tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post2957870038923960872..comments2024-03-28T02:00:11.260-05:00Comments on A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: PrideJA Konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778324558755151986noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-17191225699897217742007-09-04T09:10:00.000-05:002007-09-04T09:10:00.000-05:00PS:This little antie is hoping for a little "link ...PS:<BR/><BR/>This little antie is hoping for a little "link love." I have your link on my blogroll, was hoping you'd do the same...<BR/><BR/>http://josephinedamian.blogspot.comJosephine Damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952030380866201241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-68740166249389241972007-08-29T00:41:00.000-05:002007-08-29T00:41:00.000-05:00Hi, Joe,Congrats on your 2nd printing!! You've ea...Hi, Joe,<BR/><BR/>Congrats on your 2nd printing!! You've earned it by not only writing good books but by writing a damn good blog that entertains and informs--as you noted--but also inspires, something writers need from time to time.<BR/><BR/>You inspired me to start a blog showcasing my expertise: writing erotic fiction. <BR/><BR/>"Venice, Paris, Rome...discover the story behind the books. We all know the research can be stimulating...it's also fascinating. Come with me while we explore the most interesting facts and stories I've discovered on my travels." <BR/><BR/>I'll let you know how it goes... <BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>JinaJina Bacarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07858018049423464275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-66914697052519825012007-08-21T19:57:00.000-05:002007-08-21T19:57:00.000-05:00Just found your blog after reading your article on...Just found your blog after reading your article on author websites in the new Writer's Digest. Good article, excellent blog! I'll be spending plenty of time in the near future going over it carefully. Thanks very much!<BR/><BR/>Barry Michaels<BR/>www.barrymichaelsbooks.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-71480143438191727582007-08-21T14:16:00.000-05:002007-08-21T14:16:00.000-05:00Fishing for compliments is a sin?*sniff*Guess I'll...Fishing for compliments is a sin?<BR/><BR/>*sniff*<BR/><BR/>Guess I'll go put away my compliment tackle box. And I had all these re-compliment flares ready to go off, too...s.w. vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102544611773720262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-54550769367344962292007-08-20T20:20:00.000-05:002007-08-20T20:20:00.000-05:00Congratulations on the 2nd printing. I know I'm h...Congratulations on the 2nd printing. I know I'm help spread the word...even if I don't prefer dirty martini's. I'll stick to the straight Jack on the Rocks....hey, sounds like a good title to me! <BR/><BR/>haha,<BR/><BR/>nKNick Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951621700075682249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-70377805529489243962007-08-19T16:30:00.000-05:002007-08-19T16:30:00.000-05:00Congrats dude:)Congrats dude:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-68060535852424621782007-08-16T18:41:00.000-05:002007-08-16T18:41:00.000-05:00In the sin list, I'd add:Complaining and moaning a...In the sin list, I'd add:<BR/>Complaining and moaning about how terrible publishers are, and how they wouldn't recognise a best-seller if they fell over it, etc, when the real problem is that the writer just isn't good enough yet. (Huge egos and poor writing often seem to go together.)Sherrylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04405534589743973581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-60858684611787216002007-08-16T16:23:00.000-05:002007-08-16T16:23:00.000-05:00Congratulations...Thanks for the tough talk... And...Congratulations...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the tough talk... And I really enjoy the writing myths... Here's one you can add. "I don't need to edit my writing." <BR/><BR/>:-) cynCyn Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404416186783891402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-64834109778753696442007-08-15T14:26:00.000-05:002007-08-15T14:26:00.000-05:00Congrats!!! I'm pretty sure it was my review of DM...Congrats!!! I'm pretty sure it was my review of DM that pushed it into a second printing. ;)<BR/><BR/>Another prideful sin: Actually rewriting parts of an author's text when asked for a critique. I've been guilty of this in the past (along with many other sins), but I've since repented and changed my evil ways. It's sometimes useful to offer suggestions for revision, but rewriting for someone else is a form of arrogance and has no business in the critical process.Jude Hardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994813046526310594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-36027607109143645402007-08-15T10:54:00.000-05:002007-08-15T10:54:00.000-05:00--To think that an unpublished author sending a su...