tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post560946504476220640..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: DON’T PANIC! – SOME THOUGHTS ON DIGITAL V TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING: Catherine CzerkawskaKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-18458813418973292732013-03-20T19:54:44.197+00:002013-03-20T19:54:44.197+00:00Catherine, I still have horrific chills from the h...Catherine, I still have horrific chills from the hair analogy. And I wonder if Susan intended a pun on hair in her 'heirloom' reference. Terrific bit of writing here and a stern reminder on the need to remember the business of our art.glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-76470517594552412002013-03-19T09:32:46.242+00:002013-03-19T09:32:46.242+00:00LOVE that, Susan! LOVE that, Susan! Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-16647629729931232112013-03-18T21:37:14.633+00:002013-03-18T21:37:14.633+00:00Historical Note: before 'boom boom' was th...Historical Note: before 'boom boom' was the catch-phrase of Basil Brush, it was the catch-phrase of the music-hall comic, Max Miller - and he, in his turn, was imitating the double-bang on the drum that, traditionally, marked the punch-ine of a joke.<br /><br />'They don't do repairs on the ocean.<br />They don't do repairs on the deck.<br />So for three blessed years me trousers was hung<br />From a wart on the back of me neck - boom boom!'<br /><br />These lines are an heirloom passed down from my grandfather and indelibly engraved on my memory before I had any idea what they were about. (I don't have much idea now.)Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-23432746962402391052013-03-18T20:48:18.833+00:002013-03-18T20:48:18.833+00:00No you're not. You're sharing hoax picture...No you're not. You're sharing hoax pictures of GIGANTIC spiders! Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-4832471097172619662013-03-18T20:24:54.169+00:002013-03-18T20:24:54.169+00:00thanks catherine. tomorrow i burst into the cyber ...thanks catherine. tomorrow i burst into the cyber world! tonight, i watch the telly...Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-49565651935371414072013-03-18T18:23:27.570+00:002013-03-18T18:23:27.570+00:00Jan, you don't have to do all that 'follow...Jan, you don't have to do all that 'follow in a reader' stuff. My mistake for using the word 'follow'. You can just 'join this site' and you can sign in with FB to do it if you like, and it will update you. John, how right you are!Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-51151117370947211302013-03-18T17:45:30.312+00:002013-03-18T17:45:30.312+00:00I started calling those Doom Prediction stories (I...I started calling those Doom Prediction stories (Is Epublishing All Over Already?) Chicken Licken stories in my mind too...starting in January this year when there seemed to be a spate of them all around...<br />I think in America, this chicken goes under the name of Chicken Little (but make no mistake, this is the same chicken! I got on a few bandwagons with this chicken and his fans a few times in 2012...this year, I've crossed the road to avoid him...and should he ever follow me across that road, I will be certain to ask him why!)<br />(BOOM BOOM!)<br />(For viewers outside of the United Kingdom, or the 1970s, BOOM BOOM! was the famous patented trademark punchline statement of a puppet fox named Basil Brush...partial to a bit of chicken himself, I'm sure)John A. A. Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613779477853664598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-73236094891704358812013-03-18T16:41:08.560+00:002013-03-18T16:41:08.560+00:00interesting stuff, catherine. i decided to follow ...interesting stuff, catherine. i decided to follow your blog, as invited. clicked the button. it asked me if i wanted to 'subscribe in a reader.' you WHA'? clicked another button, got equally incomprehensible questions/instructions. ah well, i'm sure you won't miss me. i do find it sad, though, that these new media wallahs have cavalierly invented and introduced a language, which i have no way of understanding unless i happily click buttons which don't tell me what they're going to do with me or my life/information. god bless the bic!Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-81307769978576932972013-03-18T15:49:03.445+00:002013-03-18T15:49:03.445+00:00Dan, I can hear both manifestations of 'Don&#...Dan, I can hear both manifestations of 'Don't panic!' Does that make me some sort of polymath? My own publishing carer tarted with extreme frustration which morphed into a long fool's paradise and then back to frustration worse than the first time round. Catherine, the sheer wasting of time that you mention is, for so many, a personal near-tragedy. Not for me. luckily. But yes, I think I would pay, if I could be sure of good returns. I'm quite happy to pay for other writing services rendered - covers, copy-editing, text conversion - so why not listing, especially if it leads to actual and observable advantage.Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-82108258874815711442013-03-18T12:45:39.390+00:002013-03-18T12:45:39.390+00:00Good comments. I thought I might open a large can ...Good comments. I thought I might open a large can of worms! (More changing metaphors!) When I thought about this post after I'd written it, the thing that really struck me was the time wasted on the endless submission, rejection, submission, rewrite, submission, rejection treadmill. Years of my life. It still bugs me. At least I just carried on writing what I wanted to write most of the time, so I have a lot of work which I can now polish and publish. I was talking to a much younger writer last year who had wasted several years of good writing time being strung along by a publisher who published his first book, told him not to write the sequel he was desperate to write, advised him to write something else, but then turned it down when he did. Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-35496037111057261852013-03-18T12:14:14.260+00:002013-03-18T12:14:14.260+00:00The dogs are proud to be featured artists (especia...The dogs are proud to be featured artists (especially since one of their sisters is a Crufts winner!) <br />Lydia (Val) I always think that the promoting time vs writing time is a bit of a false problem though, because as an indie I don't reckon I spend more time doing the 'marketing' or promotion than I ever spent chasing agents/publishers/broadcasters or doing spec work and the like. At least I have CONTROL of how I use my non writing time now. And control of WHAT I write. <br /><br />But I do agree a clone would be handy. Any progress on that one please? I'd pay for that. I wouldn't pay to list. No way. I'd take Dan's route and go fully indie on distribution. Actually, if you go with a distributor (aggregator) then you probably are paying to list and actually, if you think of it, what is the 30% except a sort of listing fee?! But that's business now isn't it! CallyPhillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481379296340077102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-41686522299640305902013-03-18T10:55:32.920+00:002013-03-18T10:55:32.920+00:00Great blog, Catherine, but please, please don'...Great blog, Catherine, but please, please don't let you know who read that last couple of paragraphs - don't want to put ideas in their heads!Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-86258074237764793012013-03-18T10:52:28.785+00:002013-03-18T10:52:28.785+00:00great post Catherine. it's a constant question...great post Catherine. it's a constant question, all the time indies spend promoting and distributing which could be writing time, vs trad publishing with less power over our own work and anyway lots of trad published writers say they get no promotion and are expected to do it all themselves! we simply need to clone ourselves to be our own PR/PA. Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-57241623047551674212013-03-18T10:45:13.149+00:002013-03-18T10:45:13.149+00:00Great blog, Catherine. Sums it all up very clearly...Great blog, Catherine. Sums it all up very clearly. I suspect that you speak for the majority of Indies, too, especially in the secret wish to have a biggie take the marketing chore off your hands. I hadn't heard the secondary tail hair analogy before - it offers great scope, doesn't it?Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-61848700346609573062013-03-18T09:48:00.239+00:002013-03-18T09:48:00.239+00:00I wonder if there's an interesting cultural co...I wonder if there's an interesting cultural commentary here as to whther people hear the words "don't panic" in the voice of either Clive Dunn or the radio verison of Hitchhiker's.<br /><br />I love the thought that rather than being cogs in a wheel we are all widgets in a very large can of draught ale. <br /><br />The third way, of course, is to go completely artisan and sell direct, handling one's own distribution of physical and electronic goods.Dan Hollowayhttp://danholloway.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com