What next?
So have you finished? Are you close? Even if you’re not, don’t give up. Sven isn’t a win/lose thing. As long as you keep writing, you win.
But for those that have already finished, if this is your first-or possibly your tenth ;)-some of you are probably wondering what next?
Well, there’s no easy answer to that. The thing with being a writer is that it doesn’t stop with the last word of the book. It doesn’t stop after you’ve finally finished that final, final draft. It doesn’t stop after you’ve had a friend read it for type-o’s, grammar, misspellings, etc.
Writing the book is really only the first step if you want to try to get it published. But every single one of us take a different route to getting published. Every one of us took a different route while trying to get published.
From here, you’ve got a few options. Do you think the book is ready for publication? Is it one you’d buy and read if somebody else wrote it? If so, then do your homework, start shopping around. Are you going to try for traditional publishing or maybe give e-publishing a start? Have you looked for an agents? Do you WANT an agent?
The internet is a vast resource for writers-maybe even a guidebook. You need to pick your route, but you’ve got options on which path to take.
Here are a few places to maybe help get you started-because beyond saying do your homework, I’m lousy at telling people what to do next. But others are great at it.
