Comments on: Black Wednesday and beyond http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/10/black-wednesday-and-beyond/ about the craft and business of fiction Wed, 23 May 2012 23:52:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Barbara http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/10/black-wednesday-and-beyond/#comment-95297 Barbara Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:36:18 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/09/black-wednesday-and-beyond/#comment-95297 Love the illustration for the post today. It's obvious that things are shaking up, but it's also equally obvious to me that this has been coming for quite awhile. The industry is changing, and that will mean different ways of buying, selling, delivering the work. But writers are always needed. We can count on that. Love the illustration for the post today.

It’s obvious that things are shaking up, but it’s also equally obvious to me that this has been coming for quite awhile. The industry is changing, and that will mean different ways of buying, selling, delivering the work. But writers are always needed. We can count on that.

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]]> By: Kristan http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/10/black-wednesday-and-beyond/#comment-95284 Kristan Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:34:24 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/09/black-wednesday-and-beyond/#comment-95284 I agree with both Richard (rough time for writers, but really a rough time for everyone) and Jana (which means we just gotta keep working, perfecting, trucking along). I agree with both Richard (rough time for writers, but really a rough time for everyone) and Jana (which means we just gotta keep working, perfecting, trucking along).

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]]> By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/10/black-wednesday-and-beyond/#comment-95268 Therese Walsh Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:15:49 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/09/black-wednesday-and-beyond/#comment-95268 Another freeze was just announced--this time at Macmillan (ht Gawker and Publisher's Lunch). Link: http://gawker.com/5105616/no-raises-next-year-at-macmillan-and-merry-christmas Another freeze was just announced–this time at Macmillan (ht Gawker and Publisher’s Lunch). Link:
http://gawker.com/5105616/no-raises-next-year-at-macmillan-and-merry-christmas

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]]> By: Jana Stocks http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/10/black-wednesday-and-beyond/#comment-95261 Jana Stocks Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:14:06 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/09/black-wednesday-and-beyond/#comment-95261 Yeah, but the thing to remember in the gloom and doom is that people will always need and always look for stories. How we present them may change, but the need is always there. It's a good time for writers to keep their heads down and write, perfect their craft and offer up the best stories they have! Gone with the Wind came out of the great depression...what masterpieces do we have to offer the world now? Can't let the news stop the writing. :) And everyone I know is getting books for Christmas, dangit! ~Jana Yeah, but the thing to remember in the gloom and doom is that people will always need and always look for stories. How we present them may change, but the need is always there. It’s a good time for writers to keep their heads down and write, perfect their craft and offer up the best stories they have! Gone with the Wind came out of the great depression…what masterpieces do we have to offer the world now? Can’t let the news stop the writing. :)

And everyone I know is getting books for Christmas, dangit!

~Jana

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]]> By: Thea http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/10/black-wednesday-and-beyond/#comment-95250 Thea Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:54:51 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/09/black-wednesday-and-beyond/#comment-95250 with this economy, I think more people will be reading. But they'll be looking for inexpensive paperbacks they can escape with. I think it's quite possible we'll see 5.99 paperbacks in a print on demand environment. I still think ebooks are uncomfortable to read and it will be difficult to command a hardcover price, but i could be wrong. anyway, successful authors will for the most part be ones that can pump the stories out fast. like 4 times a year. with this economy, I think more people will be reading. But they’ll be looking for inexpensive paperbacks they can escape with. I think it’s quite possible we’ll see 5.99 paperbacks in a print on demand environment. I still think ebooks are uncomfortable to read and it will be difficult to command a hardcover price, but i could be wrong. anyway, successful authors will for the most part be ones that can pump the stories out fast. like 4 times a year.

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]]> By: Richard Mabry http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/10/black-wednesday-and-beyond/#comment-95243 Richard Mabry Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:21:51 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/12/09/black-wednesday-and-beyond/#comment-95243 While realizing that no one can predict the future, I will await tomorrow's post with sweaty palms, wondering what those "in the know" think. It's a tough time for authors, especially those without a huge following already built up. Then again, it's a tough time for auto workers, office workers, construction workers, sales persons, and almost everyone else. While realizing that no one can predict the future, I will await tomorrow’s post with sweaty palms, wondering what those “in the know” think. It’s a tough time for authors, especially those without a huge following already built up. Then again, it’s a tough time for auto workers, office workers, construction workers, sales persons, and almost everyone else.

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