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Old 04-04-2008, 08:55 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I've already had someone who, I won't name any names, has done some editing for a lot of writers.

With of course the usual beat-down of screw ups and a few flaws here and there, he gave me the confidence boost after telling me that what I sent him was one of the better things he's ever read from someone else, and for a first-draft, it was amazing.

I'm hoping publishers will think the same. Also hoping they'll try to market in on the whole me being 18, still in school, blah blah blah stuff. If not just to think I'm gullible and will try to screw me on rates, by do the whole marketing gimmick of a "young and upcoming writer" thing.

Or I guess that is more a pipe-dream. haha.
The Eragon kid already won that battle. But good luck. You might want to think about putting it on the net to get it out there so you can build a fan base and then charge money.
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