tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post246111621933033322..comments2024-03-25T05:17:05.202-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR BOOKRoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-72440136209879351162013-01-21T19:31:26.295-06:002013-01-21T19:31:26.295-06:00Jeremy:
Sounds good in theory. Hasn't proved t...Jeremy:<br />Sounds good in theory. Hasn't proved that way with me. My followers are grand it is true. The sales haven't followed sadly.<br /><br />D.G.:<br />Certainly no guarantees in writing and that is for sure! :-) Timing, luck, and connections pay a frightening amount of influence, don't they?<br /><br />Thanks for spotlighting Anne's post. I'm headed there now.<br /><br />LD:<br />It is a bit overwhelming often. Just enjoy the ride I guess. :-)<br /><br />jabblog:<br />It is hard to know how to draw attention to our books, isn't it?<br /><br />Donna:<br />You are so right.<br /><br />Ted:<br />What every salesman fears is to have a hot item but no inventory, so you are right: to have a backlist of several books helps to further your career in self-publishing. :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-10729456137126522202013-01-21T13:40:15.295-06:002013-01-21T13:40:15.295-06:00Those I have seen who have done really well with s...Those I have seen who have done really well with self-publishing are those who churn out lots of books quickly. I'm such a slow writer that I don't think self-publishing will work well for me. I have one completed book and another almost done...not nearly enough. Maybe if I complete five or six and I can think about it!Ted Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022309459554237650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-29313050182072686772013-01-21T11:16:34.665-06:002013-01-21T11:16:34.665-06:00Writers should be in this for the long haul.Writers should be in this for the long haul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-5430912582613374792013-01-21T11:14:43.199-06:002013-01-21T11:14:43.199-06:00I self-published in November last year . . . still...I self-published in November last year . . . still waiting to be 'discovered' . . . sniff, sniff ;-)jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-14928703668808183092013-01-21T10:53:53.030-06:002013-01-21T10:53:53.030-06:00It's a bit overwhelming, isn't it? *sigh*...It's a bit overwhelming, isn't it? *sigh*LD Mastersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01202135756299574972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-89219945484505411632013-01-21T10:39:10.803-06:002013-01-21T10:39:10.803-06:00Writers are performers like actors, singers, music...Writers are performers like actors, singers, musicians. We ask for approval, we want to be liked or at least have our books read.<br /><br />"A walk into the dark towards an uncertain future." Life is definitely like that. I'm a person who doesn't make decisions lightly and I had to walk into that uncertainty before. I'm not afraid of it, even if I don't like it.<br /><br />I call writing 'an adventure into the unknown' on my blog. There are no guarantees, one's success is what you make of life with what you have. Other factors sweeten the results - timing,luck, or connections.<br /><br />I read a post this weekend by Anne R. Allen which I liked. "5 blogging rules you can ignore and 5 you can't"<br />Link if interested:<br />http://annerallen.blogspot.ca/2013/01/5-blogging-rules-authors-can-ignoreand.html<br /><br />I like her advice, since I'm not a frequent blogger. She's as helpful as you are, Roland.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-89425899610892273252013-01-21T10:18:26.557-06:002013-01-21T10:18:26.557-06:00a plan of attack... i find with talented people, y...a plan of attack... i find with talented people, you have a grand group of followers. those followers become your fan-base. so if you sell it they will come.Jeremy [Retro]https://www.blogger.com/profile/09912258155288958827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-61724723877519027962013-01-21T10:13:54.686-06:002013-01-21T10:13:54.686-06:00Alex:
You don't have a platform. You have a py...Alex:<br />You don't have a platform. You have a pyramid! Great job you've done -- as Yoda would say. ;-)<br /><br />David:<br />Like Alex you have a great platform, too. And you're right: timing is everything in publishing.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-1286479011528574032013-01-21T09:52:49.609-06:002013-01-21T09:52:49.609-06:00Yep. Platform. It's the new foundation of even...Yep. Platform. It's the new foundation of even hoping to get published, it seems. Glad I started when I did. :)David P. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259276981865439853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-52459712400782936042013-01-21T09:43:38.609-06:002013-01-21T09:43:38.609-06:00Building that platform does take time. And it'...Building that platform does take time. And it's all about finding your niche, and I don't mean writing niche.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com