Welcome to the AbsoluteWrite Water Cooler! Please read The Newbie Guide To Absolute Write

editing for authors ad

A publisher or agency using Google ads to solicit your novel probably isn't anyone you want to write for.


Go Back   Absolute Write Water Cooler > Discussion > AW Roundtable
Reload this Page Joe Konrath issues challenge to fisk his latest blog entry or any of his blog entries.
Register FAQ Calendar Mark Forums Read

Closed Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 05-19-2012, 04:17 PM   #1
Draco
New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin
 
Draco's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 12
Draco is on a distinguished road
Joe Konrath issues challenge to fisk his latest blog entry or any of his blog entries.
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2012/0...09850467972064

Challenge issued in comments section by Joe Konrath at 2:07 AM near the end of the comments.

Any takers?
Last edited by Draco; 05-19-2012 at 04:45 PM.
Draco is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 04:20 PM   #2
mccardey
Back in Oz. Missing France :(
 
mccardey's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Australia.
Posts: 4,481
mccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
Originally Posted by Draco View Post
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2012/0...09850467972064

Challenge issued in comments section by Joe Konrath at 2:07 AM near the end of the comments.

Any takers?
You're really intrigued by this Konrath thing, aren't you?
Last edited by mccardey; 05-19-2012 at 04:29 PM.
mccardey is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 04:36 PM   #3
Draco
New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin
 
Draco's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 12
Draco is on a distinguished road
Talking
Quote:
Originally Posted by mccardey View Post
You're really intrigued by this Konrath thing, aren't you?
Yes I am.


Read his comment and you may be intrigued as well.
Draco is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 04:39 PM   #4
Mr Flibble
They've been very bad, Mr Flibble
 
Mr Flibble's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: We couldn't possibly do that. Who'd clear up the mess?
Posts: 15,767
Mr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Oh, I see he quoted me...I suppose that makes me a pinhead to him. How flattering. I shall have a t shirt made. (ETA: Where's my attribution, huh? huh? )

It's an opinion. He's allowed one, same as I'm allowed mine. Oh well.

I see he asks us to respond to his points etc*. Can't be arsed, tbh. If he wants to do this, that's great. If other people want to listen to him, that's their prerogative. My only point was this: If you want to self publish, read widely about it. He says that AW is all 'Nyah nyah', but he's nothing but 'rah rah'. You (proto-self-publishing person) need to see all POVs on this.

Read. Learn. Make up your own mind.

*ETA I did respond to ask that IF he's going to quote me, he should include the most salient part, which I then added.
__________________


The Rojan Dizon books, book one out now from Orbit

Website
Twitter
Last edited by Mr Flibble; 05-19-2012 at 04:50 PM.
Mr Flibble is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 04:55 PM   #5
James D. Macdonald
Your Genial Uncle
Absolute Sage
 
James D. Macdonald's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 21,577
James D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
...or any of his blog entries.
Already been done.

A long time since.

Me? Not interested enough in Konrath to even look at his blog.
__________________
"The Clockwork Trollop" by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald
Free online. Text and podcast.
James D. Macdonald is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 05:49 PM   #6
leahzero
I'ma firin' mah lazer.
 
leahzero's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Chicago
Posts: 2,115
leahzero has a golden reputationleahzero has a golden reputationleahzero has a golden reputationleahzero has a golden reputationleahzero has a golden reputationleahzero has a golden reputation
When this guy learns how to write a succinct, focused, non-ranting journal entry, I'll give him another shot.

I don't have time to read 3400 words of crazy.
__________________
SITE | TWITTER
. . . . . . . . . . . .
TH3 F3R4L ▪ Zombie Thriller ▪ On hold, pending awesome agent news.
R3MN4NT ▪ YA SF ▪ Let me take you to querytown.
· · · · · · · · · · · ·
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed. —Dickinson
leahzero is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 05:50 PM   #7
HoneyBadger
Queen of the Upmarket Bagladies
 
HoneyBadger's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Posts: 1,182
HoneyBadger has a golden reputationHoneyBadger has a golden reputationHoneyBadger has a golden reputationHoneyBadger has a golden reputationHoneyBadger has a golden reputationHoneyBadger has a golden reputation
Quote:
My advice to writers: stop being stupid.

Publishing Culture is guaranteed to end, and when it does everyone will be better off.

