I Want To Be An Author: Now What?

I Want To Be An Author: Now What? by Kimberly Llewellyn

Do you write? Maybe you're a journalist or maybe you write books or magazine articles. Maybe you even author a blog. No doubt people have asked you, "I've always wanted to write. How does one go about becoming a published author?"

All of a sudden you freeze and think to yourself, "shall I give Ms. Kabeets the sanitized version or shall I take my underwear off in public and be real?"

Consider letting Kimberly save you from, "well Ms. Kabeets, I drank alcohol in excess for twenty years while I worked two jobs, raised two kids and a husband, fought off depression, took writing classes, studied the craft, scribbled a few words each day and collected two thousand rejection slips along the way. Oh yeah, and make sure you read Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird and Strunk and White's The Elements of Style."

Kimberly Llewellyn's book I Want To Be An Author: Now What? is the perfect book for beginning writers. Or, and I love how Kimberly puts it, "for hobbyists and subject matter experts who want to get in print."

When I finished reading the book I asked, "quick dave, what are you thinking?"

I blurted out to myself, "succinct, useful, clear, encompassing, thorough, concise and the perfect gift!"

Kimberly takes the reader by the hand with her initial chapter titled Getting Started and eighteen chapters later shows them to the door with Making the Sale. In between chapters like Guide to the Genres, The Craft of Writing, 15 Mistakes of New Writers, Finding a Publisher and Facing the Rejection lead the reader in a to-the-point, logical sequence that leaves no rock unturned or mystery as to what it takes to become a published author.

Keep your underwear on (unless you're a romance author) and pick up a copy of Kimberly's book today. And while you're at it, pick up a dozen more for the Ms. Kabeets in your life.

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If all your good times pass you by
I don't hold no mystery
But I can show you how to turn the key
Cause all I know is where I started
So downhearted