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The aim is for the magazine to be the primary source of income and the publishable writing second.Again, I wasn't trying to discourage you from doing the magazine; I just don't want you to plan on it being your sole source of income. Writing is something best done for love, not money (it certainly is in my case
I intend to have a print- and e-zine with the same information on them and of course the e-zine would be cheaper to subscribe to, probably 2/3 of the price since it costs nothing to produce once the magazine itself is done, and it'll be a good ad campaign to advertise that the green magazine is also available in paper-free format.
I finished my book today: C A Melopard, The Black and Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in Ireland, 1920-21.
The manuscript is about five hundred pages and a thousand footnotes long, and will hopefully be coming to fine academic bookstores everywhere in--oh, about a year or so.
Tomorrow, I send off a proposal to Oxford University Press. My external supervisor recommended them, and since he's part of their editorial board, I figure he should know. It's a pretty sexy topic, for a work of academic history, and I might as well start at the top.
But tonight, I celebrate. I plan to order pizza and have two--hell, maybe even three beers! Let the good times roll!
Anyone else writing a book at present? How's it going?
Agents usually have contacts with the big publishing houses, not so much with small independent presses because the money isn't there to make it worth their time. The independent presses will respond quicker and generally without form letters. I would try that before spending the money on self-publishing. If your book is good enough to be on the shelves, someone will pick it up.
