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Why Is It SO Hard To Get Published

by Treasure

Every writer at one time or another has asked this question. 
They know their work is good, they have paid their dues when it
comes to market needs, research, and career preparation, they've
read some of the inferior work that has made it into print and
they eventually founder in the injustice and statistical
difficulty of breaking in to print. 
 
One thing is certain.  Not all markets are equal.  And once a
writer breaks in to one genre or area of expertise it is easier
to triumph in the next.  The first thing I learned when I started
studying for this career was, "Write what you know."  That
surprised me.  I thought I could just put on any old hat, assume
a dialect or persona and let my imagination fly.

That is simply not how it is done.  If I put on a virtual
football helmet and swagger into a literary locker room, I am not
going to get it right.  And every reader who has ever been there
in real life will spot me as a fraud by the second paragraph.  I
have to concentrate on those areas of life where I do have
expertise.    And there are several.  I'm a mother.  A
grandmother.  A decent (sometimes inventive,) chef.  I've built a
telescope, run several ministry teams and I once wrote letters to
every city in my Atlas offering to pray for people's needs.  I
ran for public office and won.  Twice.  I've organized and run a
huge writer's conference for six years.  I once survived a
pulmonary embolism.  There's lots more but these are sufficient
to make my point.

Write what you know.  Make a list of all the subjects and areas
of interest where you have true knowledge and something of value
to impart.  Next, look for publications that cater to that topic.
 I can knit and crochet.  Not only that I am compulsive about
adapting and changing patterns.  So I could write articles for
magazines written for crafters.  I can interview people who have
made it to the top of those fields.  Articles like that sell
well.

Once I break in to small trade publications and special interest
markets, I can use those sales in my publishing resume.

Those people who think the only places to break in are with
novels or with articles in  Reader's Digest, Redbook or the New
Yorker will soon be experts in how not to break into print.

Study markets, ferret out those small publishers looking for
great writing and stay close to your areas of expertise.  Before
long you will find your work in high demand.

<a href="http:// www.themustardtree.net"> Beverly Vines-Haines
has published newspaper feature stories, magazine columns and
several novels. She ghostwrites for celebs and people on lecture
circuits. Managing Treasure Leaf Publishing, she primarily writes
for http://www.themustardtree.net. </a>

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