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Nov15
"You have to pray that the right person opens your book": How To Find the Right Readers for Your Book
I'd like to introduce you to Heather O'Neill, this week's featured writer. In this decidedly lo-fi video clip from KGB Bar in New York, O'Neill is reading about a young delinquent as he makes a silly (yet ominous) attempt to become a hoodlum.



Today, O'Neill explains how she landed a book deal for that novel, Lullabies for Little Criminals.

Welcome to the third installment
of my deceptively simple feature: Five Easy Questions. In the spirit of Jack Nicholson’s mad piano player, I run a serialized set of weekly interviews with writing pioneers—delivering some practical, unexpected advice about web publishing...

Jason Boog:
How did Lullabies for Little Children come about? How did you find a publisher for this unique book?
Continue reading...
Heather O'Neill:
My agent sent the book to Courtney Hodell who was unbelievably encouraging.

She called me up and compared the book to Fellini's La Strada. She really got the book and didn't think of it in terms of genre. I was lucky in that respect.

I think luck plays a part in publishing in that you have to pray that the right person opens your book, because it can fall into all the wrong hands for a long time.

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