tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post365370312142948151..comments2024-03-28T10:41:26.999-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: Gateways to PublishingDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-12324219371429304412012-09-03T07:23:55.832-06:002012-09-03T07:23:55.832-06:00Hi, Heidiwriter,
Thanks so much. I wish I'd k...Hi, Heidiwriter,<br /><br />Thanks so much. I wish I'd kept the pages I used up trying out not-so-great titles like "Numbers in the Snow" until I got to The Algebra of Snow. When I got there, I knew it was the right one. I'm a great example of how much trial and error goes into writing!Gingermoran@comcast.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291742693573019345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-49794237393002567762012-08-30T18:46:58.568-06:002012-08-30T18:46:58.568-06:00I love the title of your book!I love the title of your book!Heidiwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593338979995203659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-28327520148450275212012-08-30T17:05:07.048-06:002012-08-30T17:05:07.048-06:00Hi, everyone,
Thanks for the warm welcome to BRP. ...Hi, everyone,<br />Thanks for the warm welcome to BRP. It's a great site--very clear in design and very helpful in content. I feel so fortunate to have met Kathryn in Lake Placid--she read a notice I'd posted in Linked In the morning of the reading and was wonderfully spontaneous and came on over. When we talked, it turned out that we had so much in common it verged on one of those "separated at birth" coincidences! Let it be recorded, Christopher, that I wouldn't actually trade either son for anything whatsoever--I just took the youngest off to college and am in the house alone for the first time in 22 years and it feels truly odd. Thanks for the compliments on the cover--my brother did the design, working from an iPhoto picture. He actually wrote the ghostly equations in the trees. I encourage everyone to keep on writing and sending out. It isn't an easy path and I've been doing it long enough to know that those who persevere are absolutely the ones who succeed. Thanks again for the chance to post here and to get to know you!Gingerhttp://gingermoran.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-4724977510025760402012-08-30T12:23:59.518-06:002012-08-30T12:23:59.518-06:00Morgan, I love this cover, too. Can you see all th...Morgan, I love this cover, too. Can you see all the algebraic equations, hand-written in white against the snowy branches? It's a neat effect.Kathryn Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371458857187160425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-32440469972423059892012-08-30T12:21:31.506-06:002012-08-30T12:21:31.506-06:00I'm glad you found your niche, with a decent p...I'm glad you found your niche, with a decent publisher. My experiences with my publisher didn't work out as well, as can happen with small operations basically run by one person.<br /><br />I wish you the best. Love your cover!<br /><br />Morgan Mandel<br />http://morganmandel.blogspot.comMorgan Mandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-36456741369955783432012-08-30T09:59:36.314-06:002012-08-30T09:59:36.314-06:00Ginger, I don't think I'd trade the recipe...Ginger, I don't think I'd trade the recipe for marketing fiction for you first born son ... I was a parent once. But the truth is, I don't have it ... the recipe for marketing fiction, that is. Christopher Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667548312923348614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-34079879933368571872012-08-29T14:00:06.453-06:002012-08-29T14:00:06.453-06:00Kathryn, I am so glad you invited Ginger to be our...Kathryn, I am so glad you invited Ginger to be our guest here. Her post was so good and proves that there is no right or wrong way to approach getting into the marketplace. I have long thought it a mistake to think there is only one way to sell a book and we should jump on whatever current bandwagon is being touted. Maryannwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-23312375661603463472012-08-29T09:32:17.141-06:002012-08-29T09:32:17.141-06:00Even a reasonable-seller sounds like a huge accomp...Even a reasonable-seller sounds like a huge accomplishment to me. Or, as a fellow musician joked after we finished a song, "Hey, we sell one more and this sucker's going cardboard!" silferthttp://stitchtunes.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-89633987647218024832012-08-29T08:44:58.481-06:002012-08-29T08:44:58.481-06:00Dani, this is a great site. Simple, strong eye app...Dani, this is a great site. Simple, strong eye appeal, snippets behind the covers that offer great hooks -- don't who thought of it, but it cuts through all the extraneous material that too often fills websites and gets right to the heart of the matter. Nice! I suspect it might well also be effective, which is even better. :-)<br /><br />Kathryn, three cheers for meeting in person! As a relic of the old school of face-to-face contact, I believe the synergy that can come from "real" interaction surpasses anything offered by modern technology that transports us around the world without our leaving the confines of our computer chairs. Linda Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686488133905538811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-44664399369387995502012-08-29T08:35:01.499-06:002012-08-29T08:35:01.499-06:00Welcome to the BRP, Ginger! For the rest of you: I...Welcome to the BRP, Ginger! For the rest of you: I met Ginger earlier this summer at her book signing in Lake Placid, NY. That's a good 2-hour drive from my summer home but hey, my guests had left and the sun was shining and I was up for a ride through the Adirondack Park. We ended up talking quite a bit, have connected through social media, and now she's guesting here! In our internet-crazed world, there's still something to be said for face-to-face human interaction.Kathryn Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371458857187160425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-10915587989132751132012-08-29T08:18:28.497-06:002012-08-29T08:18:28.497-06:00One of the hot new ideas was announced yesterday a...One of the hot new ideas was announced yesterday and I think you'll see more of it. A group of 18 self-published authors just created their own marketing co-op called Killer Thrillers. Check out those book covers - no amateurs in this group! http://www.killer-thrillers.com/Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-7361866481506309982012-08-29T04:31:58.727-06:002012-08-29T04:31:58.727-06:00The road to publishing has long been fraught with ...The road to publishing has long been fraught with chuckholes, roadblocks, detours, and other hazards that make it a trip for only the stout of heart. Now we face the additional challenges of changing routes and multiple destinations with the construction of new publishing avenues.<br /><br />This is a helpful post, Ginger, and I'm so glad that you ended it on a note of hope. It's a tough trip, but you've stayed on the road and headed for the destination of book sales and personal fulfillment. You inspire all of us to persevere and to celebrate the small accomplishments as well as the big ones. Thank you for sharing.Linda Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686488133905538811noreply@blogger.com