Introducing the two best web-based services available to writers and published authors:

Many times, writers are overwhelmed by what to do next – either right before or right after they have finished their manuscripts. Gold Leaf Press is pleased to announce that the process has become much easier.

At each stage of the publishing process – from design and book manufacturing to promotion, publicly, marketing and sales – Gold Leaf Press aligns with industry professionals that offer supplemental expertise or services that will contribute to our author client’s objectives.

And, we know the importance of staying current.

So, we devote a portion of each week researching, visiting, exploring, initiating dialogue and field testing each company, service or individual that we think may be of value to our authors and clients.

Some of these companies will forever be start-ups, relying strictly on statistics to stay in business. But, once in a while, we discover a company or service that we know will continuously expand and greatly enhance your publishing endeavors, experiences and outcomes.

With that in mind, you can rest assured that the two web-based writers’ services below have been researched, reviewed and utilized over the course of the past year. As a result, we strongly recommend that you visit each of these websites and discover for yourself how they will benefit you throughout your writing and publishing experience.

Step 1.
Literary Works Market- “Where literary works and the literary community converge”

Description: A web-based database of synopses of literary works categorized by genre and cross-listed by topics. Designed for and by members of the professional literary community, this web-site is on track to become the “go-to” resource for quick access to authors, subject matter experts and topical literary works.

Gold Leaf Press is particularly fond of this site and service because it accommodates all types of writers and all types of literary works. If you are a writer, aspiring writer, published author, educator, journalist, poet, artist, photographer or someone who has an idea or two for a book or literary work, this is for you.

Furthermore, this site and service is not limited just to book-length manuscripts! Regardless of the genre, format or type of work - fiction or nonfiction, a poem or a collection of poems, a short story or anthology, a comic strip or cartoon series, an article or news column, a children’s book or a romance novel or dissertation, a screenplay, stage play or television script……….. all are equally important in this venue and all have an equal opportunity for being discovered, recognized and publicized!

Contrary to the common assumption, getting an agent and getting published are only two approaches to becoming an established, recognized, successful author. Favorable pre-publication reviews will launch your work……….. as will citations in other published works . . . or a radio interview or television appearance. . . If your work is educational, it must be class-tested with verifiable results. . . . if you’ve written a children’s book, you need to see how children (other than your own) respond to it . . . . . So, you need others, from many segments of the media and literary community, to read, review and apply your material in order to get an agent’s, publisher’s, producer’s or book buyer’s attention.

Finally, there is a medium available to writers and authors that allows everyone – before, during or after completion of their work – the opportunity to efficiently and thoroughly premiere, promote and expose their work throughout the entire literary community!

Here’s how it works:

You select the Synopsis Posting Package that you feel will best accomplish your objectives. All 3 are for a period of six months, they vary in additional exposure and promotion features. You draft and submit a synopsis of your work. The Editorial Board receives, reviews and if in your best interest, will revise your synopsis for clarity and highest impact and posts it for you on the basis of its genre and topic.

Your posting and synopsis is highlighted in Who’s Writing What?, a weekly newsletter published by Literary Works Market that is circulated throughout the literary community – agents, publishers, book buyers, reviewers, television, film and radio producers, educators, journalists, scholars, educators, publicists and book marketers….. Basically anyone and everyone who relies upon literary works and topical information in the course of their personal or professional pursuits.

Your synopsis is also incorporated into a weekly Press Release that is circulated throughout all web-based media.

For the next six months, you will field direct inquires from those who are currently and actively is interested in your topic and work. In effect, it is the reverse of the traditional process and while it can often replace the necessity for searching for an agent, publisher, publicist or publisher, it will absolutely supplement every effort you make. The advantages of this venue are too numerous to list here………. So, we strongly encourage you to visit literaryworksmarket.com … and take this first step in the process toward getting published and recognized.

Step 2.
Firstwriter.com
Conducting an agent or publisher search is often-times the most challenging and discouraging leg of your journey toward publication…………. Many times, the author runs out of gas long before the right agent at the right time even knew he or she was on the highway.

Firstwriter.com makes the agent search process very easy. By subscribing to this service you have full access to their database of all registered literary agents in the United States. Each agent is profiled by types of material they are currently considering as well as their full contact information and all submission guidelines.

In addition, as a subscriber, you will receive firstwriter.com’s newsletters and weekly announcements that pertain to writing and poetry contests, new agent and agencies accepting manuscripts for representation, magazines and publications accepting articles and submissions, book reviewers…. Essentially, all of the ancillary opportunities that new writers don’t know about and established writers can’t support themselves without.