/lit/ - Literature

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>the isn't even supposed to be a work of fiction, but rather a apprehension

To be published somebody must be interested in you and think you can sell. Why would he think you can sell if you come out of nowhere? Writers who are published are writers who are active, with groups and magazines and connections. Publishers are too busy looking after these people than hoping that Joe Nobody is a writing genius. If you were to sent your book to a publisher, he'd probably put it in the recycle bin with an half-glance to the title. And if you were in his place, you would do that to your own book.