> > Have you READ amateur fantasy? As far as I'm concerned, when I buy a book, > > I'm not paying just for the paper and binding and author's royalties, I'm > > paying for the editing and the whole darned filtering process. There's > > whole lot of bad (yes, some of it reaches the shelves) fiction out there, > > and I really don't want to spend my time filtering it. I think that's why I > > prefer established authors and their series'. > > > Established authors have to come from somewhere.<snip> Mr. Brust, as the best known published author on this mailing list, I was wondering if you would let us know how *you* got your first book published and if you believe that the existence of the internet creates new opportunites for unpublished authors... or just allows for the exposure of work that wouldn't otherwise see the light of day. Or perhaps the truth lay somewhere in the middle? Thanks, Scott Ingram