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The #1 Secret
                             to help you get published


Shifting from "telling" to "selling"

This is a fabulous time to be a writer.

There have never been so many opportunities to get published. Amazon.com offers over eleven million (11,000,000) titles. Another six million (6,000,000) titles--in English--are offered for sale in Canada, England, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. At some point, every one of these authors were at the point where you may be right now. They had a manuscript and wanted to become published. They accomplished their goal. So can you!

However~ 
Due to the digital age, thousands of people who can type and have a computer, or ipad think they are writers. They reason, "I have the tools of a writer, ergo, I am a writer." That's like believing if you have a hammer in one hand and nails in the other, you can build a porch. HAHAHA! (Not on my house).

Busy little bees that they are, these keyboard wizards pump out query letters,synopses, book proposals, and manuscripts, and submit them endlessly. This creates a log jam of material--some of it snail mailed, some of it emailed--that agents and editors must dig through to find the next Hemmingway, Clancy or Rowlings.

Your challenge, as a writer, is to understand that the competition is for attention, not for quality. You must stand out from the majority of submissions flooding the publishing world. Particularly now that the majority of agents prefer emailed query letter submission.

How to get an agent? Focus your attention on the query~

Understand what the query letter is. It's a sales document. It's purpose is to motivate the agent to ask for a manuscript submission.

So, first, make a mind-set shift. Begin to think like the agent (or editor or publisher) who will be reading your query letter.

What do they want?

They want to know W-I-I-F-M, meaning "What's In It For me?" Are you a writer with skill and a salable manuscript? Agents need manuscripts that publishers will want to acquire. Agents also want to meet talented writers who have inner worlds populated with stories waiting to be written.

Suggestion~
Re-think your phrase “I need an agent.” Turn it around. "Agents need me to create a continual supply of well-written material to sell to publishers." Start declaring, "Agents need me!"

Change your mindset~ 
The mindset you employed as you created your manuscript is the exact opposite of the one required to sell it. You'll be making a shift from "gut wrenching creativity" into hard-core business mode. If sales aren’t your gig, don’t worry. Any human smart and determined enough to complete a manuscript also is smart and determined enough to learn how to shift from "telling to selling" and write the necessary "sales" documents.

Your publishing career begins with the query~
However, if the task of writing a query gives you a raging headache (and craving for chocolate or donuts) be assured that you can learn to do it. After all, you did learn how to write a book manuscript.

If you're stuck, I can help you. More information on my writer's consultation package is available on the Writer's Services page.

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