tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post8607770174034180484..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Pregnant princesses, and re-working stories.Katherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-7863261500438057692014-02-28T15:36:11.548+00:002014-02-28T15:36:11.548+00:00It's not worth worrying about piracy, I agree ...It's not worth worrying about piracy, I agree with Mari - one could become paranoid! As for motivation, it sounds like you are doing very well Enid, with some fab stuff on the near horizon! But with such a sad anniversary coming up, you may be feeling understandably jaded and somewhat negative. I don't write for sales, it gives me pleasure when people read and love my books, and I've seen someone reading my novel on a train, and so on. My best selling books weren't expected to sell, and like Julia, I think it's important to write what we feel needs to be said or told regardless. Van Gogh didn't sell a single painting in his lifetime! so we've already done better than poor old Vincent! Yes the marketing is hard but I know many writers with ' big' publishers and many of them are expected to do a lot of their own marketing and gigging these days.Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-45559272731788758872014-02-28T15:21:58.349+00:002014-02-28T15:21:58.349+00:00I find the publicity hard too, Enid – not because ...I find the publicity hard too, Enid – not because I think it’s objectionable <i>per se</i>, but because I just find it incredibly embarrassing. However, the more I think about it the more convinced I become that the main difference between books that sell and books that don’t is sheer luck (that’s my excuse, anyway!). My own motivation ebbs and flows, but ultimately comes from inside my own mind, so it isn’t particularly susceptible to outside elements.<br /><br />Piracy doesn’t worry me too much; I agree with the theory that there’s a definite difference between someone who’ll pay a fair price for a book and someone who won’t. A reader who picks up a pirated copy of your book probably would never have paid for it under any circumstances, so it’s not like you’ve lost a customer.<br />Mari Biellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221256993468150226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-15701281807800080922014-02-28T15:21:44.667+00:002014-02-28T15:21:44.667+00:00How to stay motivated ... when no one gives a mon...How to stay motivated ... when no one gives a monkeys. It's a very good question Enid. I suppose I have two opposite answers. One is to write whatever it makes you happy to write and don't write anything else. I don't know if you can afford to do that , I don't know whether your lifetime as a professional writer responding to different markets will mentally allow you to do that. I think my alternative answer is not to write for a while but find ways to spend time with children, then very gently start to think of the stories you would want to write For Them - and not for their gatekeepers. I don't know whether any of this makes sense - but best of luck anyway<br />julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.com