Whats the first few steps to getting a book published…?
If you are talking about a novel, then you should definitely have the first draft finished and the first 50 pages revised and polished. You can revise and polish the rest of the manuscript while you are waiting to hear back on your query letter and partial submission. A good critique partner or critique group will help you with revisions and polishing. So yes, you need to write an intriguing query letter and there are many articles and books to teach you how to do this. You will also need an outline or synopsis of the entire story (generally 4 or 5 pages) to send with the first 50 pages. These two items make up your partial. Most publishers only want to see a partial first, not your entire manuscript. You will need to study the market so that you know which publishers and editors accept and publish books similar to yours (for example, mystery, science fiction, romance, young adult). Most publishers have websites that include submission guidelines. The guidelines will tell you whether o
