Writing to be Published...and Read

by Don Keith

Your dream is to write a book, get it published, and then have people read what you have written. It may be a novel or a non-fiction work. But you don’t know where to start. Or doors are slammed in your face every way you turn. Publishing houses ignore you. Agents reject you without comment. You are on the verge of giving up your dream of becoming a published author.Stop! You can have that dream. If you have the ability to write, and if you have stories and characters or a non-fiction topic of interest to people, then you can find a publisher and a readership. Or if you are a public speaker, consultant, presenter or otherwise have a following or an audience, you are missing a great opportunity to not have a book to offer for sale at your events.Writing, becoming a published author, and having your book find a readership is one of the most fulfilling things most of us will ever experience, yet it can also be the most frustrating and discouraging. Now, in this straight-shooting, real-world book, best-selling author Don Keith takes you through the steps to take to give your creation the best chance of finding a publisher…and, more importantly to some, having it read and appreciated.Keith uses his own experiences and real-world observations to help the would-be author avoid traps and scams, find a literary agent, translate a publishing contract and royalty statement, and even investigate the exciting new opportunities in self-publishing. This includes Kindle Direct Publishing, CreateSpace, PubIt, SmashWords and more. Keith has been there and pulls no punches when talking about the chances for finding fame and fortune by writing and publishing books. And the satisfaction you can find if you do.In simple language, this author of more than two-dozen books—including best-sellers and a book now in pre-production as a major motion picture—tells prospective writers exactly how to improve their odds of getting a book published, promoted, sold, and read.If you want to get your book published…and read…this book may be the best investment in your writing career that you will ever make. Or if you just need that little push to get your publishing efforts out of stall mode, this book is for you.

80 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 25, 2012

About the author

Award-winning and best-selling author of more than 40 published works, Don Keith was born in 1947 and has lived in the South all his life. He attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa where he received his degree in broadcast and film communication with a minor in English and literature. While working as a broadcast journalist, he won awards from the Associated Press and United Press International for news writing and reporting. He was also the first winner of Troy State University's Hector Award for innovation in broadcast journalism. As an on-the-air broadcaster, Don won the Billboard Magazine "Radio Personality of the Year" in two formats, country and contemporary. Keith was a broadcast personality for over twenty years in Birmingham and Nashville, and also owned his own consultancy, co-owned a Mobile, Alabama, radio station (WZEW-FM), and hosted and produced several nationally syndicated radio shows.

His first novel, THE FOREVER SEASON, was published by St. Martin's Press in the fall of 1995 to commercial and critical success. It called heavily on Keith's own athletic and academic experiences. Reviewers praised its unique approach and powerful story. The novel won the Alabama Library Association's "Fiction of the Year" award in 1997, joining works likewise honored from Harper Lee and others, and was re-issued in the fall of 2002 by the University of Alabama Press as part of its prestigious Deep South Books series.

He has written both fiction and non-fiction, including several books on WWII history, biographies, and military thrillers. His co-written thriller, HUNTER KILLER, was the basis for the hit movie starring Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman.