| Re: Writing SF/F short stories - useful for novelists?
No, you don't have to be a celebrity to get a book deal. I have done nine multi-book deals for debut SF and Fantasy novelists in the last two years - and none of them are celebrities! What they are is exceptionally talented writers whose prose, stories, characters and settings all enthused a publisher sufficiently for them to be taken on for publication. And all of them have worked on their writing for years.
Never compare yourself with celebrities whose biographies or novels are taken on. That is a commercial decision that has nothing whatsoever to do with taking on a new fantasy writer - or a new crime or thriller writer. Every book and genre is dealt with separately by every publisher. Much of the time, there is one reason why a book is turned down: the writing isn't good enough. |