tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post3656159500230395784..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Just Writing a Book isn’t Enough! - Guest Post by Louise WiseKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-79091801863761717652014-05-30T21:39:00.671+01:002014-05-30T21:39:00.671+01:00Good post Louise but "OK, my next no-no is sa...Good post Louise but "OK, my next no-no is saying your book isn’t very good." ? Um, did I make a boo-boo? :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441110013398893042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-69348514211593398792014-05-30T19:50:23.337+01:002014-05-30T19:50:23.337+01:00A very wise post... (couldn't resist that!) Th...A very wise post... (couldn't resist that!) The Twitter hashtag thing is interesting. I usually forget them and always wonder if I'm using enough. Now maybe I won't worry so much! <br />Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-41252267941862103922014-05-30T13:43:12.207+01:002014-05-30T13:43:12.207+01:00Great information on using social media for market...Great information on using social media for marketing. Thank you!<br /><br />Heather G - The Natasha Saga<br />Heath Greenishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837666446760806607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-27097924939263906492014-05-30T13:42:23.243+01:002014-05-30T13:42:23.243+01:00Good reminders, thanks! Novelist Sara Sheridan doe...Good reminders, thanks! Novelist Sara Sheridan does a great information session on 'how to brand your books' (Chris Longmuir, think you've been to one!) It was one of the most helpful sessions I have ever attended as far as marketing was concerned. It involves filling in a series of intriguing boxes including things like themes and tones, key talking points and identification and then drawing some conclusions. But for each book, rather than for yourself as a writer. As somebody who tends to write 'across' genres sometimes, I've found it immensely helpful and have used it when it came to thinking about covers and writing blurbs. The main thing for me was that it allowed me to step back from my involvement with each novel and think about how the reader might see it. It also gave me some 'key words' to use when talking and writing about the novel. I gave up on agents a while ago. Even when I had them, they didn't seem to want to work with what they had, but what they wanted to turn me into! Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-44723127979592625592014-05-30T13:00:34.371+01:002014-05-30T13:00:34.371+01:00Thanks Chris and madwippitt, as well.
Lydia, with...Thanks Chris and madwippitt, as well.<br /><br />Lydia, with their 'over-marketing' and bragging I bet they also interact as ordinary people hard and fast on social media, and have made many friends to help push their sales.Louise Wisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585797594757452007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-6204795359242575802014-05-30T12:08:37.462+01:002014-05-30T12:08:37.462+01:00Welcome Louise, good to read your guest post. I...Welcome Louise, good to read your guest post. I've come to the conclusion it doesn't matter a damn why a publisher or agent SAYS they reject a book, what matters is that they have, and if enough have, you can take other action!However I do take slight issue with your point about over-marketing and bragging, people who do this and get called out for it on fb and twitter and are thick-skinned enough to keep doing it, seem to do pretty well - I can't do that at all, so it's no help to me, and it's annoying as well, but it seems to be the case! :)Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-91554257596967894072014-05-30T11:34:49.243+01:002014-05-30T11:34:49.243+01:00Talking of publisher speak, there's also agent...Talking of publisher speak, there's also agent speak. I have several agent rejections that stated my novel was too literary for them because they specialised in commercial fiction. Me - literary! I don't have a literary bone in my body. I write, or try to write, pageturners. So in agent speak, too literary meant - we're not going to be able to make oodles of cash from you!Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-5968354656979459932014-05-30T11:08:46.382+01:002014-05-30T11:08:46.382+01:00Thanks Debbie for having me. Appreciate it.
Lee,...Thanks Debbie for having me. Appreciate it. <br /><br />Lee, I thought it meant it didn't fit in with what was selling at the time. Now I see lots of books with the similar theme, so maybe I was a head of my time? Who knows. <br /><br />I'd love your version though... even if it makes me cry. <br /><br />:)Louise Wisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585797594757452007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-64606958653807191952014-05-30T07:51:22.719+01:002014-05-30T07:51:22.719+01:00A good reminder, thank you! A good reminder, thank you! madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-43045881688182259372014-05-30T07:08:15.917+01:002014-05-30T07:08:15.917+01:00You do know what 'too original' means in p...You do know what 'too original' means in publisher-speak, don't you?Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.com