--To think that an unpublished author sending a submission to a publisher will ever have it read, much less looked at.--<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure what you mean. Publishers look at manuscripts all the time from unpublished authors. These are usually agented submissions, because many large publishers don't accept unsolicited.<BR/><BR/>I don't know any published authors who snub unpublished authors--everyone was unpublished once.JA Konrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778324558755151986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-2740968870987639302007-08-15T10:51:00.000-05:002007-08-15T10:51:00.000-05:00--Actually I think pride has always been a sin. Li...--Actually I think pride has always been a sin. Like a deadly one. --<BR/><BR/>If I remember my church history, pride was once indeed a virture, but religious leaders wanted to pack more people in on Sunday mass (for those donations, natch) so they made pride a sin.JA Konrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778324558755151986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-10644728560710917152007-08-15T08:33:00.000-05:002007-08-15T08:33:00.000-05:00Somewhere in the annals of history pride went from...<I>Somewhere in the annals of history pride went from being a virtue to being a sin.</I><BR/><BR/>Actually I think pride has always been a sin. Like a deadly one. But that's what makes it so much fun!<BR/><BR/>Congrats on the second printing. And good post. You gotta toot your own horn sometimes. Just not all the time in every neighbourhood. ;-)Michelle Rowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691058663799662706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-11884869034830615002007-08-14T10:29:00.000-05:002007-08-14T10:29:00.000-05:00Add to the SINS list:To think that an unpublished ...Add to the SINS list:<BR/><BR/>To think that an unpublished author sending a submission to a publisher <BR/>will ever have it read, much less looked at. <BR/><BR/>Published authors glow in what they think is their relevance in the literary world while the unpublished grind their teeth in anger. <BR/>Or is that just me?<BR/><BR/>suppose.wordpress.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609251794578943983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-39110867509969729362007-08-13T15:28:00.000-05:002007-08-13T15:28:00.000-05:00Congrats on the reprints. Much as I like your blog...Congrats on the reprints. Much as I like your blog, I didn't think I'd ever read one of your Jack books because I'm not a fan of the genre. However, the Backstory interview convinced me to pick up DM and I'll now give the others a try. :)<BR/><BR/>I'll also agree about the blog stuff. It's so annoying to visit agent blogs to see the same handful of aspirants overrun topics by posting thinly disguised pitches and/or pr blurbs as comments. Then there as the are loooong CV-esque signatures some use...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-76641426001664461712007-08-13T10:17:00.000-05:002007-08-13T10:17:00.000-05:00Hey Joe,I just got Dirty Martini---why the delay? ...Hey Joe,<BR/><BR/>I just got Dirty Martini---why the delay? It was sold out at The Bookhouse in Albany. That's probably a good sign.<BR/><BR/>As for the blog stuff- I side with your original thought. I think some blogs get terribly self-absorbed. Not all and certainly no one here.<BR/><BR/>tom<BR/>"On the Ropes"<BR/>Now Available<BR/>www.tomschreck.comTom Schreckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01050914130524851863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-88916890438951179752007-08-13T09:02:00.000-05:002007-08-13T09:02:00.000-05:00Ok, you've all convinced me. I'll retract "posting...Ok, you've all convinced me. I'll retract "posting every little thing that happens in your career on your blog, website, public forum" and instead substitute "posting every little thing that happens in your career in public forums like listservs, bulletin boards, meassage boards, and online writing communities."<BR/><BR/>All of you are right. A blog can be a place where a writer muses about their career, because the blgo and the writer are essentially the same topic.