Comments on: Bloggers to Authors http://electrolicious.com/2006/10/bloggers_to_authors Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:53:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ariel http://electrolicious.com/2006/10/bloggers_to_authors#comment-7164 Ariel Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:04:39 +0000 #comment-7164 The ladies from Smart Bitches, Trashy Books weigh in: http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/its_not_about_romance_but_it_is_about_blogging_and_publishing/ The ladies from Smart Bitches, Trashy Books weigh in: http://www.smartbitchestrashyb.....ublishing/

]]> By: amy.leblanc http://electrolicious.com/2006/10/bloggers_to_authors#comment-7158 amy.leblanc Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:10:28 +0000 #comment-7158 i used to think i was a writer who blogged, but now i think i'm just a blog writer. it's been sort of hard to accept. i used to think i was a writer who blogged, but now i think i’m just a blog writer. it’s been sort of hard to accept.

]]> By: Rob R-H http://electrolicious.com/2006/10/bloggers_to_authors#comment-7162 Rob R-H Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:28:37 +0000 #comment-7162 I think you are 100% correct. My agent is fantastic and a much bigger name than I ever expected to sign with, but she is also very Old Skool, not a big internet junkie at all. She had never read my blog, and signed me based on my proposal alone. One of the first things she did was to (wisely) veto my original idea to use excerpts from the blog, instead opting for an entirely original and traditional narrative. Obviously the journal and blog play into that, serving as almost a first draft in maybe half a dozen short instances, but mostly I use the blog merely to refresh my memory. Ironically, St. Marrtin's Press is using the blog as part of its promotional materials; my blurb in Publishers Weekly is titled "Blog to Book". In the actual article, however, they get it right. I think the blogger brings a built-in reader base to start with, but the book has to bring something unique to the market. Think about the numbers of readers that even the most popular bloggers enjoy, and ask yourself if those numbers would be considered succcessful if they were the only ones who bought a book. Publication means a much bigger pond, and blog popularity isn't enough to guarantee survival. I think you are 100% correct. My agent is fantastic and a much bigger name than I ever expected to sign with, but she is also very Old Skool, not a big internet junkie at all. She had never read my blog, and signed me based on my proposal alone. One of the first things she did was to (wisely) veto my original idea to use excerpts from the blog, instead opting for an entirely original and traditional narrative. Obviously the journal and blog play into that, serving as almost a first draft in maybe half a dozen short instances, but mostly I use the blog merely to refresh my memory.

Ironically, St. Marrtin’s Press is using the blog as part of its promotional materials; my blurb in Publishers Weekly is titled “Blog to Book”. In the actual article, however, they get it right.

I think the blogger brings a built-in reader base to start with, but the book has to bring something unique to the market. Think about the numbers of readers that even the most popular bloggers enjoy, and ask yourself if those numbers would be considered succcessful if they were the only ones who bought a book. Publication means a much bigger pond, and blog popularity isn’t enough to guarantee survival.

]]> By: Ariel http://electrolicious.com/2006/10/bloggers_to_authors#comment-7163 Ariel Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:20:38 +0000 #comment-7163 Strangely, I'm not sure that I want to write a book that's just all about myself any more … I'm just not sure a book is the best format for my story. That said, I do hope to write more books, but I don't think writing a memoir is my goal. Strangely, I’m not sure that I want to write a book that’s just all about myself any more … I’m just not sure a book is the best format for my story. That said, I do hope to write more books, but I don’t think writing a memoir is my goal.

]]> By: Vera http://electrolicious.com/2006/10/bloggers_to_authors#comment-7160 Vera Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:38:53 +0000 #comment-7160 Oh Ariel. I was about to send you my book pitch. Now I'm a little bit discouraged. But not too much. :) Don't believe everything "they" say though. You *will* get to write a book about yourself. And people are going to be all over it. Just because somebody rejected that idea once, doesn't mean it's not going to happen in the future. Oh Ariel. I was about to send you my book pitch. Now I’m a little bit discouraged. But not too much. :)
Don’t believe everything “they” say though. You *will* get to write a book about yourself. And people are going to be all over it. Just because somebody rejected that idea once, doesn’t mean it’s not going to happen in the future.

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