Comments on: How to Get a Book Deal: Part 2 – Get Thee A Blog (a Big One) http://writetodone.com/2009/12/04/how-to-get-a-book-deal-part-2-get-thee-a-blog-a-big-one/ Unmissable articles on writing Mon, 21 May 2012 03:14:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Bonnie Gillis http://writetodone.com/2009/12/04/how-to-get-a-book-deal-part-2-get-thee-a-blog-a-big-one/#comment-16417 Bonnie Gillis Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:05:50 +0000 http://writetodone.com/?p=1817#comment-16417 Well, you can definitely count me as one of the multitude who realize one day that she wants to write non-fiction and then gets smartly smacked in the face with the reality of how difficult it will be. Ah, but the desire remain, and the passion still flows, and therefore the treads that need to be trodden will trod...step by little step. Thank you so very much for this entry...I needed the wake-up call, and the fab advice! Well, you can definitely count me as one of the multitude who realize one day that she wants to write non-fiction and then gets smartly smacked in the face with the reality of how difficult it will be. Ah, but the desire remain, and the passion still flows, and therefore the treads that need to be trodden will trod…step by little step.
Thank you so very much for this entry…I needed the wake-up call, and the fab advice!

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Thanks for any help you can give. Luther Butler

]]> By: Annabel Candy http://writetodone.com/2009/12/04/how-to-get-a-book-deal-part-2-get-thee-a-blog-a-big-one/#comment-11411 Annabel Candy Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:23:06 +0000 http://writetodone.com/?p=1817#comment-11411 It's a dream but it doesn't seem like it's a very well paid one. Even if you consider Leo's not to be sniffed at, even lovely book advance of 80k, you start to wonder if that's compensation for maybe 2 years of blogging? If only writers got paid the money they deserve! And these days they have to do all their marketing and PR too!! It’s a dream but it doesn’t seem like it’s a very well paid one. Even if you consider Leo’s not to be sniffed at, even lovely book advance of 80k, you start to wonder if that’s compensation for maybe 2 years of blogging?

If only writers got paid the money they deserve! And these days they have to do all their marketing and PR too!!

]]> By: Professor Beej http://writetodone.com/2009/12/04/how-to-get-a-book-deal-part-2-get-thee-a-blog-a-big-one/#comment-11397 Professor Beej Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:58:12 +0000 http://writetodone.com/?p=1817#comment-11397 I wonder about that, too, Matt. That's what I want to do: use my non-fiction essays and blog on a certain subject (geek pop culture) to help make myself known and have a built-in reader base for my fiction when and if it ever comes to fruition. Now, mind you that isn't why I set out to blog in the first place. I started blogging because I have a unique take on my field. I'm a pop culture, SF geek who happens to be a college English teacher, so I'm not the typical run-of-the-mill SF nerd. I wanted to take that perspective and get it out there and see if people wanted to read it. And apparently some do. I just figure that those same ones who like my perspective on non-fiction things might also like my take on storytelling. I don't think the two have to be mutually exclusive, but I think one also has to be careful not to use the blog solely as a marketing strategy. I wonder about that, too, Matt. That’s what I want to do: use my non-fiction essays and blog on a certain subject (geek pop culture) to help make myself known and have a built-in reader base for my fiction when and if it ever comes to fruition.

Now, mind you that isn’t why I set out to blog in the first place. I started blogging because I have a unique take on my field. I’m a pop culture, SF geek who happens to be a college English teacher, so I’m not the typical run-of-the-mill SF nerd. I wanted to take that perspective and get it out there and see if people wanted to read it. And apparently some do.

I just figure that those same ones who like my perspective on non-fiction things might also like my take on storytelling.

I don’t think the two have to be mutually exclusive, but I think one also has to be careful not to use the blog solely as a marketing strategy.

]]> By: Matt Herron http://writetodone.com/2009/12/04/how-to-get-a-book-deal-part-2-get-thee-a-blog-a-big-one/#comment-11395 Matt Herron Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:37:48 +0000 http://writetodone.com/?p=1817#comment-11395 I think a lot of bloggers dream of print, and hope that their blog grows so big that it practically segways them into a publishers capable hands. But the books that you mentioned are the author's blog in book form. What about outside of their genre? Do you think a blogger could score a book deal for his novel because of the popularity of a blog about a non-fiction subject? Or are they limited by what they choose to write about on the website? As a writer with a wide variety of interests and a difficulty in narrowing them, I wonder about these things. Thanks for writing this series, Kelly. It's wonderful so far. Can't wait for part 3. I think a lot of bloggers dream of print, and hope that their blog grows so big that it practically segways them into a publishers capable hands.

But the books that you mentioned are the author’s blog in book form. What about outside of their genre? Do you think a blogger could score a book deal for his novel because of the popularity of a blog about a non-fiction subject? Or are they limited by what they choose to write about on the website? As a writer with a wide variety of interests and a difficulty in narrowing them, I wonder about these things.

Thanks for writing this series, Kelly. It’s wonderful so far. Can’t wait for part 3.

]]> By: Hilary http://writetodone.com/2009/12/04/how-to-get-a-book-deal-part-2-get-thee-a-blog-a-big-one/#comment-11392 Hilary Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:27:18 +0000 http://writetodone.com/?p=1817#comment-11392 Hi Kelly and Mary .. I haven't heard of Erin ..so I must have a look .. interesting that two of them wholeheartedly went out for that consolidated influence via blogging and thus they were noticed. Then you, via posting on Erin's blog, obtained coverage and awareness - so you were picked up. Thanks for highlighting these routes to book deals. Good for you - Hilary Melton-Butcher Positive Letters Inspirational Stories Hi Kelly and Mary .. I haven’t heard of Erin ..so I must have a look .. interesting that two of them wholeheartedly went out for that consolidated influence via blogging and thus they were noticed. Then you, via posting on Erin’s blog, obtained coverage and awareness – so you were picked up. Thanks for highlighting these routes to book deals.

Good for you –
Hilary Melton-Butcher
Positive Letters Inspirational Stories

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