So I have recently invested in a new computer for my house and since I have thousands of pages worth of writing from the past several years, I'd like to do something with it all. I've always had this dream of becoming a writer (if not full-time, at least as something to do on the side). I already have a book planned out in my head (I posted a chapter of it on here awhile ago) and am motivating myself to actually sit down and write it, plus I have somewhere between 50-100 poems (lots of which are posted on here!). I want to put my poetry together into a book but I'm not sure I'd be able to publish it simply because I'm not sure how well books of poetry in general sell. Also, my work is pretty brutally honest, not all bunnies and roses and sunsets, so again I'm not sure how well that would sell.
My question is whether anyone here has ever published or attempted to publish their work? What steps did you take, what types of publishers did you go to, etc? Do you think a book just of poetry would sell, or should I ditch that idea and stick to writing my novel? Just any ideas or suggestions would be wonderful.
~*~kimmy~*~
P.S. No, I've never been published before, unless you count an article I wrote for paper on raves 3 years ago. And no, I don't want to start small by trying to write articles for magazines or anything. I just don't get motivated to do that. It's all or nothing for me baby.
My question is whether anyone here has ever published or attempted to publish their work? What steps did you take, what types of publishers did you go to, etc? Do you think a book just of poetry would sell, or should I ditch that idea and stick to writing my novel? Just any ideas or suggestions would be wonderful.
~*~kimmy~*~
P.S. No, I've never been published before, unless you count an article I wrote for paper on raves 3 years ago. And no, I don't want to start small by trying to write articles for magazines or anything. I just don't get motivated to do that. It's all or nothing for me baby.
