Hello,
I recently became a member of the discussion board and felt that I wanted to give a bit of background about myself and what I wish to accomplish.
I was never a fan of reading; In fact all through high school I read the minimum and didn't really pick up a book until I enlisted in the armed forces shortly after my high school graduation.
I served time overseas in iraq and found myself more often than not with nothing to do during my downtime between patrols and other duties. I wrote a letter to my friend and he suggested to maybe read a book because it would help me maintain a healthy mind and take some of the much added stress away from my life.
Some time had passed since our discussion and out of the blue I received a care package from some family and friends and inside was a short series of fictional fantasy by R.A. Salvatore. I did nothing with the books for over a month, one day I decided to give the book a try, the first few chapters were kind of slow but I began to get into the book and after the second in the series I found myself wanting to read other types of fictional books.
After separating from the armed forces I went to college and obtained a bachelors in Criminal Justice. I attended additional programs to make myself more marketable, but after some time my passion for the field had become jaded and slowly started to fizzle out.
It should be noted that I am the son of factory workers, having spent some time in various factories myself I have found that it's a profession that is less than sought after for many different reasons. More recently In the past couple years I have switched jobs from retail, to food service and back to factory life.
In the past few months I decided that a career change was in order and I am currently being considered for various positions in government work.
Being a father of one, soon to be two I had a long conversation with my better half and what I wanted to accomplish in the next few years. Having taken some time to answer I told her that I wanted to eventually write a book. we furthered the conversation with what I would be interested in writing about, and how long I've thought about it.
To be honest ever since I completed my first book I had always wondered what it would be like to have a story published. A story that could maybe entertain a young man or women on the battlefield or in the bedroom.
Since our discussion, I have researched exactly what it takes to become an author and how to get your work published. In short the process at times can be very confusing and overwhelming. Anymore it is common to have an agent, and with some publishing companies it is required, even then you are not guaranteed to get the company you want or the agent who really wants to represent you.
I would very much like to hear thoughts and personal accounts from authors who have already been through the process and possibly offer some advice.
-Best,
J. Fox
I recently became a member of the discussion board and felt that I wanted to give a bit of background about myself and what I wish to accomplish.
I was never a fan of reading; In fact all through high school I read the minimum and didn't really pick up a book until I enlisted in the armed forces shortly after my high school graduation.
I served time overseas in iraq and found myself more often than not with nothing to do during my downtime between patrols and other duties. I wrote a letter to my friend and he suggested to maybe read a book because it would help me maintain a healthy mind and take some of the much added stress away from my life.
Some time had passed since our discussion and out of the blue I received a care package from some family and friends and inside was a short series of fictional fantasy by R.A. Salvatore. I did nothing with the books for over a month, one day I decided to give the book a try, the first few chapters were kind of slow but I began to get into the book and after the second in the series I found myself wanting to read other types of fictional books.
After separating from the armed forces I went to college and obtained a bachelors in Criminal Justice. I attended additional programs to make myself more marketable, but after some time my passion for the field had become jaded and slowly started to fizzle out.
It should be noted that I am the son of factory workers, having spent some time in various factories myself I have found that it's a profession that is less than sought after for many different reasons. More recently In the past couple years I have switched jobs from retail, to food service and back to factory life.
In the past few months I decided that a career change was in order and I am currently being considered for various positions in government work.
Being a father of one, soon to be two I had a long conversation with my better half and what I wanted to accomplish in the next few years. Having taken some time to answer I told her that I wanted to eventually write a book. we furthered the conversation with what I would be interested in writing about, and how long I've thought about it.
To be honest ever since I completed my first book I had always wondered what it would be like to have a story published. A story that could maybe entertain a young man or women on the battlefield or in the bedroom.
Since our discussion, I have researched exactly what it takes to become an author and how to get your work published. In short the process at times can be very confusing and overwhelming. Anymore it is common to have an agent, and with some publishing companies it is required, even then you are not guaranteed to get the company you want or the agent who really wants to represent you.
I would very much like to hear thoughts and personal accounts from authors who have already been through the process and possibly offer some advice.
-Best,
J. Fox
