How to Get Published

By: Printers Devil

The non-fiction world can have some of the same pitfalls as writing good fiction. If you write either, you can learn from the mistakes of others.

We received an inquiry from a fellow who is obviously intelligent and has something to say. He’s written a book on his experiences with a local governmental body and the corruption that goes on.

This sort of thing is a potential top seller for a local market, but he started the thing with what looks like a biography that almost put me to sleep. Now, I’ve only seen the first 1000 words of his book and I’m not “sold” on it. Nor would a customer be sold unless s/he had a high boredom threshhold.

What should he do? (more…)