Wow. Seriously, WOW.
It finally happened.
After nearly two years, and rejection after rejection,
someone actually said, “Yes!”
A publisher is interested in my book. They sent a
contract and everything. So, being the
responsible writer that I am, I looked into them. (After I did my crazy happy spazz dance and Facebooked my friends)
The first thing I did was
check out their site. Pretty covers, nice priced books, they sell on Amazon,
and in Brick and Mortar stores, good, good…
Now I moved to check the Preditors and Editors website. This is where things started to go bad. The site actually uses the words “strongly do
not recommend.” There are complaints against them, and even a lawsuit filed by
a group of their authors. Claims of failure to pay royalties, rude editors, an
inability to get a hold of anyone at the company when an author has a question,
the list goes on…
Then we have the contract that my husband and friend, Nancy
had to explain to me. A few things in it don’t really jive. They are worded in
such a way that it seems unlikely that I’ll have to worry, but…I could end up
paying a whole lot of money for their mistakes.
So, what do I do? Jump in, hope that the fact that they love
my book is enough to keep me from running into any problems? Or back out, even
though I have no other offers, and potentially never will?
I am totally sick about this. I still don't know what I'm going to do...But it's part of the journey, right? RIGHT?
