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Originally Posted by Respenus
As a wanna be writer to a real one: Congratulations! 
An OT question though. How long did it take you to write it? Just curious. Did you write a bit every day, once a week, did you have any BIG writing sessions? And if I may be so bold, what do you do for a living?
Well, I hope it sells well and that people will enjoy it! |
Some years ago, I made a fair amount of money selling yachts and decided it was the moment to go into writing full time. Even though I did get an additional grant, this proved to be economically a disastrous decission. I had calculated that in 5 years I would have something published. Wrong! You can't come in with your first book and compete against the BIG boys in the thriller business (Ask Clancy). Finally, I gave up and went with a small press with ambitions.
While working on Kingmaker, I wrote for a minimum of 5 hours a day. It took me 4 months to write the first draft. Then, a virus attacked my computer and I didn't have Kingmaker backed up. So, it took me another 3 months to rewrite it. 9 Drafts later, I thought the book was ready to submit.
I did get a literary agent who wasted my time for 18 months wanting to sell a smaller book of mine to get me in the market. Finally, I fired him.
Light Sword picked me up about a year ago, and Kingmaker went through two full edits. So the book was revised 11 times. Total time from the moment I asked myself what would happen to a CIA agent who refused to modify a report to suit a political agenda to today is a little over five years.
I don't recmmend the writer's life to anyone. But, if you must write, never give up.