The Other Shoe Drops

Oct 23, 2016 14:02

On October 18, Janet Rosen, assistant to Sheree Bykofsky, wrote back to me to say that she had completed her reading of my manuscript and that although it was not without merit, this was not a project that Sheree Bykofsky Associates could pursue ( Read more... )

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mallorys_camera October 26 2016, 21:44:10 UTC
Oh! I'm really sad to read this, Allan! I was really happy that you were going to be published.

Question: Do you think you have other books in you?

Reason I ask is because yes, it might be prudent to cut your losses on Q. (I'm assuming there are losses, but maybe not.) It's not uncommon for writers to publish their first manuscript after their second has found an audience. If you think you have more to say on the subject, or different things to say on the subject, or different ways to phrase the things you say on the subject, you might think about giving it a shot.

You probably learned a lot writing the first book. You could target the second one using some of the feedback you got with Q.

Just a thought.

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ahunter3 October 27 2016, 05:13:01 UTC
I get this advice fairly often. It's as if people think my objective is to get a book published. It isn't.

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mallorys_camera October 27 2016, 11:40:56 UTC
I think you're making an incorrect inference. :-)

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ahunter3 October 27 2016, 15:04:14 UTC
Yeah, I think I'm kind of touchy and irritable on the subject.

I do have a second book "in the works" but it isn't as central on what I think needs to be said. It would have decent entertainment value but not better than this one, and target audience would, if anything, be more limited. There's a third and fourth waiting in the wings but I don't have a lot of interest in writing them until and unless I get the first one (and probably first two) in print.

I'm inclined to give STORY OF Q a lot more time; if I can't find a way to get it published, I think Plan B is to go back and get a PhD, then write a theory book on the subject and get it published. That's a good 5-10 year commitment that would probably have to wait until my economic situation has changed. So I plan on continuing to hawk STORY OF Q for another couple decades at least.

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mallorys_camera October 27 2016, 15:07:41 UTC
Well, like I said, writing and selling that next book -- while you continue to hawk Q -- could up Q's chances of publication. :-)

I like the PhD option, too. Lots of authors end up publishing their PhD theses.

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ahunter3 October 27 2016, 17:24:58 UTC
I was thinking along the same lines when I wrote up Take I of the second book. I blogged about trying to get it published, but it's largely back-burnered, in need of a complete rewrite.

Blog entries about it are at this tag:

http://ahunter3.livejournal.com/tag/guy%20in%20ws%20%28book%202%29

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