Zetta Grace asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Hi! I would like to ask how you get a publisher to publish your book? Do you call? Text? Email? Or walk up to their door?

Lois McMaster Bujold First, you have to write and finish a good book.

Next, in this day of the internet, go to the publisher's website appropriate to your work and look for their particular submission guidelines and directions. Follow same. Prepare to wait a long time.

There are lots of writers' groups and other help online these days. I can't say much about them because I am not plugged into them myself; commenters below may have some more current tips. But a good place to start for level-headed advice is http://www.pcwrede.com/blog/

Begin at the beginning, read all the posts, and then, if any question is still unanswered, you can float it. (Do read first, so you won't be asking a question that's been answered eight times already.)

That should keep you busy for a while...

Ta, L.

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