Well, everyone except the gatekeepers. But don't cry for them. They never cried for you.
I think I'll just keep being stupid, as being stupid in pursuing a stupid traditional writing career via trade and journal publishing is what will help my stupid writing career so I can win the stupid Orange Prize and make stupid money.
HoneyBadger is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 05:58 PM   #8
mccardey
Back in Oz. Missing France :(
 
mccardey's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Australia.
Posts: 4,481
mccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmccardey is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
I read it! (most of it)

So, now I know who Mr Konrath is, and although that's fifteen minutes of my life I'm not going to get back again, can I just quote his statement -

Quote:
If some legacy publisher gave me 1.5 million for a book, I'd take it.
and add -

Me too, Mr K!

Oh, me too!

Last edited by mccardey; 05-19-2012 at 06:03 PM.
mccardey is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 05:59 PM   #9
Mr Flibble
They've been very bad, Mr Flibble
 
Mr Flibble's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: We couldn't possibly do that. Who'd clear up the mess?
Posts: 15,767
Mr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMr Flibble is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
Originally Posted by leahzero View Post
When this guy learns how to write a succinct, focused, non-ranting journal entry, I'll give him another shot.

I don't have time to read 3400 words of crazy.
Yup.

I think he has a point in that writers should really think about contracts etc. He's taken a contract from Amazon which he finds appealing. Others may well find contracts with Big Six appealing, for their own reasons. That's up to them, and I lose him when he bashes authors who are taking a contract that works for them.

Sadly any good points are lost in a landslide of:

__________________


The Rojan Dizon books, book one out now from Orbit

Website
Twitter
Mr Flibble is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 06:00 PM   #10
shadowwalker
empty-nester!
 
shadowwalker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 3,729
shadowwalker has a double-platinum reputationshadowwalker has a double-platinum reputationshadowwalker has a double-platinum reputationshadowwalker has a double-platinum reputationshadowwalker has a double-platinum reputationshadowwalker has a double-platinum reputationshadowwalker has a double-platinum reputation
One thing he's got down pat - how to tell people what they want to hear. Or is it fooling some of the people all of the time. Or... something...

But yeah - I prefer being my kind of stupid to his kind.
__________________
I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been by far; for a might-have-been has never been, but a has-been was once an are. - Milton Berle

There's only one absolute in writing - Never listen to absolutes.
shadowwalker is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 06:38 PM   #11
James D. Macdonald
Your Genial Uncle
Absolute Sage
 
James D. Macdonald's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 21,577
James D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJames D. Macdonald is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
Publishing Culture is guaranteed to end, and when it does everyone will be better off.

Well, everyone except the gatekeepers. But don't cry for them. They never cried for you.
Oh, does he mean the people who nurture the careers of young authors, including the young Joe Konrath?
__________________
"The Clockwork Trollop" by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald
Free online. Text and podcast.
James D. Macdonald is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 06:46 PM   #12
Ari Meermans
MacAllister's Official Minion & Greeter
AW Moderator
 
Ari Meermans's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: The Prairies and Lakes
Posts: 4,264
Ari Meermans is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAri Meermans is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAri Meermans is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAri Meermans is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAri Meermans is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAri Meermans is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAri Meermans is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAri Meermans is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAri Meermans is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAri Meermans is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAri Meermans is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesaritchie View Post
God, who cares what Konrath says? It's all opinion. He should spend more time writing, and less time issuing challenges.
But he can't, you know. That blog is, at the very least, a big chunk of his marketing effort.
__________________
..
A big welcome to our New Members! Get started here with our Newbie Guide.
.
Active community members: Learn the ins and outs of promoting your writing on AbsoluteWrite here.
Self-promotion doesn't always come naturally to writers, does it?
An excellent place to start is the Book Promotion Ideas and Advice forum.
Ari Meermans is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 07:10 PM   #13
Celia Cyanide
Joker Groupie
 
Celia Cyanide's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: probably watching DARK KNIGHT
Posts: 12,012
Celia Cyanide is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsCelia Cyanide is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsCelia Cyanide is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsCelia Cyanide is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsCelia Cyanide is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsCelia Cyanide is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsCelia Cyanide is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsCelia Cyanide is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsCelia Cyanide is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsCelia Cyanide is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsCelia Cyanide is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Isn't he on AW?
__________________
My feature film WHY AM I IN A BOX? is now online! I wrote, directed, and acted in it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzglH...ature=youtu.be

my IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2097751/

Follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/rachelgrubb

add me on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/celiacyanide
Celia Cyanide is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 07:30 PM   #14
kaitie
Bow before the laser screwdriver
 
kaitie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: The land of the rising sun.
Posts: 9,415
kaitie is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskaitie is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskaitie is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskaitie is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskaitie is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskaitie is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskaitie is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskaitie is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskaitie is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskaitie is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskaitie is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Pretty sure he was banned awhile back. Came and spouted some pretty nasty insults at the mods in the self-publishing forum, if I remember correctly. I could be wrong on that, though. He might have just been given a time out.

