I certainly second that notion. Having a "ready to go" project is a powerful
selling point when looking for someone to undertake publishing.
-----Original Message-----
From: Garth Wood [mailto:garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:45
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Collectors' Guide
*Ahem*.
Might I suggest an alternative to finding a publisher for the first
go-round?
Let's self-publish. All the tools exist (Hell, they're all on my
workstation in my office), and having a completed project would probably be
of more interest to any potential publisher than a presentation of ideas --
in much the same way a brand-new fiction writer, with no reputation, would
be better to have a completed manuscript ready than to march into a meeting
with a publisher armed only with his/her ideas and a 5,000-word story
outline (some don't even do that).
If we can't ever find a publisher, we *still* have the self-published
manuscript, and can sell it through any alternate channels we wish and can
find or create. CD-ROM, subscription-only website, .PDF manuscript,
low-volume "vanity" publishing, the possibilities go on and on...
And the other benefit to this? The work actually gets done, because we
aren't waiting with bated breath to see whether some publisher likes our
idea enough to actually spur us on to work. "Just Do It" is Nike's motto --
if we're serious, let's make it ours as well, and worry about finding a
publisher after it's complete.
Garth
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