How to publish a book?

**Blazer06** · March 26th, 2005, 11:30 PM

Anybody have any information on this?

I am 50% through my book, Three Rooms in Hell, and eventually want to get it published.

(it's fiction, BTW)

-Blaze

**-FMA** · March 27th, 2005, 12:26 AM

DIYS
http://www.authorhouse.com/
Oh wait here is some info that may help
http://www.caderbooks.com/pubfaq.html

**willy_ph** · March 27th, 2005, 01:27 AM

Originally Posted by Blazer06

Anybody have any information on this?

I am 50% through my book, Three Rooms in Hell, and eventually want to get it published.

(it's fiction, BTW)

-Blaze

Don't bother. You're under 30 and trying to write fiction. It will not get published.

**The Real Bingo** · March 27th, 2005, 01:33 AM

Yeah, Willy's got a point. When was the last time you read a book written by a high schooler?

**-FMA** · March 27th, 2005, 01:46 AM

Originally Posted by The Real Bingo

Yeah, Willy's got a point. When was the last time you read a book written by a high schooler?

Where is the faith!
I belive in ya Blaze! You can be like the first HS to get a fiction book published and have people enjoy it!
Well good luck to ya.

**jmebonner** · March 27th, 2005, 03:02 AM

www.cafepress.com might be worth looking into Blaze. When can we preorder it? Mark me down for one.

j

edit: more specifically http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/sell/books.aspx

**XxCowOfChaosxX** · March 27th, 2005, 04:56 AM

Ask your English teacher...

**rastorize** · March 27th, 2005, 10:39 AM

Who knows - he could become the Britney Spears of Literature - start a teen revolution through literature just like Britney S, Jessica S, Hilary Duff, and others did through music.

**RobRich** · March 27th, 2005, 10:47 AM

Don't bother. You're under 30 and trying to write fiction. It will not get published.

I work entirely in the nonfiction sector, but I will agree with Willy concerning fiction. Fiction is a tough market, and you will need the right connections to have your work published. You can still send your draft to various publishers for consideration, but expect to go through several before hearing anything positive.

**-FMA** · March 27th, 2005, 11:28 AM

Can we read it?

**Knothead** · March 27th, 2005, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by RobRich

You can still send your draft to various publishers for consideration, but expect to go through several before hearing anything positive.

Well, yeah, but then again, that's what it's all about for any creative person trying to get something published. It's okay.

I've always thought that the feat of getting something into the public eye is equal parts of creating it in the first place, then the task of getting it known!

Gotta "shop" that manuscript, guy! Make those connections!

**Strawdog** · March 27th, 2005, 11:46 AM

Hang in there Blaze. we're pullin fo ya!

**Blazer06** · March 27th, 2005, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by -FMA

Can we read it?

When it's done, yes. But not before then. I had posted like the first four pages here at some time, but they have been revised and changed alot.

However, I guess I can tell you alittle:
Getting in hell is a must, and getting out is very easy. You need to walk to the exit, and through three rooms, before you can take the bus back to earth. You just have to make sure you don't miss your bus.
When you walk into the first room, you become all that you have ever wanted. Maybe you always wanted to be that superstar, or maybe you wanted to be that high-class lawyer. You enter this room, and the people in it recognize you as that figure, they are all congratulating you for your accomplishment. If you decide, to walk through that room rather than stay and continue to be given credit and congratulations, you walk through the door to the second room.
When you open the door to the second, and walk through you walk into you greatest sexual desire. You lust will over take you, maybe you wanted to twins to give themselves to you, and now they are. Or maybe you wanted the feeling of romantic ecstasy, you now have it. Do you pause, to fulfill your desires, for the people there are as real as you or me? Or do you go on to the third room?
The third room takes you to your deepest emotions of love. Maybe you had always loved a certain friend, although you haven't seen them for years, suddenly they are there. They break down in front of you, and confess exactly the love that you have always wanted to have from them. They hug you and hold you and beg you not to leave them. Everything starts to play out exactly as you had always dreamed it to... she confesses, and you take her in your arms, then drying her eyes with your kisses the scene continues to play out. Do you submit to your deepest inner feelings?
If you decide to leave, and leave on time, you can get back on your bus and take the trip back to life, and wake from your dream. But if you miss your bus, you are in hell to stay, forever.
But the devil is fair man. He allowed you the chance to leave, and now, he even allows you one one-minute phone call...

Thanks for all the info... hmm... I realiazed that I know a publisher in person, through my club, probably goto her first.

-Blaze

**-FMA** · March 27th, 2005, 11:55 AM

So that is actual writing for the book.
Its interesting, I don't really like books but I'll be looking forward to reading more.

**Blazer06** · March 27th, 2005, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by -FMA

So that is actual writing for the book.
Its interesting, I don't really like books but I'll be looking forward to reading more.

Nah, I just wrote that, explaining the title.

Basically:
Boy meets girl.
Boy love girl.
Boy goes to hell in a dream (on the bus) and comes back after going through the rooms. Before taking the bus back he sees girl, and tells her to make sure she doesn't miss her bus.
Girl, ineveitably, misses the bus.
Girl calls guy for one minute.
Boy goes to field to challange god, and commit suicide to enter hell and be with girl.
God fights boy, and kills boy so that boy goes to heaven to forever be apart from girl.
Boy, after much work sneaks through god's room, and takes the back door to hell.

etc. etc. etc.

-Blaze

**jokostel** · March 27th, 2005, 12:10 PM

no offense but it sounds a lot like malcom in the middle on crack.

**willy_ph** · March 27th, 2005, 12:12 PM

It isn't so much the connections that you need to make, but the life experiences, style and vocabulary that comes with age. Older individuals have a way of telling a story that takes time to develop. That is why I'm saying that your book won't get published.

In the non-fiction category it isn't so much of a concern because you're dealing with raw knowledge, theories and ideas. Fiction, however, is a different beast altogether. It is an art-form that develops with age, as it depends on creativity, method of expression and experiences that come with age.

If you're set on submitting your book, be prepared to be turned down everywhere. Instead, if they offer suggestions, take them to heart. Use them to improve your ideas, your method. Your style will evolve as you age, so don't be too concerned about overly harsh stylistic suggestions.

**Blazer06** · March 27th, 2005, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by jokostel

no offense but it sounds a lot like malcom in the middle on crack.

I have never seen malcom in the middle?

-Blaze

**jokostel** · March 27th, 2005, 12:24 PM

seems to have no meaning and a lot of running around with open ends... basically no plot and a waste of time frankly.

**Knothead** · March 27th, 2005, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by jokostel

seems to have no meaning and a lot of running around with open ends... basically no plot and a waste of time frankly.

Hmmm...sounds a lot like The Further Adventures of Harvey: Private Hamster!

Oh and Blaze? Try not to get discouraged if your friend doesn't get right back to you on it; as these people's lives are NON-STOP "Hey, read my book/script/treatment, okay?" from everybody they know.

You should see their offices, yeesh!

It takes time.