ETA: Just correcting myself to say I looked it up and he wasn't, so it was just a time-out. But yeah, he's here. He pops in sometimes.
__________________
"You will experience a tingling sensation and then death."

 And just because it's still awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc

Take two: 90,008
Current: 7,680


Last edited by kaitie; 05-19-2012 at 08:16 PM.
kaitie is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 07:38 PM   #15
Medievalist
Cultus Gopherus MacAllister
 
Medievalist's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: žone že in meoduhealle
Posts: 22,645
Medievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
Originally Posted by Draco View Post
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2012/0...09850467972064

Challenge issued in comments section by Joe Konrath at 2:07 AM near the end of the comments.

Any takers?
He's already been pwnd.

Also? He's an not really in a position to pontificate regarding the history of publishing; publishing has at least a 3,000 year old history. It's still working just fine. The current publishing paradigm works so well that if I want to read something by Konrath, I have to look for it; I'm otherwise protected from his ramblings.
__________________

About.Me
iPad Projects
AWers On Twitter
My opinions are my own. | Who else would want them?
Medievalist is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 08:07 PM   #16
Alessandra Kelley
Sophipygian
AW Moderator
 
Alessandra Kelley's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Chicago, Illinois USA
Posts: 7,251
Alessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
What does "fisk" mean?
Alessandra Kelley is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 08:09 PM   #17
CrastersBabies
all hail zombie babies!
 
CrastersBabies's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Rocky Mountains
Posts: 2,525
CrastersBabies leaves trails of profuse coolnessCrastersBabies leaves trails of profuse coolnessCrastersBabies leaves trails of profuse coolnessCrastersBabies leaves trails of profuse coolnessCrastersBabies leaves trails of profuse coolness
Seems like a great way to drum up site-traffic to this blog. I don't know the guy. Don't read his blog or posts or books (except glancing at his page for a few minutes now). If he's found a model that works for him, great. I read one post where he yells at his readers to get the F off his blog and websites and message boards and just WRITE, and then he baits people into coming to his website to debate with him?

Maybe he has a blog-monkey to do the net stuff for him.
Maybe he has a clone.

I dunno. I never took to people thumping their chest on the internet in hopes of getting into an epic pissing contest. I'll pass. The people on this board (minus the few asshats which every board has) are pretty damn helpful and thoughtful. You get out of the board what you "put in," in terms of reading and educating yourself.

Again, don't read this guy's stuff. It could be that the more I read him, the more I agree with him. I'm just not interested seeing the few internet tantrums he's already had. Doesn't seem very professional to me. Maybe it's my loss.
__________________
stephantrain.com

Curiosity killed the cat.
Satisfaction brought it back

"The first draft of anything is s***." Ernest Hemingway
Last edited by CrastersBabies; 05-19-2012 at 09:40 PM.
CrastersBabies is online now  
Old 05-19-2012, 08:41 PM   #18
Xelebes
Delerium ex Ennui
 
Xelebes's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Edmonton, Canada
Posts: 8,151
Xelebes is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsXelebes is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsXelebes is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsXelebes is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsXelebes is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsXelebes is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsXelebes is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsXelebes is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsXelebes is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alessandra Kelley View Post
What does "fisk" mean?
An odd way of spelling fish.
Xelebes is online now  
Old 05-19-2012, 08:49 PM   #19
thothguard51
A Gentleman of a refined age...
 
thothguard51's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Out side the beltway...
Posts: 7,974
thothguard51 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsthothguard51 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsthothguard51 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsthothguard51 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsthothguard51 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsthothguard51 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsthothguard51 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsthothguard51 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsthothguard51 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsthothguard51 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsthothguard51 is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
I wonder how many self published books Koranth buys and reads a month...
__________________
Knowledge is learned while wisdom is earned.

Currently working on...

From, The Tales of Netherron,
Book 1, A Game of Pawns
Book 2, Pawn takes Queen,
Book 3, Pawn's Gambit,

In the pipeline,
Children of Netherron, follow up trilogy
Guardians of Netherron, prequel trilogy

http://nickanthony51.wordpress.com (on hiatus)

Nick Anthony
thothguard51 is online now  
Old 05-19-2012, 09:01 PM   #20
Medievalist
Cultus Gopherus MacAllister
 
Medievalist's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: žone že in meoduhealle
Posts: 22,645
Medievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMedievalist is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xelebes View Post
An odd way of spelling fish.
No; it's a reference to a journalist named Robert Fisk.

