tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post6114084503916447925..comments2023-07-22T04:51:00.772-07:00Comments on Jennifer Represents...: There's always a market for Awesome.Literaticathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15513424208149456614noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-70747167927554285552011-11-26T20:26:21.425-08:002011-11-26T20:26:21.425-08:00Good point, and something for writers to think abo...Good point, and something for writers to think about. Writing what is popular now may not be when your book is ready to sell.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741339742186444605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-90523359151994358112011-11-21T12:56:48.090-08:002011-11-21T12:56:48.090-08:00Great post. "Awesome sells" is a great w...Great post. "Awesome sells" is a great way of getting to the point. If a book is awesome, it will sell eventually. Of course, awesomeness can be subjective, to a point, can't it? But I get it: a book that simply can't be argued against will eventually find a market or make its own.<br /><br />http://www.grasslakepublishing.comJ.D. Heilhttp://www.grasslakepublishing.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-60717692172635093592010-06-20T08:39:37.663-07:002010-06-20T08:39:37.663-07:00Oooh nice new blog design.. I fee like I am visiti...Oooh nice new blog design.. I fee like I am visiting your private library.Laura Ludwig Hamorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943556861034557192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-15456958306085647052010-06-19T22:56:10.023-07:002010-06-19T22:56:10.023-07:00OOOOH! The new blog layout is great!
So pretty.OOOOH! The new blog layout is great!<br /><br />So pretty.Josin L. McQueinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05751043333147850336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-45016877489907804382010-06-19T20:22:11.096-07:002010-06-19T20:22:11.096-07:00Wow, terrific post! Just might be time to query yo...Wow, terrific post! Just might be time to query you. Keep up the tweets -- love 'em!B Jashttp://www.restlesswriters.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-55539627954665318642010-06-18T09:54:55.387-07:002010-06-18T09:54:55.387-07:00Yes. Yes. Yes.
I'm always on about this. Peo...Yes. Yes. Yes. <br /><br />I'm always on about this. People spouting rules like a leaky pot spouts water. There are no absolutes. Appreciate the rules and why they're there, but if you want absolutes, give up on writing and be a mathematician!Claire Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354840714847021685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-3873104725798866222010-06-17T20:46:52.457-07:002010-06-17T20:46:52.457-07:00Hmmm....I thought it was all about writing because...Hmmm....I thought it was all about writing because you must/have to/want to....if you write to sell move to advertising..BBill van Oostenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07704639605370008727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-88123522911234869992010-06-16T04:20:47.266-07:002010-06-16T04:20:47.266-07:00Awesome:)Awesome:)Buffy Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033283884801658206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-89151688353058083692010-06-15T15:16:52.428-07:002010-06-15T15:16:52.428-07:00I get it. Thank you so much. All writers need to w...I get it. Thank you so much. All writers need to work on is making some AWESOME. Everything follows that and if you have AWESOME it creates it's own market.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096764010151024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-8612608348217239582010-06-15T13:51:19.613-07:002010-06-15T13:51:19.613-07:00Ah yezz. Zee problem iz zat mozt of our zelf-awezo...Ah yezz. Zee problem iz zat mozt of our zelf-awezomenezz meterzz need recalibration!Heather at My Coupon Coophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429799440079596667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-7213866620383620652010-06-15T11:14:29.840-07:002010-06-15T11:14:29.840-07:00Okay, but . . . let's just say theoretically t...<i>Okay, but . . . let's just say theoretically that you write a book, and every editor who looks at it says, "Love the writing, but I don't think I can sell this topic." Wouldn't it be nice to know that before you write the book?</i><br /><br />But no one ever knows this up front, really.<br /><br />And editors change, and this year's unsellable book can be next year's hot book.<br /><br />And no one can ever take away from us the experience of writing a book we really really want to write, and knowing the market is tight isn't always reason not to write it.<br /><br />Many books are hard sells, but it's the rare book that is both brilliant and that one knows, up front, has no chance of selling whatsoever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-5106830710672681962010-06-15T10:50:03.660-07:002010-06-15T10:50:03.660-07:00Okay, but . . . let's just say theoretically t...Okay, but . . . let's just say theoretically that you write a book, and every editor who looks at it says, "Love the writing, but I don't think I can sell this topic." Wouldn't it be nice to know that before you write the book?clientmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-52896535336044847132010-06-15T10:26:39.385-07:002010-06-15T10:26:39.385-07:00Another great post! Especially encouraging to a wr...Another great post! Especially encouraging to a writer of "boy books."Michellehttp://www.michellelbrown.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-60468979897799137792010-06-15T10:18:03.540-07:002010-06-15T10:18:03.540-07:00I completely agree with this. I often here people ...I completely agree with this. I often here people say "don't write a book on such and such right now. Agents aren't looking for that."<br /><br />My take is, if I write a book, I want it to be good enough that it doesn't matter what's "hot" at the moment. An awesome book is an awesome book. They aren't gonna be like... "Wow! This book is awesome! I think it might be the next bestseller...buuuuut, I'm not looking for books with elephants right now."<br /><br />O.o<br /><br />Excellent post!Beccahttp://rebecca-hamilton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-1574084314018108552010-06-15T10:13:16.413-07:002010-06-15T10:13:16.413-07:00In both the recent #askYAeditor and #askagent chat...In both the recent #askYAeditor and #askagent chats on Twitter (yes, I've been lurking!), I couldn't help noticing this recurring theme. As book buyer and bookseller, I agree wholeheartedly: if it's an outstanding book, we'll find a way to sell it. <br /><br />If you write something to a formula or to fit certain criteria, chances are it won't be honest and exciting and brilliant, and even if you get it published, stores won't be excited about buying it from the publisher and then selling it to the consumers. <br /><br />Go ahead and write the book you are passionate about, and worry about the marketing later. Better to have an outstanding book that takes a while to place. Just my opinion.Lesliehttp://twitter.com/SpellboundBkshpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-76978827567000213582010-06-15T09:52:15.904-07:002010-06-15T09:52:15.904-07:00Love this answer. I think some times, we as author...Love this answer. I think some times, we as authors want concret answers but the fact is, there just aren't any. I will write a boy book different than the next person. Their's might be awesome and mine not. So while there's not a market for my boy book, there is for Joe's. <br /><br />*Sigh* Now to go work on an awesome book ;)Kelley Vitollohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13304868437913885003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-8485097308779376712010-06-15T09:34:08.578-07:002010-06-15T09:34:08.578-07:00LOL, Josin!
I wish that editors and bookstores wa...LOL, Josin!<br /><br />I wish that editors and bookstores wanted more boy books. My sons are big readers, but they are hitting that plateau (at ages 12 and nearly 10) where they've read much of the MG out there, and are facing the barrenness of little boy YA books.Rose Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752073931486321348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089716.post-44011915256808650752010-06-15T09:27:17.230-07:002010-06-15T09:27:17.230-07:00These questions make me think of a giant supermark...These questions make me think of a giant supermarket full of book ideas. Editors wander around with shopping carts, sometimes in a daze, and have to go find someone in an apron to ask "Where's the contemporary love story with a twist?"<br /><br />"Aisle 9, at the bottom. You go past Paranormal, take a left at mer-things. Once you see the cardboard cutout of a cheerleader smacking a werewolf with her pompoms, look down. If you wander into Civil War Era historicals, you've gone too far." <br /><br />The editor says "thanks" but suggest next time the clerk should try and deliver his answer in 3rd Omni. rather than 2nd.Josin L. McQueinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05751043333147850336noreply@blogger.com