{"id":2240,"date":"2018-04-27T09:36:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T13:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/answerwall.domain.bc.edu\/?p=2240"},"modified":"2018-04-27T13:46:43","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T17:46:43","slug":"how-do-i-become-a-published-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/04\/27\/how-do-i-become-a-published-author\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I become a published author?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2236\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2236\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/042618-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2236\" src=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/042618-11-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"How do I become a published author?\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/042618-11-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/042618-11.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How do I become a published author?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Well, one way is to be a Wall, and invite people to ask questions: my answers are published here daily! But I think you mean you want your books sold at bookstores or articles in magazines. Start by learning the craft of writing: take a writing workshop or journalism course here at BC, or at <a href=\"http:\/\/grubstreet.org\">grubstreet.org<\/a>. Write. A lot. (Get a job as a stringer at a local newspaper to get lots of practice!) Send pieces to magazines or literary journals (subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/writersmarket.com\">writersmarket.com<\/a> for listings &amp; how-to, &amp;\/or browse the <em>Novel &amp; Short Story Writer&#8217;s Market<\/em> at the O&#8217;Neill Reference Desk: PN3355 .F47). If you have a plan for a non-fiction book or have finished a novel, get a literary agent (O&#8217;Neill PN163 .G853) to try to land a publishing deal. Or just go your own way: self-publish via Amazon, and be ready to do a lot of self-promotion! Best of luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, one way is to be a Wall, and invite people to ask questions: my answers are published here daily! But I think you mean you want your books sold at bookstores or articles in magazines. Start by learning the craft of writing: take a writing workshop or journalism course here at BC, or at &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/04\/27\/how-do-i-become-a-published-author\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How do I become a published author?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-career"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2240"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2251,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240\/revisions\/2251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}