Very encouraging to hear about this. I have been carrying around manuscripts for a while, and have my first book coming out with a small but respectable publishing house in one month, after having given up hope several times. Thanks for sharing your story, I hope it will reach many aspiring and talented writers. Stories like this can mean the world to someone who is one of those wallflowers you describe...
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Congratulations, on your first book, how exciting!
Never despair, it only gets better from here. Also, try to be as active as possible about getting book word out (small) publishers can only do so much.
Start working, now, (if you’ve not already) trying to get book reviews, online & ideally in print, too.
Start local, and radiate out. Get your (enthusiastic) readers to help you, too.
I wish you best of luck at the beginning of your journey & that you might find good homes for those other manuscripts, over time 🙏🏼
Thanks, yes, I guess I should be more active in trying to get reviews & the word out more. It's a philosophy for general audience, so will have to think of how to do reach people. I'm very bad at networking & marketing, rather spend my time writing... but of course you're absolutely right.
I'm following you now, looking forward if you would write about how to approach that... the hurdle after finding the publisher so to speak ;)
Networking & marketing are half of the Work, I’m afraid (on Steemit, too ;) You might begin by approaching Philosophy Now magazine (most popular philosophy magazine in the UK & maybe the world).
Read them, online, first and if they won’t consider reviewing your work, maybe they or others might feature an excerpt. Submit to various outlets to increase your chances
Try and enjoy this part, too, of your research & becoming a published writer :)
Thank you, for joining me; if you scroll back, you’ll find some philosophical pieces.
Yeah, I know of Philosophy Now... But this is a Dutch book (my first English book will come out this autumn), so the market is slightly more limited than that.
But yes, I'm enjoying it. Just need to stop planning and actually doing something to reach out more. Thanks!