Warren Adler on Getting Published
December 10, 2007
I was over forty and still burned with the hope that I would realize my dream of becoming a career novelist. At the time, I owned an advertising agency in Washington D.C., which I had founded to support my growing family. A man walked into my office who had written a non-fiction book THE MORAL SOCIETY. He asked what we would charge to promote his book. In a eureka moment, I said our fee would be if his publisher, a small one in Philadelphia, would publish my first novel. I submitted my novel and the publisher agreed. My thirtieth book, FUNNY BOYS, will be published this spring by Overlook Press. The man who wrote THE MORAL SOCIETY became my lifelong friend. After all, he changed my life and was the spark that fulfilled my dream. I never doubted my writing talent, but without that eureka moment, I doubt if my writing career would ever have been launched. Until that man walked into my office and re-ignited my hopes, I had trouble securing an agent and was quite discouraged. Everyone needs a little victory at just the right moment.
About Warren Adler
Warren Adler is a world-renowned novelist, short story writer and playwright. His books have been translated into more than 25 languages and two of his novels, THE WAR OF THE ROSES and RANDOM HEARTS, have been made into enormously popular movies, shown continually throughout the world.
Today, when not writing, Mr. Adler lectures on creative writing, motion picture adaptation and the future of Electronic Books. He is the founder of the Jackson Hole Writer's Conference and has been Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Jackson Hole Public Library. He is married to the former Sonia Kline, a magazine editor. He has three sons, David, Jonathan and Michael and four grandchildren and lives in New York City.
www.warrenadler.com
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