Comments on: What’s a writer to do? http://writerunboxed.com/2009/11/19/what%e2%80%99s-a-writer-to-do/ about the craft and business of fiction Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:08:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Heather http://writerunboxed.com/2009/11/19/what%e2%80%99s-a-writer-to-do/#comment-128717 Heather Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:04:06 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2040#comment-128717 Ray, Wow! Great marketing plan. Thank you for sharing it. I agree that Facebook and other social networking sites are a great resourse. I hope you'll keep us posted on your sucess. I wish you the best of luck. Can't wait to read it!:) Ray,
Wow! Great marketing plan. Thank you for sharing it. I agree that Facebook and other social networking sites are a great resourse. I hope you’ll keep us posted on your sucess. I wish you the best of luck. Can’t wait to read it!:)

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]]> By: prue batten http://writerunboxed.com/2009/11/19/what%e2%80%99s-a-writer-to-do/#comment-128653 prue batten Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:20:07 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2040#comment-128653 Wow! I am so impressed with your diligence and foresight. My first two novels, The Stumpwork Robe and its sequel The Last Stitch, have been published by an independent press, YouWriteOn.com in the UK, but marketing/advertising has been the author's task. I had to set up a significant marketing-plan and it was nothing as varied as yours. And yet books have sold, ostensibly because of the weight of communication in things like Facebook and Twitter. So I agree with Danielle, you absolutely must have a leg in the door there, not just a profile page for you but one also for your book. In addition, the print and electronic media have their place. I have been interviewed for radio and for the newspapers and saw sales in the bookshops of my home town increase after this. In fact one prestigeous shop had the highest first-time new release sales since they opened the store a few years ago. And I am shortly to have an I/V in a global embroidery mag (my fantasy is about a master embroiderer). There are always competition angles and giveaways on relevant sites as well. If you are interested, I would be glad to review for you, but as I am not mainstream published, it may not be what you require. Best of luck on what will be the ride of your life. Wow! I am so impressed with your diligence and foresight. My first two novels, The Stumpwork Robe and its sequel The Last Stitch, have been published by an independent press, YouWriteOn.com in the UK, but marketing/advertising has been the author’s task. I had to set up a significant marketing-plan and it was nothing as varied as yours. And yet books have sold, ostensibly because of the weight of communication in things like Facebook and Twitter. So I agree with Danielle, you absolutely must have a leg in the door there, not just a profile page for you but one also for your book.

In addition, the print and electronic media have their place. I have been interviewed for radio and for the newspapers and saw sales in the bookshops of my home town increase after this. In fact one prestigeous shop had the highest first-time new release sales since they opened the store a few years ago. And I am shortly to have an I/V in a global embroidery mag (my fantasy is about a master embroiderer).

There are always competition angles and giveaways on relevant sites as well.

If you are interested, I would be glad to review for you, but as I am not mainstream published, it may not be what you require. Best of luck on what will be the ride of your life.

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]]> By: Ray Rhamey http://writerunboxed.com/2009/11/19/what%e2%80%99s-a-writer-to-do/#comment-128638 Ray Rhamey Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:47:56 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2040#comment-128638 Thanks, Jessica, you'll hear from me when it's coming out. Thanks, Jessica, you’ll hear from me when it’s coming out.

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]]> By: Jessica Scott http://writerunboxed.com/2009/11/19/what%e2%80%99s-a-writer-to-do/#comment-128633 Jessica Scott Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:12:11 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2040#comment-128633 As a cat lover and the owner of a cat who probably sees herself as Patch's arch nemisis, I can't wait to read this book. So, I've got a blog that gets a little shy of 2K hits per week and if there's anything I can do to help pitch and promote, let me know. This book sounds like a blast! Good luck! As a cat lover and the owner of a cat who probably sees herself as Patch’s arch nemisis, I can’t wait to read this book. So, I’ve got a blog that gets a little shy of 2K hits per week and if there’s anything I can do to help pitch and promote, let me know.
This book sounds like a blast! Good luck!

