| For many writers there is a view of publishing | | | | press where you will not make back your initial |
| where they have a sort of compartments where | | | | investment but the actual process of |
| you need to go to different publishers to get a | | | | self-publishing your fiction novel. For self-publishing |
| fiction book published or a nonfiction book | | | | you will need to have your own ISBN and your |
| published. For the most part this holds true for | | | | own business plan which includes the timeline for |
| new authors of the various genres and styles of | | | | editing and writing and publishing and marketing |
| writing. Most writers who want to publish have | | | | your work. |
| the book known as the writers market close by | | | | Still, I believe that in some ways it is easier to |
| to look at the information provided in this book. It | | | | write and publish fiction than it is to do the same |
| is an invaluable resource for all writers and even | | | | with nonfiction. Often writers take the view that |
| having a copy of the previous years version is | | | | they can only write and publish in one type of |
| often very helpful. | | | | writing (in this case, nonfiction or fiction.) In reality |
| Still fiction writing and publishing is something many | | | | there are many successful fiction writers who |
| writers want to do. It is possible that they want | | | | have branched out into nonfiction and the reverse |
| to write fiction since in the media there are more | | | | is true. Publishing fiction is all about passion and |
| success stories about writers who have made a | | | | you will need a lot of passion to build a name and |
| lot of money with their fiction novels. There is not | | | | a reputation for yourself. That is where most |
| as many stories of authors who write nonfiction | | | | new authors do not like the publishing process: the |
| in the media. In fact according to many literary | | | | time needed to see success in the fiction world. |
| agents it is often far easier to break into the | | | | At the same time it is harder to publish fiction |
| nonfiction publishing industry than it is to break | | | | because of the time that it takes to publish and |
| into the fiction publishing industry. | | | | to market a work of fiction as opposed to a |
| If you intend to self-publish the question becomes | | | | nonfiction piece. The very thing that makes |
| something more interesting. If you are writing | | | | writers want to see money right away is the |
| fiction and intend to self-publish, will you be able to | | | | very thing that stops them from seeing publishing |
| sell your books? This is not referring to a vanity | | | | success in the fiction world. |