<BR/><BR/>But posting on a writing forum every time someone gives you a good review on Amazon is annoying, and a sin of pride.JA Konrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778324558755151986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-35659490751834956902007-08-13T08:34:00.000-05:002007-08-13T08:34:00.000-05:00Joe, congratulations! I was just admiring the well...Joe, congratulations! I was just admiring the well-displayed stacks of DIRTY MARTINI in Borders yesterday. Very, very happy for you!Tasha Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850540427161315450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-22939977686079348112007-08-13T07:38:00.000-05:002007-08-13T07:38:00.000-05:00Yay! A second round of "Dirty Martinis." For all t...Yay! A second round of "Dirty Martinis." For all those naysayers who think blogging and myspace are not worthwhile endeavors, you can point to your second press run and say, See, it works! <BR/><BR/>JA, if I'm not mistaken, was it Barry Eisler who made the NYT's bestseller list for the first time with his latest release - something he attributed to myspace?Josephine Damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952030380866201241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-74454093218980760672007-08-13T07:01:00.000-05:002007-08-13T07:01:00.000-05:00I am going to agree with Sandra.There is a very fi...I am going to agree with Sandra.<BR/>There is a very fine line between saying on one's blog that one appreciates a review (and giving that review and its writer the oxygen of publicity), giving news of where one might be appearing, or just giving news about one's writing career in general and it becoming a sin of pride. Arrogance rarely makes an appealling read.<BR/> Why shouldn't a blog be used to celebrate one's writing, IF that is what the blog is set up for? I do not see this necessarily as a sin but rather sensible use of the blog medium. It is however far more problematic IF the blog proports to give information on PR, recent detective novels or the care and feeding of Japanese carp and in reality has become a look at me and my books fest. <BR/>Basically as with everything, it is All In the Execution.Michelle Styleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400990189443593076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-70775238846836507392007-08-13T06:02:00.000-05:002007-08-13T06:02:00.000-05:00Congratulations on the second printing, Joe! And ...Congratulations on the second printing, Joe! And you can hog the mike at any conference I attend !<BR/><BR/>Slan, Pat.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01906967600042588567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-82378184869239091452007-08-12T23:38:00.000-05:002007-08-12T23:38:00.000-05:00Wow on the second printing! That's terrific. I agr...Wow on the second printing! That's terrific. I agree on the blog stuff. I think its okay to mention a few things about your own books, but if you want people to come back you need to either entertain or inform and constantly talking about your own career isn't usually the best way to that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-90504316960298963312007-08-12T22:09:00.000-05:002007-08-12T22:09:00.000-05:00I second, or third the blog thing. Right now, with...I second, or third the blog thing. Right now, with no fan base, my readers are mostly my friends and family. They care not for how publishing works, or how the writing process works (which is why it never comes up in face to face conversations). But they do want to hear I've been accepted, or finished a project or started a new one. I've seen people say they want it one way or another. Writers who want to read about other writers, their ups and down and their opinions of their stories. And I've seen people say going through it themselves is more than enough and they want entertainment. I try to do a little of both. But then, I'm happy with that, and it's working for me. Obviously entertaining is something you are good at, as you are far more energetic and amusing than I ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-14451362924369707832007-08-12T17:23:00.000-05:002007-08-12T17:23:00.000-05:00Congrats, Joe.Nice job on the second printing.Congrats, Joe.<BR/><BR/>Nice job on the second printing.Adam Hurtubisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193951132941597473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-33277558868529771132007-08-12T13:53:00.000-05:002007-08-12T13:53:00.000-05:00Congrats on your 2nd printing. (Glad I could help!...Congrats on your 2nd printing. (Glad I could help! :))Mark Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410424046477699059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-14580466691982553732007-08-12T13:47:00.000-05:002007-08-12T13:47:00.000-05:00Hey Joe,In general, I do agree with you about what...Hey Joe,<BR/><BR/>In general, I do agree with you about what I like to see from blogs. There are some where people only post news of acceptance letters, publication, etc, and I certainly don't find that interesting reading.<BR/><BR/>But I'll overlook it on a blog because nobody sticks it in my face. It may not be the type of blog I want to read, but at least they aren't spamming me!<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>SandraSandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.com