I Wish You a Very Merry Midlist!

By Charlotte Bennardo

Our holiday theme is what gift would each of us wish for our fellow writers, readers, librarians, etc. All the previous posts have wonderful gifts we'd love to give. My wish is for all the midlisters out there; those authors who don't have a famous name or connection, or who haven't sold a million copies, or whose publishers don't pay booksellers to feature our books in the front window or prominently on the shelves. We are the authors who get lost on the bottom of bookshelves, who get overlooked by librarians, who get ignored by reviewers- whose books are out there, but unnoticed. My wish is that those searching for something new to read, to stock, to teach, to share, will take a chance on a barely or unknown author. We struggle for publicity, for recognition, for placement in libraries and bookstores, classrooms, and book clubs.

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So make it an adventure, like searching for clues or treasures- and make the dreams of an author getting discovered come true.

Happy New Year!