Able Quote by Tim Lebbon

There is no editor or agent or person with a sack of money that will magically come down and give you motivation to make…

— Charles Forsman

Ultimately the first, best step in getting your work noticed is to write good work. If people don't engage in your writing, no amount…

— John Scalzi

I've been using the same editor, thankfully, she's been sticking with me, but I've been doing it full-on guerilla style... I haven't gotten any…

— Daryl Hannah

Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can.

— Walter Jon Williams

Whenever something good comes up that sounds like I could be part of the project, my manager and my agents send me in on…

— Tyler Posey

Publishers have in-house editors, but I hire my own before I submit the work to publishers. They appreciate it and I feel more confident…

— Rigoberto Gonzalez

The usual way - through a long series of rejections, revising my manuscripts, and kept trying again and again. Finally I was fortunate enough…

— Danielle Steel

Develop a mailing list... anyone who comes through your studio or meets you at art shows or anywhere. It's the power of permission-based marketing.…

— Cory Trepanier

Write the unpublishable.. .and then publish it.

— Denis Johnson

If you're very serious about writing it's helpful to find an agent. It's becoming more and more competitive to have your manuscript even looked…

— Ann M. Martin

Despite what you hear about the publishing industry being a fixed game that you can only get in if you know somebody, I'm here…

— Kage Baker

Generally you don't initiate the projects - they're designed and you're inserted. Your material is edited by somebody. You feel a lack of power…

— James Franco