From: nicky.matthews@btinternet.com   
      
   On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 2:34:45 AM UTC+1, Jymesion wrote:   
   > On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:23:35 -0700 (PDT), Nicky   
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   > > Ok I have been having a sort out and clearing the decks  and  re-aquainted   
   myself with my trunk novels.    
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   > >I have a YA novel which I'll never sell    
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   > >A chick lit novel I'll probably never sell   
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   > >A weird demon/chick lit thing I'll definitely never sell.   
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   > >Do you think it is best to edit them and self publish/send out again or   
   focus on something new that I might sell?   
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   > I can't say what's "best" because the novel market eludes me.   
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   > Perhaps it'll help if I tell you what doesn't work --   
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   > My primary fantasy novel was turned down by dozens of agents. I'm   
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   > supposed to be editing it down to below 100K words before submitting   
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   > to more agents, but it wasn't full of fat to begin with, so that's not   
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   > getting done.   
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   > My primary sf novel was rejected by half a dozen publishers. It was on   
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   > the edge of unusual when I wrote it, more so now. I doubt that editing   
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   > could make it more mainstream sf.   
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   > Sadly, self-publishing isn't an option for me. Because of my   
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   > disability, I can't use a telephone. Amazon (and a lot of other sites)   
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   > won't let you have an account if you don't have a phone number.    
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   > It's really a Catch-22 -- I can't self-publish because I don't have an   
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   > agent who could field phone calls for me, but if I had an agent, I   
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   > wouldn't need to self-publish.   
      
   That's irritating. I was looking at Smashwords - didn't notice that a   
   telephone number was required but then I have one. Can't you use the number of   
   a friend or have a disposable mobile number ? ( here that would cost very   
   little) I doubt anyone actually    
   rings it - it's more for verification.   
   I've decided that novels are doing me little good knocking round my hard drive   
   and as long as they don't damage my rep by being a bit rubbish they might as   
   well be out there somehow. However self publishing is quite a lot of work and   
   it's the kind of    
   work I am very bad at...   
      
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