Comments on: The unmentionable alternative

By: LisaWhitefern

LisaWhitefern — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:53:59 +0000

Very interesting blog! Lots of food for thought.

By: Brent Robison

Brent Robison — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:54:17 +0000

Yes — go out and make your own damned job!

That’s similar to Creating Your Own Public, which, according to Matthew Stadler, is another way of defining Publishing. It’s an outlook that can free us from the oppression of trying to please the “mainstream.” See my blog on the subject: http://brentrobison.blogspot.com/2009/07/publishing-creating-public.html

By: MoJo

MoJo — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:41:01 +0000

Lovelyn, thank you so much for your comment! Love getting new people’s perspectives.

You are far from alone and the fact is that rejection of good work and good queries has nothing at all to do with whether you’re a good writer or not. That’s where I see the frustration happening.

By: Lovelyn

Lovelyn — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:57:21 +0000

This post is exactly what I needed to hear. I started to try to get my novel published a couple of years ago and after many rejections I gave up. Only just recently did I decide to start writing again and to try to publish my novel myself.

By: Katherine May

Katherine May — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:08:32 +0000

I completely agree Moriah & coincidentally I blogged on the same thing last week. Just like any other desirable (& therefore highly competitive) job, writing requires you to make a special offer – better than everyone else. It’s just not good enough to sigh and wait for your knight in shining armour to come & publish you. The hustle is part of the writing process. You may not like it, but that doesn’t make any difference. Writers must stop thinking, ‘some day my prince will come’, and start figuring out ways to ensnare him.

By: Dude

Dude — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:35:13 +0000

Dude thanks you.

By: Eva

Eva — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:05:51 +0000

You’re right. I’m going to do a blog post on B10mediaworx.

By: Dude

Dude — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:46:55 +0000

Dude says that B10mediaworx will do it for you

By: Eva Gale

Eva Gale — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:28:22 +0000

Nope. I just couldn’t do it myself. I’d have to hire someone out and that would break the bank for me. Have I and will I do things myself and create my own damned business? Well, I have, but I also know my limitations and my personal priorities. I have no more time in my day to give to learning that stuff.

You know what they need? A self publishing package. Drag and drop, click these buttons et voila, you now have soemething to send off to POD.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:13:51 +0000

hard economic times are the richest pickings for those who position themselves well in any business sphere

I agree completely.

We need to get out and do.

Definitely!