Publish my first book

I have strated writing my first book. Lots of things I have planned for it. I am gonna start seriously now with my writing. Thanks for the support guys. Take care. :)

this is my most scary goal. i have about 250 pages of massively disorganized but related materials and i’d love to be able to finish it and get it published one day.

I really want to publish my book. I don’t really care if I’m not the youngest writer, I just want people to like my book. It’s important to me that I am succesfull in making people happy.

I’ve been working on a book about highway travel in the United States for the past thirty years. Had a few nibbles from publishers a few years back, but nothing panned out. My manuscript is nearing completion. I hope to have something in print within two years.

Sure I’ve published little things, but I’m talking about BIG things baby!

Getting the first book published was such a huge effort for me, it’s lots of work and it’s hard work too. The satisfaction after it comes so unexpectedly in the end!

i have a poetry of mine on poetry.com under my name Joyce Bickham title Make -Believe Island,also the poem has been publish in the book timeless voices,the international Libary of poetry,soon to be recorded as a song aswell,but id like to have a poetry book of my own published soon,im working on it.

My first novel, Shining Star, is now published, ISBN: 1-4116-5667-9

It is available from:

Lulu.com

Amazon.com

You can also download it for free:

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And yeah, I self-published it and had a BALL. It was a lot of fun and empowering.

I was talking to a friend about my goal of getting The Occupational Adventure Guide published, and she encouraged me not to discount self-publishing as an option. I ran across an interesting article in USA Today about the new options available for that.

Part of it boils down to my goal for publishing a book. While it would be fabulous to rake in piles of cash for it, I see it more as a way to create a bigger footprint and more substance to my reputation by generating more national media exposure and ratcheting up awareness of me, my business, and my ideas.

I know for an author like me (new and unproven) the marketing would be pretty much my responsibility whether I get a publisher or go the self-publishing route, so that’s not much of a factor in the decision. Ultimately, I’m just not sure that a self-published book is going to have the credibility to be able to get people’s attention (e.g., people in the media).

The immediate question that comes up is, “Do you know that?” Of course, the answer is no. Looks like more research is needed.