tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post1288169540700116175..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Dan Holloway: Where Are You Going ToKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-79403627015073213412011-08-19T07:37:07.983+01:002011-08-19T07:37:07.983+01:00Dan, you're so right when you say writing is g...Dan, you're so right when you say writing is getting like the music business. I was explaining to a musical friend what being an indie author was and he said 'like in the music industry'. No stigma, no mutterings about vanity press - he understood. Perhaps public understanding of the book industry today is actually more acute than we think.Roz Morris aka @Roz_Morris . Blog: Nail Your Novelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088813423467048081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-17898791310333339752011-08-18T13:49:09.141+01:002011-08-18T13:49:09.141+01:00To add a further update, The Dead Beat today reach...To add a further update, The Dead Beat today reached the shortlist for Not the Booker Prize :)Dan Hollowayhttp://danholloway.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-64447818581783389922011-08-16T23:13:30.057+01:002011-08-16T23:13:30.057+01:00That's an interesting post, Dan. Nose to the g...That's an interesting post, Dan. Nose to the grindstone is a good philosophy, with an occasional tea-break to check that the stone and the grain are the ones you want, as they can change.@Ruby_Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07136530922804444637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-14413320046451081762011-08-16T20:54:09.682+01:002011-08-16T20:54:09.682+01:00Thank you, Dennis :) I just need to find those 25t...Thank you, Dennis :) I just need to find those 25th, 26th & 27th hours in the day!<br /><br />Emma, they weren't the distractions I wsa thinking of, but I do spend rather too much time on twitter! That said, it's only by hanging out on twitter I've been able to reach the position where I'm able to help my writers effectively.Dan Hollowayhttp://danholloway.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-88495149388423486022011-08-16T18:28:39.239+01:002011-08-16T18:28:39.239+01:00Dan, you are very fortunate in having so many tale...Dan, you are very fortunate in having so many talents and interests - and chief among them the ability to see the potential in other people. I've known that from a life of teaching, especially now with students on the Oxford creative writing diploma, whose talnt amazes and humbles me. The point about diverse interests, it seems to me, is that they are all aspects of the same internal drive. You've got that and it won't lead you away from your goal, it will help you triumphantly to achieve it. You see if I'm not right!Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-16559095192792835922011-08-16T14:44:01.461+01:002011-08-16T14:44:01.461+01:00It's a good point you make. A few years back ...It's a good point you make. A few years back there were so few distractions: no blogs, no social media, and although it could be very depressing to be sitting in a room, at a desk, with nobody beating a path to the door, it did focus the mind on what one really wanted to write. Or so I found.<br /><br />Now there's a myriad of opportunities and chances to "get busy" but sometimes it can be a distraction, and it's really important just to take stock.<br /><br />Which I will do just after I've met my next blog deadline....Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-80504099664221527842011-08-16T12:32:12.632+01:002011-08-16T12:32:12.632+01:00It would be a true shame to lose the wonderful thi...It would be a true shame to lose the wonderful things you're doing at eightcuts! As for writing, I certainly wouldn't write anything I wasn't inspired by . . . but I don't worry too much about what form it takes (not that any of it is terribly commercial) ;) Look at it this way, if you enjoy writing thrillers, and it brings an audience to your other writing - win-win. If you don't enjoy writing them, then don't. As to whether you're a good thriller writer or not . . . as always, that one is in the hands of readers. We can not adequately judge work we are so emotionally bound with.Sessha Battohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569927397738788073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-80314859553277960952011-08-16T12:19:38.173+01:002011-08-16T12:19:38.173+01:00:)
Sessha, I think that's a very good approach...:)<br />Sessha, I think that's a very good approach, and how I tackle life in general (when you're as broke as we are you have to look forward not back and take things as they come). On the other hand, I realised recently I was being steered in a direction I really didn't like - there is so much I am passionate about at eight cuts, and that was in danger of getting lost entirelyDan Hollowayhttp://danholloway.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-68377690374257701312011-08-16T12:06:17.927+01:002011-08-16T12:06:17.927+01:00Goals are much like desires, best left behind ;) I...Goals are much like desires, best left behind ;) I prefer to walk the path as it is revealed, rather than try to anticipate the destination and forge my own way. I fear what I may miss in a single-minded rush to the goal. As for footsteps, I prefer to leave none, I wouldn't want to distract someone from their own path, after all!Sessha Battohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569927397738788073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-11624649679164908332011-08-16T11:17:54.922+01:002011-08-16T11:17:54.922+01:00Thanks Jo :) I don't know about scary but prob...Thanks Jo :) I don't know about scary but probably *deep* footsteps with 18 stone of bulk. I think the really important thing is that what seems like success might not be and we need not to be distracted by bright shiny lights and remember what it is we really wanted to do when we started out.Dan Hollowayhttp://danholloway.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-51715910077297542572011-08-16T10:02:22.657+01:002011-08-16T10:02:22.657+01:00Thanks for this, Dan. A timely reminder to hang in...Thanks for this, Dan. A timely reminder to hang in there. Tho yours are scary footsteps to try to follow - good luck with whatever comes next. You've earned your success.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.com