Hey there, I see most of the posts in this forum are pretty old so this may fall on deaf ears, but I thought I would try to post anyway. I'm Robin Sullivan, the wife and business manager of author Michael J. Sullivan. I recently joined LitReactor to take a class on grammar, and I thought as long as I'm here, I would offer to help people out regarding the very confusing world of professional publishing. To give you some perspective. I have...
- been in publishing for more than a decade
- worked with 3 agents over the course of Michael's careers
- been involved in 3 big-five contracts, and dozens of smaller contracts (for everyting from audio to foreign language translations and even television and movie options)
- run my own small press
- self-publihsed 9 of Michael's novels
- have succesfully negotiated for one of his self-pubished works to be picked up by a big-five publisher
- have taught many business releated classes for Writer's Digest University and been a speaker at WD's annual conference
- teach monthly business of writing courses in Arlington Virginia
As someone who has extensive traditional and self-publishing experience, I'd gladly answer any questions people may have.
I don't have anything specific, but did want to say thanks for dropping in and offering.
I am in the querying process on a first novel, and not getting the number of requests I would hope for. If you have any hard-earned insight or advice on that process, I would love to hear it. Otherwise, thank you again for coming around.
