From: nicky.matthews@btinternet.com

On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 2:34:45 AM UTC+1, Jymesion wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:23:35 -0700 (PDT), Nicky
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> > Ok I have been having a sort out and clearing the decks  and  re-aquainted
myself with my trunk novels. 
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> >I have a YA novel which I'll never sell 
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> >A chick lit novel I'll probably never sell
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> >A weird demon/chick lit thing I'll definitely never sell.
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> >Do you think it is best to edit them and self publish/send out again or
focus on something new that I might sell?
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> I can't say what's "best" because the novel market eludes me.
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> Perhaps it'll help if I tell you what doesn't work --
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> My primary fantasy novel was turned down by dozens of agents. I'm
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> supposed to be editing it down to below 100K words before submitting
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> to more agents, but it wasn't full of fat to begin with, so that's not
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> getting done.
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> My primary sf novel was rejected by half a dozen publishers. It was on
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> the edge of unusual when I wrote it, more so now. I doubt that editing
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> Sadly, self-publishing isn't an option for me. Because of my
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> disability, I can't use a telephone. Amazon (and a lot of other sites)
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> won't let you have an account if you don't have a phone number. 
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> It's really a Catch-22 -- I can't self-publish because I don't have an
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> agent who could field phone calls for me, but if I had an agent, I
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> wouldn't need to self-publish.

That's irritating. I was looking at Smashwords - didn't notice that a
telephone number was required but then I have one. Can't you use the number of
a friend or have a disposable mobile number ? ( here that would cost very
little) I doubt anyone actually 
rings it - it's more for verification.
I've decided that novels are doing me little good knocking round my hard drive
and as long as they don't damage my rep by being a bit rubbish they might as
well be out there somehow. However self publishing is quite a lot of work and
it's the kind of 
work I am very bad at...

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