tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post8138447719634858531..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: On Hating Spring, and a Nasty cosmic "IT", by Enid RichemontKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-36424610327542907352015-03-30T10:42:09.375+01:002015-03-30T10:42:09.375+01:00CreateSpace is okay to print your books but I woul...CreateSpace is okay to print your books but I would strongly advise against taking the free CreateSpace ISBN, far better to buy the ISBN from Nielsen because a lot of bookshops won't take CreateSpace books on principle because they are an Amazon company, but if you use them for POD and become your own publisher with your own ISBN then there is less resistance. I have mine in my local bookshop, and Waterstones and I get orders from Bertrams and Gardners!Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-60826426337810676932015-03-30T00:45:14.616+01:002015-03-30T00:45:14.616+01:00Correction: Left out after your name: "Too qu...Correction: Left out after your name: "Too quiet."glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-51442728850016702422015-03-30T00:44:27.677+01:002015-03-30T00:44:27.677+01:00Provocative and enjoyable post, Enid. Ah, yes, I u...Provocative and enjoyable post, Enid. Ah, yes, I used it hear that one a lot. But even more often: too much, er, rhetoric--generally used to mean any classical sentence constructions. Why, hellfire, some of my favorite writer use tricolon parallelism! glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-91074674705560977972015-03-29T00:01:19.027+00:002015-03-29T00:01:19.027+00:00Barbara Pym was dropped for being too quiet so the...Barbara Pym was dropped for being too quiet so the company in that category is excellent! TS Eliot said 'April is the cruellest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land', something about mixing desire and memory. Spring used to be the hardest time of year for our ancestors - feasting was in autumn and winter as they had the stored harvest, in spring, though they could see the hope for new crops beginning, they were sometimes dangerously short of food and there wasn't much to eat yet. Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-12625744084043123082015-03-28T21:32:23.755+00:002015-03-28T21:32:23.755+00:00I was being told that my work was 'too quiet&#...I was being told that my work was 'too quiet' years ago. In fact it was the main reason why The Curiosity Cabinet was rejected by so many publishers. I never did know exactly what they meant until a writer friend said that they meant they wanted a 'stonking great story.' If they could have good writing as well, then it would be a bonus, but even if the writing was awful, they would settle for the 'stonking great story' any day! I think she was right. TCC was eventually shortlisted for a book prize, half heartedly trad published, garnered some good reviews and sold out comprehensively. I reclaimed the rights and now it sells steadily as an eBook. Even more now that Outlander is on the radar! The big book chains won't accept books printed by Amazon on principle. She might have better luck with smaller independents. But I reckon if it was me I would stop wasting time with traditional publishers - she should be promoting her book online, contacting libraries to see if she can do readers' days (where she can sell books) and selling the eBook on all platforms - and above all working on the next book and getting that one out there too. If trad pub comes calling and she's tempted at least it will be from a position of strength. Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-81999447185735406552015-03-28T18:44:40.329+00:002015-03-28T18:44:40.329+00:00Susan - she already has a huge stack of CreateSpac...Susan - she already has a huge stack of CreateSpace editions,paid for, I presume, as part of the prize money, plus an ISBN and a nice, professional cover illustration, but still her local bookshop refused to stock them.<br /><br />Re- 'too quiet' and predatory animals - check my blog! And we all know what the predators are thinking... 'Munchies'.Enid Richemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218197995089241666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-49298613339775916192015-03-28T09:30:09.689+00:002015-03-28T09:30:09.689+00:00Yeah - on the one hand, you're 'too quiet....Yeah - on the one hand, you're 'too quiet.' Yeet I'm being asked to rewrite a book full of predatory animals hunting each other, and leave out 'any killing or death.' How do you please 'em?<br /><br />Enid - surely your friend can publish with CreateSpace? She can do a guest blog for us - though not in the immediate future. She can write herself a killer blurb, tweet, Facebook. She won't make a fortune - but then she wouldn't with a conventional publisher either.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-75141124931247179212015-03-28T09:09:06.621+00:002015-03-28T09:09:06.621+00:00Interesting blog Enid.
Just love Terry Pratchett...Interesting blog Enid. <br /><br />Just love Terry Pratchett's books. I'm fairly sure we have every disc world book (including the ones aimed at kids) and this week I noticed him-in-doors re-reading one.<br /><br />On the book rejection front. Recently had a conversation with other writers and yes the 'too quiet' rejection seems to be the favoured one at the moment. A few of my picture books have been rejected for this very reason. Oh hum. I'll simply store them for a few years, wait for the tide to turn and send them out again.Lynne Garnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697330164705623835noreply@blogger.com