Avoiding Some of the Pitfalls of the First Novel
Are you planning your first novel? Perhaps you are making some of the same mistakes I made when I started my first novel, and compounded those mistakes in my second, third, fourth and fifth novels. Finally, I was given some very good advice form a fellow author-friend -- learn how to be an author.
In Avoiding Some of the Pitfalls of the First Novel, I explore the mistakes I made, and suggest some solutions to allow you to step over some of the potholes and barriers you may have dug or
erected in your journey to present your novel to the world.
Avoiding Some of the Pitfalls of the First Novel is available on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/author/rclintpeters
In Avoiding Some of the Pitfalls of the First Novel, I explore the mistakes I made, and suggest some solutions to allow you to step over some of the potholes and barriers you may have dug or
erected in your journey to present your novel to the world.
Avoiding Some of the Pitfalls of the First Novel is available on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/author/rclintpeters
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An Interview With R. Clint Peters, Author of Avoiding Some of the Pitfalls of the First Novel
What is the working title of your book?
Avoiding Some of the Pitfalls of the First Novel
Where did the idea come from for the book?
After writing six novels, none of which I was pleased with, I started my seventh, The Alberta Connection, a Ryce Dalton novel. When I finally completed the last edit, and submitted the book to Amazon CreateSpace, I realized that I had just gone through a learning process that perhaps others were also going through. If other authors were starting the process of publishing themselves, perhaps
I could help them evade some of the large tripping points of publishing a book.
What genre does your book fall under?
Self-help
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
I don’t think a self-help book is ever going to become a movie.
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
The synopsis is also the title: Avoiding Some of the Pitfalls of the First Novel
Is your book self-published, published or represented by an agency?
It is published by CreateSpace, and is available on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/author/rclintpeters
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
The first draft took about six weeks. It isn’t a very big book.
What other books or authors would you compare this story to within your genre?
Anything in a writer's help book would be similar
Who or What inspired you to write this book?
I have seven books in publication, but I am proud of only one of them. Why? Because the publisher of the first six did nothing to help me become a better author, and I was certainly not a good author when I wrote the first book (The Pendergast Prerogatives).. My only hope is that I outlive the contract,
and can eventually re-write my first novels. Of course, the publisher will help only when I pay them
to, but don’t they understand that if I have a good book, which sells, they make money, too?
What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?
I have tried to provide the reader with some of the hazards I tripped on trying to get my novels into publication.
Where can we find your work? (Ex: Website links, blog links, publishers links)
https://www.amazon.com/author/rclintpeters
What is the working title of your book?
Avoiding Some of the Pitfalls of the First Novel
Where did the idea come from for the book?
After writing six novels, none of which I was pleased with, I started my seventh, The Alberta Connection, a Ryce Dalton novel. When I finally completed the last edit, and submitted the book to Amazon CreateSpace, I realized that I had just gone through a learning process that perhaps others were also going through. If other authors were starting the process of publishing themselves, perhaps
I could help them evade some of the large tripping points of publishing a book.
What genre does your book fall under?
Self-help
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
I don’t think a self-help book is ever going to become a movie.
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
The synopsis is also the title: Avoiding Some of the Pitfalls of the First Novel
Is your book self-published, published or represented by an agency?
It is published by CreateSpace, and is available on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/author/rclintpeters
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
The first draft took about six weeks. It isn’t a very big book.
What other books or authors would you compare this story to within your genre?
Anything in a writer's help book would be similar
Who or What inspired you to write this book?
I have seven books in publication, but I am proud of only one of them. Why? Because the publisher of the first six did nothing to help me become a better author, and I was certainly not a good author when I wrote the first book (The Pendergast Prerogatives).. My only hope is that I outlive the contract,
and can eventually re-write my first novels. Of course, the publisher will help only when I pay them
to, but don’t they understand that if I have a good book, which sells, they make money, too?
What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?
I have tried to provide the reader with some of the hazards I tripped on trying to get my novels into publication.
Where can we find your work? (Ex: Website links, blog links, publishers links)
https://www.amazon.com/author/rclintpeters