From: nicky.matthews@btinternet.com   
      
   On Saturday, August 30, 2014 5:21:32 PM UTC+1, Kevin C wrote:   
   > On Sunday, August 17, 2014 5:28:58 PM UTC-4, Nicky wrote:   
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   > >  So I wanted to ask what are people working on and where are they?   
   Published? Self published? Seeking representation or just writing for pleasure?   
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   > Only one published out of countless manuscripts. Have a non-fiction project   
   stalled on artwork that will be self-published due to size and subject. And -   
   I''m not throwing a pity party here - since my skills have apparently   
   plateaued on a substandard    
   level and declined, that becoming a professional writer just isn't going to   
   happen.   
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   I don't know why you would think your skills have necessarily plateaued or   
   declined. It is very difficult to get conventionally published these days and   
   not succeeding at that isn't always a comment on the quality of your writing,   
   though obviously it can    
   be. Anyway a new idea may have success where a previous failed just because   
   some ideas are more fashionable or commercial than others.   
   >snippage   
   > One editor did suggest, out of the blue, going self-publishing in a certain   
   genre, and maybe that's an option, but at this point it seems useless.   
      
   It is a bit of a faff I think, which is largely what is putting me off. The   
   idea of reformatting my mss fills me with horror but OTOH  you may get some   
   readers you wouldn't get if it stayed in the drawer. As writers we want to be   
   read and these days you    
   can be.    
   I am considering self pub for just that reason. The work I have hanging around   
   won't set the world on fire, but is perfectly OK and some people might like   
   it. I worked quite hard in writing it, why not send it out there?   
      
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