tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677127201060358858.post7825971293203219075..comments2024-03-06T23:48:50.730-08:00Comments on HISTORICAL BOYS: Historical Fiction for Men and Women: Out of the Publishing ClosetC.W. Gortnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11881402758065602605noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677127201060358858.post-15538327940304882972007-09-04T14:06:00.000-07:002007-09-04T14:06:00.000-07:00Exactly, but keep doing what you're doing. These d...Exactly, but keep doing what you're doing. These days, it's getting noticed that is 97% of the battle in the publishing world, for both unpublished and published writers.C.W. Gortnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11881402758065602605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677127201060358858.post-60558834769403577532007-08-31T11:25:00.000-07:002007-08-31T11:25:00.000-07:00I've met those Sues online a few times. One warned...I've met those Sues online a few times. One warned me against having a special blog where I post snippets. <BR/><BR/>I have some suspicions it's not the danger of a publisher not buying my work (after all, I don't post entire novels online, and there are published authors in our Friday snippet loop) that concerns her, but the snippets as such. <I>Don't you dare to write better than I</I>. <BR/><BR/>Welcome to the shark bassin. *grin*Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677127201060358858.post-50022231592317289022007-08-29T23:45:00.000-07:002007-08-29T23:45:00.000-07:00I think it has to do with fear. Success in the pub...I think it has to do with fear. Success in the publishing world can be fleeting, when it happens at all. Many writers say they support one another, but few really want to see someone else do better than they have. And they honestly think that less choice in the marketplace means their book is more likely to get noticed. This might have some theoretical validity to it, but the fact remains that many terrific writers with great stories to tell can't get an agent or a publisher interested. Because of advances in new technology, these writers can now see their work to print through independent publishing. We write to be read; and these writers deserve the chance to find their readership. Readers, I find, rarely discriminate; if a book is good, they'll read and recommend it. No one I know says, "Oh, but it was self-published." Indeed, most readers care less about the way the book came into the market than the quality of the writing. I hope I'll always remain humble enough to remember this. If not, someone please slap me!C.W. Gortnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11881402758065602605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677127201060358858.post-42253542972275041562007-08-29T21:27:00.000-07:002007-08-29T21:27:00.000-07:00Loved the post!I've never figured out why some tra...Loved the post!<BR/><BR/>I've never figured out why some traditionally published authors feel the need to go out of their way to deride self-published or subsidy-published authors. It's not as if their own careers or profits are being hurt by other people self-publishing. I can only assume it has to do with the human need to find someone lower down in the pecking order to look down upon. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I've also encountered traditionally published authors who are happy to see any book of merit in print, regardless of how it was published. Thank goodness for them!Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.com