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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These days it seems like you need a built in-audience before they give you a book deal. Out of the people that I know who have published books, one had a blog and a post that turned viral, one was a speaker on the women's retreat church circuit, one was a DEI consultant for major corporations who had a niche expertise, another one also spoke at conferences and made news with a public controversy/firing. These are all nonfiction books.

I'm not sure about the fiction writers - I think one started with publishing short stories in literary magazines. The other attended some writing program or workshop and must have gotten good traction/support from those who read her manuscript. [/quote]

I mostly know fiction writers and publishing short stories is incredibly common for starting out; it gives authors practice with both querying and publishing in general, as well as offering some small income from writing.  Getting an agent still can take ages, though.[/quote]

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