Welcome… I’m New Here! Hello all

[Glaiss]

Phil here (Glaiss is the name of my title character) introducing myself. I have spent a year and a half querying agents with my 250k word epic (yes, probably too long) alternate history novel, The Inspector. Besides being occasionally damned with faintish praise I haven’t opened any doors that route so thinking about self publishing though fairly clueless about it.

I also use Scribophile and have had valuable critiquing through beta readers there. I am not exactly sure what the analog to that is on Litopia but early days. Any directions from veterans here would be welcome, as in where would I post something like my query letter as an introduction. I also have a romance novel cooking, currently at 20K words. Friends and family find this hilarious by the way.

 

[RK Wallis]

Welcome aboard, @Glaiss Good luck on your self publishing journey. It's a very tough one (having been there) and I take my hat off to anyone braving how tough it is to market a book in a too-crowded market. Personally, I won't do that again.

 

[Claire G]

Hi Phil,

Welcome! I love both alternative histories and romances. Keep writing what you want to write and ignore those who laugh. In terms of getting feedback, @Sedayne can tell you more, but the Lab is the place to post your work. You do have to have given critiques on others' work first though (I think four pieces).

Claire x