Forget the Get Rich Quick idea. Don't believe in If You Build it They Will Come fantasy. Selling a story is a business. You want to start a restaurant so you find a really "CHEAP" barn to lease. You refurbish it, put all the equipment in it, hire help, and..., wait for customers who never show. (Kinda kin to posting on Amazon)

Sure you have a great novel or short story. If you think Amazon is going to magically make it into a Best Seller, call me. I have some beautiful ocean front property in Oklahoma to sell. This is a one time offer and it will go fast. Meet me at the Red Dog Salon at midnight. Bring a hundred thousand cash and this sweet heart deal of a lifetime is yours. I'll even toss in the Golden State Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge for free.

Writing the novel was the easy part even if it took you years to pen that next War and Peace or Gone With the Wind. Getting it out there and being paid real money for your talents takes business intelligence which sadly most writers do NOT have. That's why writers need agents and publishers to take care of the promotions. It is why singers need agents to take care of the promotions. It is why inventors need agents to take care of promotions.

But sadly, most writers are unknown. The public not only doesn't buy books from unknown, agents and publishers seldom touch unknown.

Now that I rained on your parade with the truth; the other side of the coin. It is possible to become a Best Seller with perseverance and determination. You thought it was worth the effort to write. Do you think it is worth the effort to publish? Then PUSH it out there with a plan. Contact writer's agents, publishers in your genre, and don't take rejection as a no. Be a vacuum cleaner salesman. They can tell you no a hundred times. All they have to do is say yes one time.

I wish everyone who wants to be a published author a success in their own lifetime.

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