Still reading...write on!!!
Hello all of you wonderful and creative writers! I have mentioned many times that I do not chat via email or offer any advice or suggestions to any writer. If I want to get in touch with a writer I let them know by email. This website has a glitch in it. Apparently some writers are sending me requests to contact them. I will not do that. I am a small agency and I work from various locations when I travel. Please do not send me requests to contact you, I will not respond. I have contacted the website management and I will likely discontinue this website at the end of 2026. I am very sorry for the confusion from this website, in everything I post on my platforms, I never set up appointments, do editing, charge people for sending me material or simply chatting about your writing. I state very clearly how I manage my agency. I wish all of you lots of luck with your submissions and if I want to contact you, I will do so by email. Thank you and write on!!!
Step 1- How Do I Get Published?
If you are a serious writer, you know that it is very difficult to get published. It is not something many writers will experience through just finding a literary agent willing to sign you. It is a brutal journey and if you are dedicated to your passion you will not be discouraged by what I am saying here. I have been doing this for over 5 years now, and I have not had one of my clients get published through the "Big Five" publishers. One of my clients went to the self-publishing route because she just wanted her writing in print for her children. Many writers go that way and if you can afford it, I am sure if you are really industrious and take your books to Book Fairs, you will send some of your books. But many writers still believe in the dream of a publisher offering them a six- figure advance. That is just not the case. Should you stop writing? That is up to you but I have never printed anywhere that I will contact writers simply to acknowledge receipt of their submission to me. Impossible for me to do and I will not ever offer to do that. If you send your writing to me and it does not get me interested in the first fifty pages, then I will stop reading.
Serious and seasoned writers will already have completed the editing process. Editors tell me the same thing. They will not read poor writing. Yet, there are writers out there who do not feel that is their job.
I can only say that if you believe in what you write and it is something you are willing to keep doing, then do it and good luck.
Step 2 - What happens if I want to read more of your writing?
If after I read the initial fifty pages submitted and I am interested in reading more, I will contact you by email. Please do not send me emails asking me to contact you about your submission. I will not respond to anyone unless I want to read more.
Signing on with Alice Brinkman
Once we both agree that I will represent you in finding a publisher, the contract will be explained, discussed and signed if all are in agreement. Only after I have a signed contract will I begin the footwork in getting your work out to the publishers. Remember no one makes a penny until a publisher signs you on. Keep the faith, this is not a fast process by any stretch of the imagination, and one must be patient and realistic going in on this venture. You have everything to gain, and nothing to lose, because a writer never stops writing. Keep a positive outlook no matter what happens. I am hoping that I am the one who will help you get published but I repeat, I am just the key to the door, your writing must have legs to stand up to the editors who are reading it. Keep the faith.