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]]> By: June http://writerunboxed.com/2009/11/19/what%e2%80%99s-a-writer-to-do/#comment-128626 June Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:26:43 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2040#comment-128626 Oh my goodness! As soon as I saw the title a bell went off. You submitted to the St. Martin's Press contest for older young adults didn't you?! Of the submissions, yours was one of about three out of 130 at that time, that I thought had real potential! I got excited when I saw the cover of your potential book. I soon as I read your submission, for St Martin's, I was cracking up laughing and I don't usually look for humorous books. I have two cats so the story immediately resonated with me. I wish I was published already so I could blurb you, but I could mention you on my blog. I look forward to "Kitty Cats" publication. All the best! June .-= June´s last blog ..<a href="http://writingisablessing.blogspot.com/2009/11/backspace-agent-author-conference_15.html" rel="nofollow">Backspace Agent-Author Conference: Opening Pages</a> =-. Oh my goodness! As soon as I saw the title a bell went off. You submitted to the St. Martin’s Press contest for older young adults didn’t you?! Of the submissions, yours was one of about three out of 130 at that time, that I thought had real potential! I got excited when I saw the cover of your potential book. I soon as I read your submission, for St Martin’s, I was cracking up laughing and I don’t usually look for humorous books. I have two cats so the story immediately resonated with me. I wish I was published already so I could blurb you, but I could mention you on my blog. I look forward to “Kitty Cats” publication. All the best!
June
.-= June´s last blog ..Backspace Agent-Author Conference: Opening Pages =-.

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]]> By: Wendy Palmer http://writerunboxed.com/2009/11/19/what%e2%80%99s-a-writer-to-do/#comment-128625 Wendy Palmer Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:32:52 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2040#comment-128625 This is brilliant, you've thought of some great angles. Good work, too, on thinking of the audiobook path upfront - I too am releasing my current fantasy ebook as a podcast, but because I'm just using my computer's microphone, the quality is not IMO good enough to sell as an audiobook (though decent for a podcast). Lesson learnt for next time round (too much of a time investment to re-record; better to make the money investment upfront...) This is brilliant, you’ve thought of some great angles.

Good work, too, on thinking of the audiobook path upfront – I too am releasing my current fantasy ebook as a podcast, but because I’m just using my computer’s microphone, the quality is not IMO good enough to sell as an audiobook (though decent for a podcast). Lesson learnt for next time round (too much of a time investment to re-record; better to make the money investment upfront…)

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]]> By: catie james http://writerunboxed.com/2009/11/19/what%e2%80%99s-a-writer-to-do/#comment-128621 catie james Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:15:26 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2040#comment-128621 Don't have any advice to add, just wanted to say I'll definitely be purchasing my own copy of THE VAMPIRE KITTY CHRONICLES once it's released. :) .-= catie james´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/catiejames/~3/y_DiS80j0sk/nanowrimo-09-day-fourteen-i-never.html" rel="nofollow">nanowrimo 09: day fourteen - i never promised you updates*</a> =-. Don’t have any advice to add, just wanted to say I’ll definitely be purchasing my own copy of THE VAMPIRE KITTY CHRONICLES once it’s released. :)
.-= catie james´s last blog ..nanowrimo 09: day fourteen – i never promised you updates* =-.

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]]> By: Danielle http://writerunboxed.com/2009/11/19/what%e2%80%99s-a-writer-to-do/#comment-128620 Danielle Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:11:58 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2040#comment-128620 This looks like a really good plan. Hope it works well! The only other thing I could think of to get the word out there would be to set up Twitter, Myspace and Facebook pages for Patch, and to use Cafepress.com to create merchandise. This looks like a really good plan. Hope it works well! The only other thing I could think of to get the word out there would be to set up Twitter, Myspace and Facebook pages for Patch, and to use Cafepress.com to create merchandise.

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]]> By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2009/11/19/what%e2%80%99s-a-writer-to-do/#comment-128616 Therese Walsh Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:39:08 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2040#comment-128616 I look forward to meeting this cat, Ray. Best of luck! I look forward to meeting this cat, Ray. Best of luck!

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]]> By: Ray Rhamey http://writerunboxed.com/2009/11/19/what%e2%80%99s-a-writer-to-do/#comment-128615 Ray Rhamey Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:56:44 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=2040#comment-128615 The copyeditor is a friend who might do it for free, but I do pay him a not-too-serious amount just to keep it professional. Don't know the e-book price yet, I'll be researching that on Smashwords. What would you be willing to pay? The copyeditor is a friend who might do it for free, but I do pay him a not-too-serious amount just to keep it professional.

Don’t know the e-book price yet, I’ll be researching that on Smashwords. What would you be willing to pay?

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