Gonzoe is a writer and has a degree in it even. Ax him.

My Mom is a writer. But that won't help you. Unless your book is health related, non-fiction.

Good luck.

PaulNikon has a good idea. I would Ax Gonzoe, Ask him even. And this is more than a get naked on the internet site, I think of it as more a social network site that has good art. There is nothing wrong with asking someone for help, because it is a hard thing to get into. If they are rude etc then ask someone else who isn't.

you sure seem to attract alot of rude emails.

i hope to one day read your book!

Maybe rude was just a poor choice of words...

Either way good luck with it

How the hell was that rude?

Yah, sorry if I misspoke, "it's kind of horrible" was referring to "the process of getting an agent if you don't already have one." It's really hard. Get ready to spend a lot on postage.

Copyright, though, is easy:

http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-register.html#register

Well good luck with that....

Don't know if this will help or not.

http://www.copyright.gov/register/literary.html

We are going insane at the moment I'll explain later Hopefully no one snaps and kills anyone...

According to writers I know, the key is finding a literary agent. If you can't get an agent interested in your book, you won't be able to get a publisher interested.

Check the Literary Marketplace (LMP) http://www.literarymarketplace.com/lmp/us/index_us.asp for agents that might deal in your kind of writing. You have to register for free to see names, and you have to pay to see details, but you can also probably find a copy of the printed book in the library (they have it at hcplc.org).

God luck! Finishing a book is a huge milestone. I hope you get published!

Good Luck!!!

Unfortunatly, it's one of the few areas of business that I have absolutely no experience with, otherwise I'd be so glad to help drop some bread crumbs to help you find the path.... The only advice I can offer, simply based on reading a few biographies of writers I respect, is that you have to believe in your work and your self... Never, never, never give up or get discouraged, even if you get tons of rejections at first... I'm sure that it's much harder to break in than it is for anyone who is a published and "branded" author...

I suppose that the one pretty cool thing is that you're at least likely to have a pretty good marketing base here on SG... Between your direct friends and all the networking any of us may do, once you do get the break I would guess it's an asset that so many 1st time authors can come no where close to...

I would also think that these days, there are probably a number of options for self publishing and gorilla marketing online....I'll try to dig around a little and if I come up with anything usefull, I'll let you know...

Congrats on completing it.. You're already so far ahead of so many aspiring writers.....

T

Thora has a book published on lulu.com. Maybe she or that website could provide you with useful information.