It's from the early years of blogging history, roughly contemporary with Ken Layne's “It’s 2001, and we can Fact Check your ass.”
__________________

About.Me
iPad Projects
AWers On Twitter
My opinions are my own. | Who else would want them?
Medievalist is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 09:08 PM   #21
Sheryl Nantus
Holding out for a Superhero...
 
Sheryl Nantus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Or New Babbage, Second Life!
Posts: 6,173
Sheryl Nantus is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsSheryl Nantus is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsSheryl Nantus is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsSheryl Nantus is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsSheryl Nantus is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsSheryl Nantus is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsSheryl Nantus is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsSheryl Nantus is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsSheryl Nantus is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsSheryl Nantus is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsSheryl Nantus is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Sounds like an attempt to encourage more visitors to his blog.

The visits have been dying down as of late as the devotees tend to discover there's not a golden pot o'gold at the end of the rainbow like Joe said.

*yawn*
Sheryl Nantus is offline  
Old 05-19-2012, 11:36 PM   #22
Bogna
A Scottish Ginger Cat
 
Bogna's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Oregon
Posts: 408
Bogna has a spectacular aura
Quote:
Originally Posted by IdiotsRUs View Post
Oh, I see he quoted me...I suppose that makes me a pinhead to him. How flattering. I shall have a t shirt made. (ETA: Where's my attribution, huh? huh? )
Ohhh, I will buy one of your shirts.
Bogna is offline  
Old 05-20-2012, 12:04 AM   #23
Alitriona
Attends The School of AW
 
Alitriona's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Ireland
Posts: 898
Alitriona is a shiny, shiny jewelAlitriona is a shiny, shiny jewel
This is a classic case of someone believing their own hype. I have no interest in anyone with such blinkers on and this is him blowing more hot air about the evils of every way but how he tells people to publish. A route he doesn't follow himself.

I would love his sales but not his crazy distorted opinion of how he achieved them.
__________________
Carol
www.CarolOates.com
Twitter
Alitriona is online now  
Old 05-20-2012, 12:51 AM   #24
Filigree
nobody's sidekick
 
Filigree's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: between rising apes and falling angels
Posts: 6,400
Filigree is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsFiligree is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsFiligree is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsFiligree is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsFiligree is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsFiligree is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsFiligree is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsFiligree is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsFiligree is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsFiligree is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsFiligree is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
I wonder how good his sales are, since he keeps stirring up the blog pot to get more readers. When I first heard about him, I was impressed with his story (if not his actual writing). The more I read of his rants, the less I care.

Self-publishing works for some people, if they can spend the time on promotions. Ol' Joe lucked out because he already had street cred from his work with Hyperion. I guarantee you, his results are not typical. Folks who will not get rich off multi-level marketing, real estate, gold sales, Mary Kay, or Amway will not get Konrath-style returns from self-publishing. Not in the current economy.

Now, there's still a lot I don't like about the Big Six model, and even some of the standard operating procedures from the smaller, nimbler trade publishers. But I'm currently working with an e-pub for a niche market piece, and will be working with a 'tradtional' agent to sell some mainstream SF&F. I'm looking at self-publishing as a sales tool linked with those other efforts, not as a replacement.
__________________


Blog in progress (with buy links):
http://www.cranehanabooks.com/blog

works in progress:
MORO'S SHIELD
MORO'S CROWN
LEOPARD'S LEAP (working title)
BLOODSHADOW
untitled Foodie Spy erotic romance
RUNNER AND WALKER (working title)
UNSTRUNG
Filigree is offline  
Old 05-20-2012, 03:17 AM   #25
veinglory
volitare nequeo
AW Moderator
 
veinglory's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: right here
Posts: 23,267
veinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
People can fisk my blog too, any time. It's attention, interaction and money in my adsense account. Why the heck would anyone be against that? Is it meant to be some kind of rare and courageous challenge?

And to 'fisk' is to quote something in full and add your own commentary or reaction. Or the name of my main character in my fantasy novel "The Nameless God", whichever you prefer.
__________________
Coming Soon: Taniwha in the Cleis Press anthology 'Beach Bums' [pre order now!]
New Release: Broken Sword via Amazon Kindle
veinglory is offline  
Closed Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2

Bookmarks

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Custom Search

Buy Scrivener 2 for Mac OS X (Regular Licence)

If this site is helpful to you,
Please consider a voluntary subscription to defray ongoing expenses.


All times are GMT +4.5. The time now is 07:54 AM.

Contact Us - Absolute Write - Archive - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.