%%USERNAME%%    %%ACCWORDS%% %%ONOFF%% |
 |  Blog and other works of literary sense |
| Here is a collection of ruminations and whatnot. |
| I'm an indie author. I write, publish and promote my books. It's not really a choice. I've tried to do the traditional route - querying agents and hoping they'll pick my book to pitch to a traditional publisher. I've not had much luck getting my books accepted by literary agencies. They all have a set formula for the books they choose. It gives me a suspicion that the authors they pick have gamed the system. These authors they sell are incorporating some formulaic plot and twist and characters who aren't all that attractive. The more bizarre and weird the story the more these literary agencies look at them and then they'll measure them against the profit they'll get. Publishers publish these books and then these books get the authors some notoriety. I have not seen books on the shelves at Barnes and Noble, for example, that appealed to me so that I might even leaf through them. There's always some dark idea or a dark character that makes the story unpalatable and the readers goes away and tells himself or herself that this book is really 'cool' but it remains in their psyche and causes them to feel somehow like looking at life in the prism of the book they just read. it makes them like things and people that are the sort of characters that book they read are. I think this is true of movies. Movies are always an attraction - the more they play with some good types of characters and give them a quirky aspect, or put them in some bad place the movie makers think they'll make a ton of money from their movies. I think I'm the lone voice for a reasonable book where there's some good that is seen in the characters, and there's a way these characters are placed so that they can be genuine in their thoughts and their words. I am trying to find these readers who will appreciate the themes of my books. There's so much sadness in this world. Why read about some dysfunctional family? Then there's trends that these authors put out about controversial topics. i try to shy away from these topics. I want to have a good feeling about the books I write. I don't want some bastard get into my books, my stories. I want my books to be enjoyable, and make readers come away from reading them thinking about the important things in life. We can't just churn out these fiction that only puts people in a difficult way of thinking and they cant make heads or tails of the story. Children for one are susceptible to these terrible stories. We have to be careful what they read. I was thinking of writing a children's book which I'd be happy to do. I think that there are many who are good writers of children's book. It's a genre that I've yet to try. I write different genres. I have written fiction, science fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction. The indie author that I am is a label I'm proud of. I think that indie authors have a freedom that published (trad) authors haven't got. There are stories of publishing editors who tell their authors to change something in their manuscripts in order to - well, to sell the book. These requests could be a deal breaker. It only compromises the integrity of the authors. The authors are sellouts in this case. These authors don't know it but they become bastards. They went for the big money and then their books look different from the book that they started out with. We should look out for those who wish to change us and our work. we have been gifted with a natural talent for storytelling. We cannot compromise our integrity and what we write down is going to be a testament to what we believe in, not the beliefs of those who only want to sell, sell, sell. |
View Portfolio
Visit Notebook
Send Gift Points
Awards
Badges
Send Email
Community Newsfeed
General Discussion
Sponsored Items
Book of Trinkets
Static Items
Books
Groups
Interactive Stories
Audio
Campfire Creatives
Community Notes
Crossword Puzzles
Documents
Folders
Images
In & Outs
Madlibs
Photo Albums
Polls
Product Reviews
Quizzes
Survey Forms
Web Pages
Word Searches
