“Pantsing”?? I don’t like the term, but I seem to adhere to it
A recent article I read in Writers Unblocked talked about “pantsing” which they described as writing spontaneously and hoping that a story will emerge. They made it sound crazy, as if this was the hope of some irrational writer. I guess that’s me. I’ve never been one to outline a story or book. I start […]
Published on March 28, 2014 15:59
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Marketing Is Harder Than Writing-
Once the book is done, now the hard work begins. Promoting, marketing, publicity, press release, signings, readings. All necessary, getting it started takes lots of time and energy. The problem in tod
Once the book is done, now the hard work begins. Promoting, marketing, publicity, press release, signings, readings. All necessary, getting it started takes lots of time and energy. The problem in today's world is, so much of it is on-line. No human contact. Emails, tweets, facebook, voice mails, where did the humans go. Of course when you get to meet your readers, it's all worth it.
But until you do, you're on hold a great deal of the time, waiting, holding, listening to a cover version of some 70's tune or classical music with a lot of static. Still holding, hearing a message " your call is important to us, we'll be with your as soon as we can." Really? After long waits, do you find yourself screaming at recorded messages or Muzak? My cats have long ago decided that I'm insane, yelling at website that's not user friendly or a recorded message. But in service of my book, I do it. Hoping I will meet a human along the way. ...more
But until you do, you're on hold a great deal of the time, waiting, holding, listening to a cover version of some 70's tune or classical music with a lot of static. Still holding, hearing a message " your call is important to us, we'll be with your as soon as we can." Really? After long waits, do you find yourself screaming at recorded messages or Muzak? My cats have long ago decided that I'm insane, yelling at website that's not user friendly or a recorded message. But in service of my book, I do it. Hoping I will meet a human along the way. ...more
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