In his book, Third Door, Alex Banayan describes how the success of leaders like Bill Gates, Maya Angelou, and Steven Spielberg is due to their ability to find and unlock that third door, or unconventional access point to their industries.

If you are looking for a third door into the publishing world, A.N. Payton's story of how a single Tweet made her publishing dreams come true is for you. 

In today's episode, A.N. shares how, after growing frustrated with trying to get her debut manuscript in front of a literary agent, she started participating in a Twitter pitches--one of which got the interest from the editor of a small publishing press, City Owl Press. She also describes the specific strategies that she leveraged to not only find her "third door" but also to make the most out of this opportunity as a complete newbie to the publishing world.

A.N.'s debut novel, Hellfire and Honey, releases tomorrow, June 21, 2022,.  Connect with her via her website, anpayton.com, or Instagram at anpayton.author.

Resources mentioned: The Shit No one Tells You About Writing Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-shit-no-one-tells-you-about-writing/id1530250126 and Query Shark: https://queryshark.blogspot.com/ and Query Tracker, https://querytracker.net/. A.N.'s blog posts on querying and getting an agent: https://anpayton.com/how-to-write-a-query-letter-and-helpful-resources/ and https://anpayton.com/online-resources-for-authors-to-get-an-agent/. Twitter pitch contest: #hivepitch @write_hive

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