It's been eye-opening to me (and a few of my aspiring writer friends) that getting published isn't the get-rich-switch we'd once imagined it to be. I sold KotW two years ago, it's done pretty darn well by debut standards, and I still rely on my restaurant job to pay the rent. Something to consider, though, since you say you're 'tired' of your regular job, is dealing with that without regard for your writing, because unless you strike it HUGE, you'll still need another job to support your writing career, even after you've been published. Then, when we found a publisher, they asked me to make it 150k! That process took another six months or so. When I snagged an agent she asked me to cut it to 100k. I wrote the first three chapters and then put it aside for a year to split the old book in half and make the first part into a complete novel.įinally, while sending THAT Fireborn out to agents, I wrote Kings of the Wyld. Then I sent it out and it was rejected for being too big (it was about 250k, and most publishers want 100-150k, although there are plenty of exceptions).Įventually I came up with the concept of Kings of the Wyld. After that I realized I'd grown as a writer and needed to rewrite the first half of the book, which took another few years. I wrote a great big epic called The Fireborn that took me about seven year (writing whenever I felt like it) to finish. My 'first' novel wasn't actually Kings of the Wyld. Well, the short answer is: almost 2 years

Nicholas Eames Hi Andrea! Well, the short answer is: almost 2 years The actual answer is: more than 10.

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