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Yes Montholon, that's true.
You would have to be able to prove what you said is true. And that proof would have to be iron-clad in the eyes of the law if it came to a court.
They might not, but the publisher can't take that risk. And contracts have clauses that say you will indemnify them in the event of legal action.
That can be very costly.
I'm considering entering the Bridport Prize competition this spring. They're offering a 1st prize (for a short story or poem) of £5,000!! Whooo.
Do you get the Writing Magazine?
I wish you all the best, I wrote a small booklet some years ago on engine reconditioners,had it printed up at a local printing company and managed to sell over 2000 copies outside New Street railway station in Birmingham.
Goodness me Chalky - I've just realised you're just up the road from me - I live in Codsall. Have you joined the Wrekin Writers Group, they're local to you?
No Diana and to be honest although I have wrote over 500 poems and have letters from the Queen,Hillary Rodam Clinton and others, I never looked magazines simply because I had no idea they were available.
Betsie I have been a single parent now for nine years bringing up my two girls, I have not had time to join clubs in fact, I gave up on the world for a long time, but will find out about the group and join.
Welcome, Chalky! I'm pleased you have refused Publish America. I was offered publication with them for my autobiography, The Find and, although I accepted at first, I pulled out just in time and self-published, as there is no shame in it any more. As my friends have already said above, publishers these days send rejections out to people who are not present day celebrities like Jordan (Katie Price), or who were abused as children, or both. All my rejections from big mainstream publishers were very encouraging letters
One member of my writers' group, Jack Culshaw, who is dead now, sadly, had his book, Last In, First Out, (about Normandy landngs), published with them and, apart from the fact that it had many inaccuracies, which weren't in the manuscript, the price was exhorbitant - £17.99, for a paperback.
I'm pleased you found someone who will help with the editing or ghosting. When I read your first few postings until you said you found someone to help you with the book, I was going to suggest you might like to join your local writers' group, which you can find on NAWG's website (National Association of Writers' Groups), as there may be someone there who could help you.
Welcome to Talkback Chalky. This is a great place to be and there are writers at all stages of experience to offer advise and encouragement. Good luck with your book. From the snippets you mention I would have thought once it is in shape that you could get a publisher interested.
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You would have to be able to prove what you said is true. And that proof would have to be iron-clad in the eyes of the law if it came to a court.
That can be very costly.
Your book sounds very interesting. If you get it published I would love to read it.
Do you get the Writing Magazine?
One member of my writers' group, Jack Culshaw, who is dead now, sadly, had his book, Last In, First Out, (about Normandy landngs), published with them and, apart from the fact that it had many inaccuracies, which weren't in the manuscript, the price was exhorbitant - £17.99, for a paperback.
I'm pleased you found someone who will help with the editing or ghosting. When I read your first few postings until you said you found someone to help you with the book, I was going to suggest you might like to join your local writers' group, which you can find on NAWG's website (National Association of Writers' Groups), as there may be someone there who could help you.