As mentioned in a previous entry, I’m in the process of trying to find a publisher for my second book. (Yes, I’ve decided to market it as one 130,000-word volume instead of two 65,000-word books; the fantasy market these days is heavily slanted toward the thick side.) I’ve decided to chronicle my efforts here, at least in part because it’s something more than a half-dozen people might be interested in reading, as opposed to my normal rantings which apparently actually drive traffic away even from other sites.
There are plenty of resources online for information and advice on how to get published, but not too many that keep a running log of a close-enough-to-unknown-as-makes-no-difference author and his attempts to navigate the publishing industry maze. I was lucky enough to bypass several parts of the standard process with The Sillymarillion (it was a right place, right time kind of lucky break), so this will be a learning experience for me, and hopefully for anyone who happens by this little corner of the Web to read it.