tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post5649164031987877955..comments2024-03-28T09:21:52.243-04:00Comments on Pimp My Novel: Revenge of the Round UpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-17862778741307196622013-05-24T04:09:00.922-04:002013-05-24T04:09:00.922-04:00Really appreciate you sharing this blog post.Reall...Really appreciate you sharing this blog post.Really thank you! Really Cool.<a href="http://www.idateasia.com" rel="nofollow">idateasia scam</a> | <a href="http://vietmatches.com/Chatting-and-Dating-with-Asian-Women-Online" rel="nofollow">idateasia review</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08670742896718695045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-1336477269663758102010-12-15T22:48:45.891-05:002010-12-15T22:48:45.891-05:00Margo,
Thank you for responding to my comment. Fi...Margo,<br /><br />Thank you for responding to my comment. First off, let me retract the last sentence of my original comment as I reread it and realized that I didn't need to be so unprofessional. Thank you for responding to the heart of the matter and not my malignant attitude.<br /><br />Even though I still see it as a traditional versus indie fence, I'd like to address what you said.<br /><br />I'm 100% indie. Although I didn't "short cut". I have been professionally writing for over 12 years. I was contracted by a cottage country magazine in Northern Ontario for a monthly short story for over three years. My work has won awards (6th place out of 20,000 entries in a world wide contest) and I placed 2nd in a great novel opening contest to name a few.<br /><br />I've had two short stories recognized as movie quality and as we speak are being considered for a movie rights deal.<br /><br />I've written four novels and over fifty short stories not to mention many more unfinished pieces.<br /><br />I chose indie, as we call it, to get my work on Kindle and Smashwords because I was not happy dealing with a literary agent. I have had nothing but negative feedback from agents and I have found the ones I personally met when I was in New York to be unprofessional.<br /><br />My choice to go indie has nothing to do with whether or not I am a long termer or a short cutter, because I am a long termer.<br /><br />I have paid over $10,000 for freelance editing fees to make sure my work is ready and I have had my novel covers produced by professionals. My covers have garnered favorable comments from even the most professional novelists.<br /><br />Sometimes I address the attitude of people seeking a traditional publishing route and wonder why they think I'm less than them when I have worked seriously hard to make the sales I make on Kindle. As of this moment, I am a full time writer. I do not work outside the home.<br /><br />I have rambled on. Thank you for listening.<br /><br />DarylAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-75646239333043321632010-12-15T13:32:36.376-05:002010-12-15T13:32:36.376-05:00Okay, I'm going to go ahead and repost my resp...Okay, I'm going to go ahead and repost my response to Daryl. Yes, I think there is a fence, but I don't see it dividing the same thing you see. For me it isn't traditional publishing on one side and indies on the other. Instead it's long-termers on one and short-cutters on the other, and those have less to do with whether someone is indie than whether someone has take the time to hone their skills and polish their work. Perhaps if the trend in sub-pubbing continues and more and more writers of great quality surface among the indie ranks, it will look more like a valid business decision and less like a get rich quick scheme. I hope it *is* a valid option.Margo Lerwillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773653995392669855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-82223774859262738512010-12-14T15:08:53.338-05:002010-12-14T15:08:53.338-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Margo Lerwillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773653995392669855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-55538136564122980272010-12-11T16:19:22.241-05:002010-12-11T16:19:22.241-05:00Wow.
Shocked. Dismayed. Disappointed. Not Surpris...Wow.<br /><br />Shocked. Dismayed. Disappointed. Not Surprised though.<br /><br />It really is becoming two sides of the fence isn't it?<br /><br />People who are indie on one side and the queriers on the other side.<br /><br />"You heard it here first..."<br /><br />What an attitude.<br /><br />Read J.A. Konrath's recent post and see just how many people are quitting their day jobs.<br /><br />I have. I write full time every day and make a huge living now.<br /><br />Oh well. Keep querying folks...<br /><br />I'll drive by you in my BMW in a few years while you are all on the unemployment line...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-82054001294955011642010-12-10T21:47:04.470-05:002010-12-10T21:47:04.470-05:00"You heard it here first, folks: self publish..."You heard it here first, folks: self publishing makes everyone everywhere a millionaire. Immediately. Always."<br /><br />And all those guys promising to get you published for just a few of your hard earned dollars ar the only ones really laughing on the way to the bank. I guess I'll just keep plodding along the old-fashioned way.B. A. Binnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07122617891116573672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-14211807409314763102010-12-10T20:00:17.128-05:002010-12-10T20:00:17.128-05:00"You heard it here first, folks: self publish..."You heard it here first, folks: self publishing makes everyone everywhere a millionaire. Immediately. Always."<br /><br />I can't tell you the number of people I've encountered who believe this. Or at least believe that self-publishing allows all its authors to make enough money to quit their day jobs.<br /><br />I try not to argue. I try to tell myself, "One less person querying is a good thing."Margo Lerwillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773653995392669855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-22615830433918933722010-12-10T18:22:41.700-05:002010-12-10T18:22:41.700-05:00You heard it here first, folks: self publishing ma...<i>You heard it here first, folks: self publishing makes everyone everywhere a millionaire. Immediately. Always.</i><br /><br />I laughed so suddenly I snorted. Now my nose hurts. :DJoseph L. Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629531390894108695noreply@blogger.com