How I Found a Publisher for My First Book in Under Six Months

TJ Condon
6 min readSep 6, 2020
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Last year, I set the goal to write a book in under a year. Mission accomplished. This year, I set my sights on finding a publisher in a lot less time. Here are the strategies I used to meet that goal and lessons learned along the way.

#1: Know and follow the publishing conventions of your book’s genre.

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TJ Condon

Author of Some Assembly Required, a True Story of Love and Organ Transplants, published by Black Rose Writing in May 2021. Available at your favorite bookseller