The Big Pay Off

Once you've written your manuscript and have submitted it to publishers and have received the exorbitant amount of rejections, you may find you get lucky and finally find a publisher who likes your story, making all of those rejections worth it.

That said, so many people write stories these days, and they wind up self publishing. Although anybody can do it, it doesn't mean they should. Writing takes a certain degree of talent, and not every Tom, Dick, and Harry can do it. And while I say "Kudos" to those who make the attempt and then put themselves out there by self publishing, I don't feel that many of them take the time to respect the craft. Writing takes a lot of research. It is an endeavor that should hold up against your story line. The story itself should not be flimsy, and it turns out that those who want a book published simply so that they can get the faux respect that comes with having a book published often do not back up their work with the strength of a real author; this, one can imagine, is disrespectful to real authors, such as myself and many others. In my opinion, and in the opinion of many other authors, you are not a legitimate author until a publisher says you are; until a publisher takes you under their wing. With the advent of self-publishing, as mentioned, anybody can do it, but again, and I cannot stress this enough, not everybody should. It's frustrating.

I would like to take this time to point out, however, that I have become friends with and am familiar with authors who do take the route of self-publishing, and they are serious authors. There are plenty of serious authors that prefer self-publishing, but they are publishing their works alongside those who simply want to be published authors. Research who the respectable self-published authors are before downloading their stories.

Rayne Hall is one such author, and I've had the good fortune of getting to know her through Twitter. You can check out her stories on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_10?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=rayne%20hall&sprefix=rayne+hall%2Cstripbooks%2C232&rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3Arayne%20hall   

And on Twitter she can be found at: @RayneHall

I of course have met many more self published authors, but Ryane is one of the most serious authors.