Nicole Laurent

Last week, I talked about the challenges and frustrations of a writer trying to ‘get over the wall,’ the wall being a euphemism for going from unpublished author to published author. And that part can be ugly. And frustrating.   But what’s it like on the other side of the wall?   It seems like it’d be fun, right? You get paid for your hard work. You’ll have deadlines to motivate you. You get to see your name in bookstores and at online e-tailors. You’ll finally have earned ‘respect’, received affirmation of your talent. And your next book will be pre-contracted … right?   Eeeeeehhhh. Notsomuch. Not exactly like that anyway. … Read entire article »

It’s been about a year since I finished writing my first book and began the journey toward attempting to get it published. It’s been about six months since I started doing the same with my second manuscript. In publishing reality, that’s not a long time. In Nicole reality, it feels like forever!   Any published author will tell you that before they got published, they could wallpaper their entire house twice over with rejection letters. You need to learn to accept rejection and move on. Many in the industry will tell you it’s a very subjective business. And that’s obvious when you hear the stories about how many times one of your favorite books was rejected before the author found the one agent or publisher who believed in them. … Read entire article »