Hey, Kevin. I read a little of your work in progress. Are you the same Kevin Mims who wrote that piece in The Federalist about Ngo's book being banned by Powell's book store? (I haven't read that yet but I w ill shortly. That sort of thing is common now. Twenty years ago when my book was published by Thomas Dunne, I tried to get the folks at Apple Books to feature it in the window or maybe on an end cap (Local Writer's Story of War) but they simply ordered one copy and shelved it 'spine-out.' A book by and about a normie was no big deal to them.
Anyway, I like all the inside publishing skivvy in your book, Hey, Hey, Yesterday. But I do have a question. As a fellow writer, attempting to find a publisher, I'm curious about your strategy. Are you going to make your entire book available on Substack? Or are you sharing half or most of it, intending to sell the rest online?
Please don't say if doing so would endanger your strategy. I'm just curious, as I said, because I'm looking for ways to make my novels available as well.
Yeah that was my piece in the Federalist. I don’t know if you have heard of it but there is a website called The Blacklist, which for years has helped screenwriters find producers for their scripts. Recently, The Blacklist announced that they would now also accept unpublished novels and make them available to the publishing industry. Here’s some more information:
In order to post a novel at The Blacklist it must be at least 60,000 words long. Hey, Hey, Yesterday is currently 53,000 words long. I expect the next rewrite to bump the length up towards the 60,000 word mark. At that point I will probably post it at The Blacklist. You can post a work there for free, but if you pay a $30 a month fee, The Blacklist will more aggressively market it to the publishing trade.
Hey, Kevin. I read a little of your work in progress. Are you the same Kevin Mims who wrote that piece in The Federalist about Ngo's book being banned by Powell's book store? (I haven't read that yet but I w ill shortly. That sort of thing is common now. Twenty years ago when my book was published by Thomas Dunne, I tried to get the folks at Apple Books to feature it in the window or maybe on an end cap (Local Writer's Story of War) but they simply ordered one copy and shelved it 'spine-out.' A book by and about a normie was no big deal to them.
Anyway, I like all the inside publishing skivvy in your book, Hey, Hey, Yesterday. But I do have a question. As a fellow writer, attempting to find a publisher, I'm curious about your strategy. Are you going to make your entire book available on Substack? Or are you sharing half or most of it, intending to sell the rest online?
Please don't say if doing so would endanger your strategy. I'm just curious, as I said, because I'm looking for ways to make my novels available as well.
Best!
Paul,
Yeah that was my piece in the Federalist. I don’t know if you have heard of it but there is a website called The Blacklist, which for years has helped screenwriters find producers for their scripts. Recently, The Blacklist announced that they would now also accept unpublished novels and make them available to the publishing industry. Here’s some more information:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/04/books/the-black-list-publishing.html
In order to post a novel at The Blacklist it must be at least 60,000 words long. Hey, Hey, Yesterday is currently 53,000 words long. I expect the next rewrite to bump the length up towards the 60,000 word mark. At that point I will probably post it at The Blacklist. You can post a work there for free, but if you pay a $30 a month fee, The Blacklist will more aggressively market it to the publishing trade.
You can check it out here:
https://blcklst.com/
Good luck
Wow. Thanks for that. I'm gonna jump on that.
Well, you could check on my work on amazon if you want. I think I'm pretty good at appraising novels/stories.
Anyway, stay in touch.
Paul Clayton