Unlike regular careers, the path to becoming an author can be unconventional. There is no blueprint, and you have to ...

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What happens first? Does an author sell an idea to you and you work with him/her to develop the manuscript? Or does an author come to you with a completed manuscript and he/she "sells" it to you for ...