There are many immigrant women who love to write but is afraid to put pen to paper for many reason. Do what you love to do and the rewards will come. This is an inspiring story of a young woman who published her first e-book and now she has just signed a multi-million dollar contract with an established publisher. These days business people in the arts - books, music, visual art etc. do not want to take too much risk on the unknown, therefore you have to take a risk on yourself, just do it and then when you do those business people will come forward with the financial energy to help you. Follow your heart and take charge of your dreams.
By the time she was 17, Hocking had completed her first novel, “Dreams I Can’t Remember,” which she sent to every agent she could find through Google and “Writer’s Market.” All of them — “about 50,” she said — rejected her, mostly with form letters. Today she doesn’t think the agents made a mistake, and blames her query letter as much as the work itself. “I was whiny and depressed and thought life was going to be handed to me.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/magazine/amanda-hocking-storyseller.html?_
i love her stories. im 14, and i like to think of myself as a "novelist in training" ive written an entire novel, (300 pgs) but i am currently working on expanding the plot and trying to "mature" the story. amanda hocking is a great inspiration of mine :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, that is so true. If you've written a novel of 300 pages you are a novelist and a writer, claim it my dear and good luck on your journey
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