Sol, do you mean you'll be taking questions until May 31?
From Deborah I'd like to know if she ever got discouraged from rejections or was she always confident in her work and convinced that she would one day be published.

By the way, thanks Sol for such a great feature.

JediP

Hi Deborah. Congratulations on your success as a published author.  I would like to know the steps it took for you to get published. Thanks again!

Regards,

Trisha

Hi, Deborah...thank you so much for affording us this opportunity.

When you were first starting, how did you balance a family, job and the passion of writing?  What did you do to fully utilize those few moments when the computer was yours and silence was the only thing ringing the house?  If procrastination and lack of motivation have a silver-bullet weakness....please, what is it?

Again, thanks.

-jl

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Welcome to TNBW, Deborah, and much appreciation for being willing to take time out of your life to answer our questions. 

I would love to know your story; what got you started writing, how did you feel as the process ground on, what were your moments of elation, your moments of despair, who did you turn to for encouragement to keep going??  What was the process by which you eventually got your first book accepted?  How did you feel about it then?  How do you feel about it now?  What are you presently working on?

Oh, my particular question: what were your most successful marketing techniques?

Thank you so very much.  Roisin

Hi, Deborah, and welcome. I think this is a great opportunity, and I'd like to thank you for doing this.
Do you do a lot of our own publicity, or do your publishers take care of that for you?
I'm looking forward to your answer to this question, and everyone else's questions, too!
Sabrina

Hi Deborah!

I'm at the stage of creating a media platform and raising my profile to prepare for getting an agent and a publisher soon. What do you think counts most in terms of making an internet presence? Are there certain outlets for submitting articles that are more reputable with publishers and is it best to use one's real name or not?

How important is it to have a regular contributor spot on a newspaper or magazine as opposed to, or alongside of, having a web presence? Is it best to have a blog (if one has one) in one's website? And what is the best place to leave extracts of the book? Can one write some as articles or is it best to write fresh pieces?

Thanks

Your NOT going to send them to Deborah?  Typo or change of plans?

-jl

Deborah's answers to the questions posed above are now available.  You can read them at:

http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/writing … ckson.html

Feel free to discuss further here.  Thanks for all of the insightful questions.

Sol

Yes. I agree. Very informative. The stuff about marketing and publicity were very helpful as was everything else. An excellent idea, Sol.

-jl

Thanks, Deborah for taking the time to answer our questions. Very informative. Thanks, Sol for implementing this great idea.

Hi Sabrina,

Just to clarify, Deborah is Canadian.

Sol

R A Keen wrote:

Ah, nutz...Gmail's spam filter (currently at over 1600 emails) must have gobbled up Deborah's reply!

Hi Sol - Any hope of sending her email off again??? If I know the date it is sent or the address, I can head the filter off at the pass. Thanks - R A

Oops...belay that request, Sol. I just read your post with the URL. I'm famous for jumping the gun, even during my track days. Ciao for now - R A