tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post6367164850761993865..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: A New Breath of Life by Ruby BarnesKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-56285640793833798082014-06-29T03:10:06.766+01:002014-06-29T03:10:06.766+01:00Hello every one, I really want to share my testimo...Hello every one, I really want to share my testimony to the hearing of the general public on this site about how DR WASIU helped me, December 2013, I saw a post on a particular site shearing testimony on how the great spell caster brought back her ex who name is Jerry so I just see it common and i said let me see what will happen because my husband left me and my three kids for another woman just like that, i and my husband was married for six years living happily before i new what was going on, he left me and go for another woman so when i saw the post, i contacted the spell caster on his email and he told me i should not worry that my husband will come back to me in three days after once he finish casting the reunite spell and to my greatest surprise, i now have my husband back to me again and i want to use this medium to let every body know that this is real and if you are out there having this same problem please contact the great spell caster on his email now because he can do the unexpected. his email is traditionalblackspell@gmail.com or You can also email him directly Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17718428473859377978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-84549394042275260892014-06-27T14:45:47.920+01:002014-06-27T14:45:47.920+01:00I don't see a problem with books seeing out of...I don't see a problem with books seeing out of date if they are of their time, we are all used to it, of course Steampunk writers create their own worlds where technology is whatever they want it to be! it might be easier to write retro or vintage novels Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-26411871283779333442014-06-27T14:31:58.526+01:002014-06-27T14:31:58.526+01:00Yes indeedy ... am helping Caroline Akrill get her...Yes indeedy ... am helping Caroline Akrill get her OOP books turned into digital ones. I asked her if she wanted references to things like typewriters updated and changed to computers, and thought about all the work to be done in bringing them up to date. Wisely, she said "Let's just leave them set in the 80's" Well of course. Whyever not? They worked perfectly well in their own era, and still do. madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-51839763735357072522014-06-27T09:21:41.322+01:002014-06-27T09:21:41.322+01:00Dennis, Louise, I agree, the perils of technology....Dennis, Louise, I agree, the perils of technology. My teenage daughter harrumphs at every mention I make of any technology, at any attempt to stay current and cool. Always been the way, of course, but even more so with the pace of change these days. I think we're going to have to start all our novels "Once upon a time..."<br /><br />Cally, I know what you mean about it being easier to promote the work of others. Less fear of rejection, less concern that people might not love our babies.@Ruby_Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07136530922804444637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-20341088161669438692014-06-26T10:23:26.241+01:002014-06-26T10:23:26.241+01:00'Digital publishing is a second chance. Do you...'Digital publishing is a second chance. Do you have a favourite title that could be revived with a new breath of life? Can it stand the test of time?'<br /><br />Ah, yes Ruby. Early days with The Galloway Collection reveal that the same rules of publishing apply - get people to see it for 30 secs on Tv and they rush to buy... rest of the time struggle to shake off the invisibility cloak. Or should we say that if you stand around in the right places shouting loud enough and waving your knickers in the air you get noticed. The rest of the time, less so. I don't think that's cynical, just realist. It's the world we live in. God is economics. <br /><br />In my case the breathing of new life into S.R.Crockett's Galloway novels has had many strange, interesting and unexpected turns - I have certainly found there is a 'community of readers' out there but 'finding' these like minded people is as hard as it ever was. With the membership site for 'fans' and prospective 'fans' keeping an ongoing presence available I think the effort is validated. <br /><br />Fashion in fiction changes but we shouldn't be fooled into thinking that 'the classics' are the only books that 'should' survive - it's just a question of making work available and trying to get it into the awareness of the kind of readers who might like it (target market I guess!!) I'm not sure whether the more micro publishers start doing this the better or worse, feeling optimistic today I'll say better, because the more people become aware that there is 'much more in the heaven and earth of books' than is dreamt of in the fashion of bestsellers and award winners, the more chance there is they will start LOOKING for something they want to read rather than responding to what they are told they want to read. But of course the downside of not being IN YER FACE shoving your great work down the throats of people who won't like it, is exactly that it doesn't build the kind of 'momentum' that throws off the invisibility cloak. <br /><br />In conclusion. I think it's a thing very worth doing. I don't think it's a way to make a living. But then we all knew that all along anyway, didn't we? It's about opening people's eyes to CHOICE and that has to be a good thing. Lots of people won't like Crockett's work, but lots of people now do who hadn't heard of him 6 months ago. If I had more money or more 'media exposure' even MORE people would. There are a lot of people in the world. All tastes can be catered for, but those aren't algorithms we can expect either mainstream publishers or distributors to work on developing - that's up to us. If we can. <br /><br />as a ps... I certainly find it easier to 'sell' S.R.Crockett 100 years on that my own work. That may be a reflection of our relative writing merits or of my own personal shortcomings (as writer or self marketer) Who can tell? And who really cares? I'm just happy to be offering 'alternatives' to those who wish them. CallyPhillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481379296340077102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-28925395501827007802014-06-26T10:17:54.062+01:002014-06-26T10:17:54.062+01:00I think it would be a shame to bring old novels in...I think it would be a shame to bring old novels into the present day. Being set in the days before mobile phones etc is part of their charm, besides, technology moves so fast today's novels may seem outdated next year. Louise Wisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585797594757452007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-76877393404723164932014-06-26T09:34:22.872+01:002014-06-26T09:34:22.872+01:00Yes, Ruby, how well I understand the dilemma. At t...Yes, Ruby, how well I understand the dilemma. At the moment I'm mainly in the business of reissuing 'dead' books. But how hard it is. I used to use time-slip a lot. This was OK when I was writing in the 80s but now I'm faced with what to do about a book set in contemporary society as I wrote but with a slip to the 40s? When I reissued the book as a PoD ten years ago I presented it as a doubly historical novel so 1984 became as historical as 1943. I was marginally satisfied. I couldn't update it because that would have made the ages of the main characters impossible. My necessarily 16 year-old protagonist would now be 44. A satisfactory solution? I doubt it. And I think the invention of the mobile phone was a body-blow to writers. It's made so many old plots unviable. You can't go on putting characters in places where they can't get a signal.Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.com