I figure the process of getting published might be an interesting thing to track, so here we go with the first of many posts about it. I’m starting with one approximately 82K word manuscript that has been steadily written and revised in my spare time over the last few years. I like to have many projects on the go, and in addition to my day job, I’m also a musician who’s put out a couple of albums worth of material with my band as well as a number of solo recordings in the same time period. Plus this blog. Plus whatever else I think up. So, that’s why it’s taken a few years and why the project of getting the final draft published will probably take longer than it normally does. Where to start? That’s a question I’ve been asking myself over and over for the last few days. To add to an already daunting task, there’s the current recession, thanks in no small part to Mr. Bush and the Wall Street gang who figure reality does not have to factor into economics. And the book industry is not immune, as this article suggests. The one thing I’ll note is that, for all the talk of pre-recession excess, the article does not mention that any of the major book publishers are looking for a bailout, so I’d say they’re handling it better than some (cough, cough) out there. (more…)