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Delete No one should judge another person by the books or book they write. Writing comes from more than one avenue within a person. Our subconscious has an unfathomable reach. But, it is fair to judge the book/books that are written and again, there is a lot of subjective evidence that some of this is not very accurate. Editors, reviewers and readers are humanly geared toward personal identification, ability, interests, experience, education and profit, (only to name a few) thus we must use every means in our professional bag to judge and market our books. That is, until the author's name is recognized to the point that readers begin buying the trusted name more so than the book.
Even sales are not the only indicator of a good book, because an author with outstanding marketing skills will sell books, money invested in marketing will sell book and connections to the right sources will sell books, even when the books are mediocre at best.
Having said all that which leads up to my reason for writing to you, the following is only my opinion and then I will give you my method for producing books for the market. Number one, I couldn't give a hoot what the reviewers think, I want to know what the readers think. Number two, I would write whether readers or reviewers liked my book or not, I love writing and don't get me started because I never know when to quit. I am happy when my books sell, but that is not my primary motive, it is just an additional reward. I have a passion for writing.
My methodology is this; and I have mentioned it before, but I write what is in my heart and send my work to two trusted readers (not paid reviewers) After getting comments and making suggested changes if I approve of these, I then send the manuscript to my editor, who in turn edits, suggests changes and often revisions are made. My editor has hired an editor who does the process all over again until we finally get what we want. It is not uncommon for the post writing to take much longer than the time it took to write the book in the first place.
I hope something I have said here will encourage you to write more and continue as long as it makes you happy to do so. When we write, we are leaving part of ourselves to the world, which is something that will last much longer than the limit of our own presence here on earth.
In conclusion, there are many examples where a writer's fame only appeared long after that writer had passed through these earthly portals into the hereafter, and on top of that, some of the best books ever written were rejected by numerous publishers only to become a top seller. Good luck, I think you have come to the right place (or should I say "The Write Place" ) to get encouragement and to find resources that you need.
Sincerely, Dr Robert E McGinnis Author of the recent Paradise Series (2008--2009 and author since 1979.
PS excuse my typing mistakes. I am totally blind in one eye and can barely see out of the other and my editor is on her honeymoon. Simply said, I do the best I can and I can accept that. Tags: author, book, books, creativity, Dr, E, education, gifts, ideas, immortal
The fifth and last cover of this series is great. The actual cover will be of a better quality, but this will give you an idea.
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Delete No one should judge another person by the books or book they write. Writing comes from more than one avenue within a person. Our subconscious has an unfathomable reach. But, it is fair to judge the book/books that are written and again, there is a lot of subjective evidence that some of this is not very accurate. Editors, reviewers and readers are humanly geared toward personal identification, ability, interests, experience, education and profit, (only to name a few) thus we must use every means in our professional bag to judge and market our books. That is, until the author's name is recognized to the point that readers begin buying the trusted name more so than the book.
ReplyDeleteEven sales are not the only indicator of a good book, because an author with outstanding marketing skills will sell books, money invested in marketing will sell book and connections to the right sources will sell books, even when the books are mediocre at best.
Having said all that which leads up to my reason for writing to you, the following is only my opinion and then I will give you my method for producing books for the market. Number one, I couldn't give a hoot what the reviewers think, I want to know what the readers think. Number two, I would write whether readers or reviewers liked my book or not, I love writing and don't get me started because I never know when to quit. I am happy when my books sell, but that is not my primary motive, it is just an additional reward. I have a passion for writing.
My methodology is this; and I have mentioned it before, but I write what is in my heart and send my work to two trusted readers (not paid reviewers) After getting comments and making suggested changes if I approve of these, I then send the manuscript to my editor, who in turn edits, suggests changes and often revisions are made. My editor has hired an editor who does the process all over again until we finally get what we want. It is not uncommon for the post writing to take much longer than the time it took to write the book in the first place.
I hope something I have said here will encourage you to write more and continue as long as it makes you happy to do so. When we write, we are leaving part of ourselves to the world, which is something that will last much longer than the limit of our own presence here on earth.
In conclusion, there are many examples where a writer's fame only appeared long after that writer had passed through these earthly portals into the hereafter, and on top of that, some of the best books ever written were rejected by numerous publishers only to become a top seller. Good luck, I think you have come to the right place (or should I say "The Write Place" ) to get encouragement and to find resources that you need.
Sincerely, Dr Robert E McGinnis Author of the recent Paradise Series (2008--2009 and author since 1979.
PS excuse my typing mistakes. I am totally blind in one eye and can barely see out of the other and my editor is on her honeymoon. Simply said, I do the best I can and I can accept that.
Tags: author, book, books, creativity, Dr, E, education, gifts, ideas, immortal