Tuesday, May 31, 2016

How not to get published

How not to get published.


1.             Turn on computer.
2.          Check emails for replies from any of the thirty-seven publishers you’ve sent your manuscript to.
3.          Check Facebook.
4.          Two hours and many cat videos later, check your email again, just to be sure.
5.           Read ads about making a truckload of money by blogging.
6.           Three hours later turn off computer in frustration.
7.           Eat.
8.           Swear off writing.
9.           Slink back to your computer.
10.                                 Repeat steps 1 – 8.
11.       Watch movie.
12.                                 Start writing a screenplay for a better movie than the one you just watched.
13.                                 Go to bed, dreaming of characters and dialogue.
14.                                 Start again tomorrow.