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Is it International ARC Request Month or something?
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Courtney wrote: "Yeah, I never take on a book I don't think I have a chance of enjoying but a lot if the requests I get are contemporary romance or thrillers. Not my thing - I like magic and horror but even that I..."Wow, sorry to hear that is so abundant in the Goodreads community. I think I'm out of ideas. :)
Sooooo..... all you YA lovers, who wants to read my horrifying sci-fi erotica about cheap slave boys who do dastardly things in politically incorrect ways to the helpless and mentally challenged? Anybody? Maybe I should spam everyone. :P
Lily wrote: "That actually sounds interesting lol"Oh God! The time I randomly pull something out of my bum, and it gets attention. LOL
Thanks... I'm going to be remembered for dastardly slave boys in space doing unthinkably erotic things. Did I mention I'm a YA and adult author. Not necessarily erotica. :)
Courtney wrote: "That's why I think random solicitations is pointless. Not all readers make exceptions for genres and who is presumptuous enough to assume they're book should be read by everyone? Let's say you w..."
Well that was a great example, Courtney. Considering my A Life of Death series is similar to the Dead Zone, I will make sure not to query you about it... or will I?
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My bookshelf will back my story.
Omg that's reminds of that one spamming author that I had to delete. Repeatedly.ATTN: JOHN GREEN FANS
Every topic tilte... including the caps... exact quote.
...that man should be shot. That's like piggy backing off of someone else's hard work >.>
Borderline plagiarism. I deleted and eventually the author went away.
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X meets Y is not creative. A writer who believes the story will speak for itself shouldn't need to remind anyone of another author.
The Last Damsel - Silent Hill meets Alice in Wonderland. I'll say that on a thread, but it's not how I would present it in a formal fashion.
Exactly. And... um... I can't do that for stories. How did you do that?No wait, lemme see... Wonderland with a flowing river of LSD meets One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest.
Yeah that doensn't make sense even in everyday conversation. That would make for a terrible promotion.
Lily wrote: "Hah! I pulled a Weston :D"LOL, thanks Lily. :)
Courtney wrote: "It's one thing to use that as a casual, in-convo pitch to give someone context but if your marketing strategy hinges on advertising how you're pandering to fans of more popular books you may have c..."Courtney,
Yeah, the publishing industry tells authors to do that in their queries so agents have an idea of what the book is about and the audience to sell it to, but sometimes it can be taken too far. However, who's to say what works in marketing, especially today? Far worse worked for Charlie Sheen. I'm not defending it, but some people might say they didn't go far enough.
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So shame it is, or lack there of it. I like the way you think.
Let's say you wrote a book people who liked Stephen King's The Dead Zone would enjoy. If you were going to send a message offering a similar story to someone, wouldn't you rather it be to someone who gave that book a decent rating as opposed to someone who NEVER reads ANYTHING like that?