News WriteMentor Novel and Picture Book Awards 2024 (Kidlit)

[Hannah Faoileán]

https://write-mentor.com/writing-award-write-mentor/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Closing date 31st January 2024. Fee £12. Sponsored by Bonnier Books UK. Great line-up of shortlist judges. Picture books up to YA.

 

[ANDREW]

Hello, I am a first time author. After countless revisions two pro edits I have a manuscript ready for a middle-grade fantasy novel. Looking at the numbers I see a lot of downsides to the trad publishing route: 15% to agents + very low royalties from publishers. So I'm in a quandary. I would love the acceptance side of being chosen by an agent and the advance given by a publisher, but does the maths really add up, compared to self publishing. It just seems a bit of a dinosaur, the trad route. Help!