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Station life is lonely and he wishes there was a way he could find a companion that wouldn’t mind living the outback life with him. That’s a little ambitious.Michael Dunbar runs his family's cattle station in the far north of Western Australia.

I’d like to see my book in an airport bookstore and I would like to be on some sort of bestseller list at some point in my career. “I know enough about the industry to know I will probably never make enough money from creative writing to represent any kind of significant income,” she said.

She went on to complete five more books and is looking to get those published as well. Kendall was eventually able to secure an agent, Lane Clarke from ArtHouse Literary in the U.S. You just have to wait and hope that you get lucky.” “Every stage in this process is a waiting game where you have no control. You have to know people or you have to learn through failure. “It is an industry where networking means everything. “Traditional publishing as opposed to self-publishing is full of gatekeeping,” she said, noting that “publishers hold all the power” in these situations. I learned how to pitch this book to an agent, which is a totally different skillset.” Most publishers these days, not all but most, require you to have an agent and they are the ones who pitch your book to the publisher. “Generally you can’t just send a manuscript in the mail to a publisher. “At that point you have to go up another hill because you have to learn about how to market the book,” she said. When the finished product was finally in place, the tough part began. She also needed to determine the best course for editing the book in addition to securing test subjects to read it, including other authors who could provide feedback. The entire process of becoming an author was quite an experience for Kendall, who figured out most of it on her own.įirst, she had to learn how to actually write a book by studying elements like story structure and character development. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.