right on! i will keep this one. thank you

asa

Annabel,

This was priceless for any writer or would be writer. Loved it.

Mary

I Don't wear a helmet
My head's hard as a rock
My heart is protected
By an emotional lock
My breathing is easy
Unless I am runnning
Won't fall for the publisher's
Guile and cunning
I can't be discouraged
A fact that can't be denied
Attempting to be published
I heve never even tried
I believe in myself
I think I write swell
But the cold hearted fact is
I'm lazy as hell

Patrick

You said it in a nutshell, believe in yourself, never judge yourself by the opinion of others. I liked this Annabel!

Cute too..

Teresa

Great advise Annabelle. I wish this had been wriiten qute a whlie ago.They can really tear ones hopes apart!...M

I like what you’ve said here, Annabel! You’ll welcome riches if it comes from your writing, but you are not setting mind on it. And so, you will no longer be disappointed by publishers; instead, be encouraged that you are a blessing to many readers everywhere

All of what you said is good advice, thanks, Annabel.

Deborah

It's all about money. If a publisher thinks they can make money from your book, they will publish it. You can do what most of us have done, and that is use one of the many POD (print on demand) publishers out there. But don't expect that they will do any editing, formatting, promoting, or selling, your book. If you publish this way as I have, you will still have to edit, promote and sell your book. Beware of up selling offers that give you low price to start and then offer many more things at a higher cost with no benefit. Booklocker.com sued Amazon when it tried to take over all of POD publishing. I've been with them for thirteen years and have no complaints. Try writersweekly.com for the lowdown, get published and get copyrighted in Canada and the USA.

And good luck… We all need that too. Very few writers ever make a buck at it. BTW, poetry books don't sell. That's why my publisher refuses to publish them.

Ron

Following your heart and believing in yourself are truly the best ways to live and to write.

words of wisdom written with humor
budd

I am like you Anna, I do not expect fame or fortune either I just write because I love to and it’s a get away to drift off into another world for a brief moment as this was an Awesome write my friend Laura

Anna, you do know that it took me twenty-six years to get "The Climbing Boy" published and, in the meantime (most of this time being before computers)I sent thousands of queries to thousands of agents and publishers all going out first class mail with a first class return envelope enclosed. Luckily, finally I was able to get all three books published (none self-published) but for all the good it's done me I probably haven't made enough to pay for all of the queries, envelopes and double postage.
Good, realistic poem, though.
Mark

Amen. Great, well written as usual with a little humor too.

I finally gave up on the New York publishers and started trying to attract publishers wherever they were. Nothing doing there either. Fifteen years later, I'm growing older by the day, I decided if I was ever going to hold a book I had written in my hands it would have to be self-publishing, and I haven't regretted it one bit, Lulu.com and I have a thing going on. Thirteen novels and one memoir later I'm still writing and publishing.