A Book Publishing Fantasy Come True (Part 2)

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After years of running my own businesses the idea popped into my mind; why not do my essay that would inspire and help others by sharing my experiences and my specific ways of conducting business. First I went to the biggest bookstore and searched for the kind of book I’d have liked to buy if I was starting out in the creative art business such as my own. Nothing similar could be found even on the Internet. The library had some similar “how to'” books, but none covered all the aspects of the creative and business side of my idea.

Plucking the courage I called a publishing company that had a good reputation with educational, legal, and other books. I reminded myself that if I had an instant rejection, at least I was saving myself weeks or months of writing, if my idea wasn’t as good or original as I thought. Call it luck, my confidence, and enthusiasm on the phone, my conviction, and faith in my idea, I did it. The editor listened to my pitch and said that it sounded like something they’d be interested in looking at.

For the next six weeks, I researched how to write a compelling, professional, and solidly marketable book proposal. I realized the enormity of the task, both at composing the proposal and, if they accepted it, the reality of writing the actual book. I sent it off and waited. And waited. I got on with writing my other projects, my fiction, and learned more about the world of publishing. Three months later I enquired as to whether there was any interest in my non-fiction proposal.

“No pressure,” I explained, “I just wanted to know where I stand.” Having promised me not to take rejection personally, I’d already prepared the details of another publisher I’d come across at the market research stage. I would merely search for the right match for my proposal. “It's in the marketing department's hands at the moment.” The publisher replied. “Give it another few weeks.”

I got the go-ahead by email from the acquisitions editor, who explained that my book would be on every big bookstore shelf in the US and Canada, and how soon could I write it? My mentor said, "Whenever they want it by, just say you’ll do it, and we’ll manage it, somehow. You're an expert in this field, just go for it. You can do it."

This was my way into the publishing world. I grabbed hold of it with all my might. It took me seven months of excited, yet nerve-racking long hours of creating and revising the first draft.

It may have taken me years of living the life that molded my personality to bring me to this point in my life, but I’m one of the many people who are proof of the fact that if you don’t talk yourself out of your good idea, you too could be sitting on a goldmine you’ve been driving towards all your life.

What’s your day job? And what’s your dream? How badly do you want your dream to come true? Where would you start to build and develop your idea? Has the time come to discover your inner heart’s passion? Or are you still waiting for tomorrow?

Useful Resources:
A Book Publishing Fantasy Come True (Part 1)
Simple Steps to Writing a Nonfiction Book (Part 1)
Writing For Children - What is the Best Language to Use?
Description that Moves the Story
Google Book Search: Should You Care?