Children's Writer's World warmly welcomes a guest blog by Melissa Carrigee.
Have you ever had just a small success and the minute you do, you have
people coming out from places you didn’t even know existed just to ask you
questions like:
Tell me EVERYTHING.
How did you get your
book published?
Where do I go to get my
work published?
Can I have your contact
list?
Can you look over my
manuscript and tell me what’s wrong?
Do you have an agent?
How did you get one?
And the list of
questions goes on and on and on.
DON’T BE A VAMPIRE!
As a writer, you know
how much work you put into it. It’s a 24/7 job. If you aren’t
physically writing, you’re mentally writing and plotting. And when you
are not writing on paper or in your head, you are navigating the confusing
waters of the publishing business.
So now you have a writer who isn’t
willing to do all that work – they want it all for free. From you!
The writing world is one of the nicest communities there is. We
understand each other and share as much as we can…but there is a limit.
Sure,
I will tell you everything I’ve learned in the past 3 years working in the
business, but you better buy a dang book from me or have something else to
offer. I know it sounds cruel and bitchy, but try to understand how it feels when people want to pick your brain.
Those people had not purchased a book and didn’t even intend to.
They wanted one thing – to suck an author dry. That’s just bad
etiquette. If you ever want to talk to an author and you know it’s an
in-depth conversation, for goodness sake, buy their book and ask them to
autograph it and THEN ask your question. Authors make so little off their
book and hardly anything on conferences. We need to buy groceries too!
You can buy Melissa's exciting book here:
https://www.amazon.com/I-Dream-Dragons-Melissa-Carrigee/dp/0998893218/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1510427845&sr=1-2&keywords=i+dream+of+dragons
Learn more about Melissa: https://www.melissacarrigee.net/
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