You can do what most people do and submit your proposal to dozens of agents hoping that one will be interested and give you a contract.  That can take weeks, months, or even years.  My mom has been writing children’s stories since I was born.  Although the children’s market is a lot different than books for adults, it’s still really difficult to get published through a traditional publisher.  I know.  I’ve seen her send out dozens of manuscripts to agents and also publishers for her children’s stories.  Even though she has gotten lots of rejection letters as most people do, she still keeps writing and trying.

What if  you are writing a business book for adults?   How do you get published?  How do you find an agent?  There must be an easier way than submitting proposal after proposal and waiting month after month for some kind of response.   Guess what?  There is an easier way.

Attend a Mark Victor Hansen MEGA Book event.  And you’re in luck.  There just happens to be one coming up on June 5-7 in Orlando right in the middle of DisneyWorld at the Swan and Dolphin Resort.  Not only will you be inspired by Mark but you will also hear other speakers with lots of helpful business information.  But the best thing is that there will be agents and other people from the publishing industry that you can meet in person.  

That’s how I found my agent for my business book.  Actually, he found me at the last MEGA Book in LA in February.   I am convinced that face-to-face meetings are much better than just sending something in the mail.  So why not increase your chances?

This MEGA Book event will be extra exciting because it is the official release of Mark Victor Hansen’s upcoming book “The Richest Kids in America.”   Mark interviewed thirteen kids at different stages of their businesses for his book.  I feel very fortunate that he included my story.  So along with several of the other kids in his book, I will be speaking onstage that weekend.

If I’ve convinced you that this is an event you don’t want to miss, please register through my website.   I get credit if you do and the kids from his book are in a contest to see who can refer the most people to MEGA.  It will be loads of fun!  If you’re a biz kid, you get a great deal too.  It’s only $299 for kids 18 & Under.

See you at the party!

If you haven’t ever been to one of Mark Victor Hansen’s MEGA events, make plans to go sometime.  The one I was just at was in Los Angeles on February 27-March 1 but there is another one in Orlando, FL on June 5-7.   Even if you don’t think you’ll ever write a book, the speakers he has throughout the weekend talk about much more than just books and publishing.  There is so much information, you better take notes because you’ll never remember it all when you get home. 

I’ve never been to any event like this longer than a day so I wasn’t sure what to expect.   Some people might think three days of sitting in a conference room would be pretty tiring but even for a kid, it was pretty fun.   I met so many really nice people.  It was a great place for networking.   I never thought I could collect so many business cards in three days.

One of the most exciting parts was on Sunday.  Because I am one of the kids in Mark Victor Hansen’s new book, I got to speak onstage with Mark and the rest of the kids that were there.  It was so much fun, I can’t wait to do it again.

If that excitement wasn’t enough for this kid, I also was able to set up an exhibitor booth to sell my Pencil Bugs products.   I introduced my new Pencil Bugs greeting cards with three versions of birthday cards.   They went over really well and I sold a lot.  I’m working on plans to make them available online.

Since I have been working on my own business book, I was able to meet some very important people, one in particular that every writer hopes to get.  Sorry, that’s all I can say for now.    I’m still in that “it’s almost too good to believe” stage but it is for real.

I’ll update as things progress.