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1 posted on 05/08/2006 12:42:15 PM PDT by jwb0581
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To: jwb0581

Have you read State of Fear yet?


2 posted on 05/08/2006 12:43:18 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (California bashers will be called out)
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To: jwb0581

I think Regnery might. Of course, even if the work is good, there's no guarantee a "Conservative" publisher will be interested.


3 posted on 05/08/2006 12:43:53 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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To: jwb0581; Travis McGee

Consider self-publishing, if your goal is to profit.


4 posted on 05/08/2006 12:44:01 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: jwb0581
Don't quit your day job. :)

-Good Luck-

5 posted on 05/08/2006 12:44:44 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: jwb0581; LS

Ask LS, he's written and had a number of books published.


6 posted on 05/08/2006 12:45:53 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc. 10:2)
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To: jwb0581

Rush, Hannity, Savage, Levin etc etc etc etc were published, not on the basis of being Conservative, most likely, but because their words are marketable, and thus, profitable.

I'll buy your book, if you autograph it for me... deal?


9 posted on 05/08/2006 12:47:30 PM PDT by butternut_squash_bisque (The recipe's at my FR HomePage)
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To: jwb0581

Start with an agent. Submit your proposal to known literary agents who represent authors of similar books. If ligthening strikes and an agent does want to represent ou they will know exactly where to take your book and all the terms and details of negotiation.

Trust me. My wife is a three-time New York Times bestselling author.


10 posted on 05/08/2006 12:49:44 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (California bashers will be called out)
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To: jwb0581; Jeff Head
"If I were to compose a work of fiction with conservative themes, are there conservative publishers that would give my book consideration,...."

Talk with Jeff about it. He has published a couple of books.

11 posted on 05/08/2006 12:49:45 PM PDT by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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To: jwb0581

If you are careful, it is possible to write a book with superficially liberal statements, though any true intellect will see through this and discover your conservative intentions.

Publishers haven't the skill to read books, nor do most critics.


12 posted on 05/08/2006 12:52:10 PM PDT by SteveMcKing
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To: jwb0581

OF course there are... remember this one thing: if a publisher thinks a book will sell (hence, bring in money) they'll likely publish it.


13 posted on 05/08/2006 12:52:19 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: jwb0581
Wrong...
The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense - Tom Clancy
19 posted on 05/08/2006 12:58:58 PM PDT by hosepipe (This Propaganda has been edited to include not a small amount of Hyperbole..)
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To: jwb0581

Most conservative publishers, like Regnery, publish non-fiction. You are talking about fiction.

You can't go right to a publisher. You have to have an agent.


I am assuming that your fiction does not lean heavily on characters experiencing racism and prejudice against their sexual orientation, main characters who are passive victims. These tend to be the themes of literary fiction and Pulitzer winners, but you need an agent before you start worrying about publishers.

'Conservative' themes in fiction generally mean genuine heroes, adventure, quests, little or no graphic sexual scenes, and good people trying to do the best they can under trying circumstances.

'Conservative' themed fiction also does not spend a lot of time exploring dead-end issues of psychological makeup of the character.

All this puts you more or less into the categories of romance, detective fiction, etc. These are called 'genre' fiction.

So think of it that way.

Agents specialize. There are agents who specialize in women's sob-story fiction, in 'literary' fiction, in westerns and war stories. Find out via the Internet the name of an agent who most nearly matches what you are writing.

Then go to New York and pester the agent until you can get him or her to go to lunch with you and beg them to consider your manuscript.


21 posted on 05/08/2006 1:01:56 PM PDT by squarebarb
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To: jwb0581

Can you imagine a world without hypothetical questions?


22 posted on 05/08/2006 1:35:50 PM PDT by bruin66 (Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.)
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To: jwb0581

While it's never a good idea to totally ignore the market, I personally believe that you need to write the book that's in you, the one that you wake up excited to write every day. If it's good, it'll eventually find a home.

Start plotting :)


23 posted on 05/08/2006 1:40:31 PM PDT by Mordacious
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To: jwb0581
My 2 cents (nobody ever takes it though):

Before you approach an agent or publisher, make sure your manuscript is the best damned thing you've ever written. Edit your manuscript like a madman. The ability to slash and burn your own writing is IMO the best tool you will ever have. After exhaustive editing, put the manuscript away for at least a year. A year from now, you'll pull the manuscript out and read it again. I promise you, you will WANT to edit it again. And you'll thank God you waited.
26 posted on 05/08/2006 1:50:44 PM PDT by macamadamia
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To: jwb0581
LS's book SEPTEMBER DAY was rejected by several major publishing houses because of it's patriotic theme. However, he did find a publisher. YOu might want to get more info from him.

My book, THE JUSTICE COOPERATIVE, was rejected by not only major publishing houses but several agents because of its pro-gun theme. I ended up with a small press, ELDERBERRY PRESS, because I didn't want to go the whole way of self-publishing.

What it amounts to is there are ways to get your book out, but you will have to figure on doing a lot of the promotion yourself.

27 posted on 05/08/2006 2:12:22 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney (My book is out. Read excerpts at www.thejusticecooperative.com)
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