I got a book deal, now what??

Here is an article on mediabistro for those of you who have signed your first book deal. You are miles ahead of me. It answers the question (very broadly), “what’s next?”

My favorite line from the piece: “it's often because the authors have failed to educate themselves about the process and what publishing will or won't do for them.”

I think it is important for authors to empower themselves with information regarding the publishing process. Writing and publishing go hand and hand (that is if you want to be published) and to be clueless about publishing will only hurt you in the end.