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So you want to be a writer?
What it means to be a writer.
If you can string a few words together on a piece of paper, you already are a writer.
If you photocopy that piece of paper, you already are a published writer.
If you sell those photocopies to your friends, then you are a commercially successful author.
What if you want more?
Are you driven to write? Do you have ideas just struggling to get out? Can you describe the process of creating your written words with phrases like: "Opening a vein," or "Driven to succeed?"
Do you have the guts to put what you write in front of a commercial audience? Do you believe in what you write enough to go head to head with seasoned professionals in the most cutthroat market in the world? Publishers often pay their readers and junior editors on a piecework scale. So the quicker they can reject a manuscript and go on to the next one, the more they get paid. A monthly magazine may publish as many as 12 short stories a month but will usually receive over 100 submissions a week.
Can you handle being paid poorly for your efforts? Each of your words, every drop of your heart's blood you squeeze out on the page, is only worth a nickel to a mainstream publisher. For every successful author with a Multi-Million Dollar contract, hundreds struggle with a "day" job and hope for the "big break."
What can we do for you?
We can put your treasured writings, those precious bits of your soul, into the proper format. The Publishing House's reader or junior editor won't be able to reject your manuscript for cosmetic reasons.
As part of our basic price we offer a spell check and light grammar check. Heavier editing carries a heavier price, and ghost-writing requires special arrangements.
We will help you target your writing at the proper market.
