Writing for Non-Fiction Genres

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In my early years as an agent, I launched new authors via fiction, but I now recommend nonfiction, instead, due to the realities of the marketplace.

A strong Christian publishing house can generate respectable numbers of copies sold. You aptly understand platform as fame, and your chaplain project might be one way to begin developing the following you need. These publishers are more open to new writers than regular trade houses for both fiction and nonfiction.

My writing here is to give you accurate info about publishing, so here it is, the bald truth: it's harder than ever to publish a first-time writer's novel with a legitimate trade house these days. (I'm not talking about Christian houses here.) It's not impossible; I still do it upon occasion. However, a better strategy is nonfiction, as per my article, Why Write Nonfiction? A Literary Agent Tells You How Nonfiction Can Jumpstart Your Writing Career

Best wishes!

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