Goodreads asked Mark Shaw:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Mark Shaw As the author of "How to Become a Published Author: Idea to Publication," and a literary consultant and mentor who has helped hundreds of aspiring authors become published, I suggest that those dreaming of publication learn the right method to approach literary agents and publishers with book proposals and query letters in the proper form. I have a "Ten-Step Method" that works but too many writers take short cuts and never have a chance at publication including dealing with subsidy publishers, the "kiss of death" for anyone serious about a writing career.

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