted From: 67.29.205.14
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2003 - 05:35 am: | |
Perhaps publishers should demand that writers return to the typewriter. That would reduce the number quickly. |
pacwriter
Wisdom Member
Post Number:
967
Registered: 04-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2003 - 06:24 am: | |
You have a valid point. A typewriter would could the numbers by millions in a hurry.
My first computer was a Vic 10 - cassette tape for saving. The word processor was created by me punching in thousands of lines of code.
Before that, I was doing "fillers" for magazines on the typewriter and writing my first novel. Carbons were a fun way to make a copy.
http://www.pacwriter.netfirms.com/ |
Fred Dungan
Hsympothai Member
Post Number:
361
Registered: 10-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2003 - 09:55 pm: | |
I am of the opinion that there are not enough writers. The more writers there are, the more meaningful the competition. Struggle, like nothing else, hones an author's skills to a keen edge.
http://www.fdungan.com/vigilantes.htm
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F.E. Mazur (Unregistered Guest)
Work-in-progress guest
Posted From: 171.75.100.237
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, October 17, 2003 - 06:48 am: | |
Fred--
My comment was just that, a comment. I like the fact that more people make efforts to express themselves, although that effort should be accompanied by another which takes note there are times when we each should shut our trap. (Remember Pat Paulsen's presidential-run slogan? 'America! Shut up!') Because of computers and word-processing software, it can be just too easy for some of us to 'express' ourselves and deliver a spiel on anything. And that's not to point a finger at anyone in particular, myself included
There have been times at the keyboard, when I have been on the proverbial roll, that I felt I could remove my fingers from the keys and they would continue on unabated, putting down thoughts and phrases while I went out and dug a few post holes. That feeling never happened in the days of the typewriter. I used to know a lot of folks who would 'hunt and peck' at the typewriter. That phrase is one I never hear any longer in the world of compouters. |
Fred Dungan
Hsympothai Member
Post Number:
363
Registered: 10-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, October 17, 2003 - 08:54 pm: | |
Sorry, I guess I got carried away. |
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