"You don't mess with a lion. The lion is the king of the jungle. The lion will destroy you." - Part of my analysis of The Old Man and the Sea. This is deep, AP-level stuff, guys.
Today I received an email from Figment. Attached was a permission form for something I'd written and posted on their site to be included in an anthology.
I went back to reread it/figure out what I'd actually said and decided I really don't like some of the phrasing. But hey. Gaiman's Law dictates I'm going to be annoyed with something no matter what.
But still--published in an ebook being sold for charity. I an okay with this.
Also, can we appreciate my writing group and our collaborative story involving Rick Santorum taking over the world and being stopped by an army of hipsters.
Showing posts with label publicity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label publicity. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick
"I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself." - Pietro Aretino
I got home today and was idly thinking about how I hadn't posted anything in more than a week, and was trying to think of interesting things to write about...and then my mom got the mail and there was a package for me. It contained a signed galley copy of The Chronicles of Harris Burdick-- 14 short stories based off of images from Chris Van Allsburg's The Mysteries of Harris Burdick.
I had entered a contest on Novel Novice back in November to choose one of five pictures and write a 250-500 word short story about it. Mine (here on Figment) had the thoroughly unoriginal title of "Mr. Linden's Library" (the title of the picture itself), but was apparently one of the five winners.
The funny thing is, I also submitted it to my fellow staff members of my school's literary magazine, and they hadn't actually been crazy about it.
This gives me hope for the story I submitted to Tor.com around the same time, although judging by their estimated response times I don't expect to hear back from them until around when I hit college. They do have way more submissions, but they're also not limited to just five "winners"...
I guess we'll see. Although as of February 22nd, they still have submissions from before September 2010, so we'll see a long time from now.
I had entered a contest on Novel Novice back in November to choose one of five pictures and write a 250-500 word short story about it. Mine (here on Figment) had the thoroughly unoriginal title of "Mr. Linden's Library" (the title of the picture itself), but was apparently one of the five winners.
The funny thing is, I also submitted it to my fellow staff members of my school's literary magazine, and they hadn't actually been crazy about it.
This gives me hope for the story I submitted to Tor.com around the same time, although judging by their estimated response times I don't expect to hear back from them until around when I hit college. They do have way more submissions, but they're also not limited to just five "winners"...
I guess we'll see. Although as of February 22nd, they still have submissions from before September 2010, so we'll see a long time from now.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Blurbs!
"People change and forget to tell each other." - Lillian Hellman
So about ten minutes ago the lady in charge of the Teen section at my local independent bookstore called my house (which sounds cooler than it was- she had already asked me via Facebook to call her at the store and happened to be busy at the time).
Someone at the Penguin Group had contacted her about teen girls to read an early draft of a book coming out next fall to do blurbs for the back of the ARC. (She's also getting in contact with the leader of my book club, but I'm conveniently forgetting about that until tomorrow when we have our meeting.)
Apparently I came up in conversation. In the sense that I am mentioned by name in a bona fide email from a person in a major publishing house. o_0 Although it's also a little weird that the bookstore lady knew my name and actually suggested me to her. I thought she just knew my face.
And then, as I just now realized, I sent my reply to the wrong address- the one for the bookstore instead of the Penguin Lady. Yeah, I'm smooth.
So about ten minutes ago the lady in charge of the Teen section at my local independent bookstore called my house (which sounds cooler than it was- she had already asked me via Facebook to call her at the store and happened to be busy at the time).
Someone at the Penguin Group had contacted her about teen girls to read an early draft of a book coming out next fall to do blurbs for the back of the ARC. (She's also getting in contact with the leader of my book club, but I'm conveniently forgetting about that until tomorrow when we have our meeting.)
Apparently I came up in conversation. In the sense that I am mentioned by name in a bona fide email from a person in a major publishing house. o_0 Although it's also a little weird that the bookstore lady knew my name and actually suggested me to her. I thought she just knew my face.
And then, as I just now realized, I sent my reply to the wrong address- the one for the bookstore instead of the Penguin Lady. Yeah, I'm smooth.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
My Problem With Blogger
"The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive." - John Green, Looking For Alaska
I'm sitting here online minding my own business and discussing faerie clones with my best friend (long story), and I get an email. An email from Tumblr. Apparently a poem I wrote had been reblogged by the famous tumblr Eff Yeah Nerdfighters.
So that's exciting and all, but whatever. It's not that big of a deal. I don't even follow FYNF anymore. But then the emails keep coming. Other people do follow them, which means loads of people are reading it. 75 likes and/or reblogs in an hour.
I don't say that to brag, and I don't say that to say "Hey, look how cool I am." No, I say that because it illustrates my problem with Blogger.
A Blogspot blog is like a private residence waaaaay out in the country. No one knows you're there unless you invite them to come visit sometime. There's no "Stumble Upon"-esque system designed to help you discover new ones, or to help anyone else discover you. Maybe you'll get to the point where people say "Oh yeah, I heard there's a house over there."
Now a Tumblr blog is like a bed in a giant homeless shelter. You're there, and so is everyone else. The beds are close enough together that you don't have to move in order to talk to someone. It's incredibly easy to find new people, because you're surrounded by them on all sides.
I can write things on here that I probably wouldn't put on Tumblr, because I have the security of the lack of publicity. Any given post usually gets less than 20 views. I can say controversial things because there is a significant lack of trolls/people-who-like-to-argue-but-aren't-good-at-it-who-I-don't-want-to-deal-with.
But I read several Blogger blogs that I enjoy a lot, and think deserve more viewership than they get, and there's really no way to make that happen short of excessive self-promotion on their parts and obnoxious hawking by the rest of us.
I shouldn't have to double-blog the posts I think would be well-appreciated (like Mr. Paranormal Romance) just so they get the exposure needed to see if I'm right. Except that's exactly what I just did with said post. I don't intend to do it often, but the fact that it's something with enough benefits to consider is just sad.
The idea blogging platform would have a nice balance: not so open to the world as Tumblr, but easy to find new, good things-- like the "Related videos" sidebar on YouTube.
You know I love you, Google, but I would like to call for a Blogger reform.
I'm sitting here online minding my own business and discussing faerie clones with my best friend (long story), and I get an email. An email from Tumblr. Apparently a poem I wrote had been reblogged by the famous tumblr Eff Yeah Nerdfighters.
So that's exciting and all, but whatever. It's not that big of a deal. I don't even follow FYNF anymore. But then the emails keep coming. Other people do follow them, which means loads of people are reading it. 75 likes and/or reblogs in an hour.
I don't say that to brag, and I don't say that to say "Hey, look how cool I am." No, I say that because it illustrates my problem with Blogger.
A Blogspot blog is like a private residence waaaaay out in the country. No one knows you're there unless you invite them to come visit sometime. There's no "Stumble Upon"-esque system designed to help you discover new ones, or to help anyone else discover you. Maybe you'll get to the point where people say "Oh yeah, I heard there's a house over there."
Now a Tumblr blog is like a bed in a giant homeless shelter. You're there, and so is everyone else. The beds are close enough together that you don't have to move in order to talk to someone. It's incredibly easy to find new people, because you're surrounded by them on all sides.
I can write things on here that I probably wouldn't put on Tumblr, because I have the security of the lack of publicity. Any given post usually gets less than 20 views. I can say controversial things because there is a significant lack of trolls/people-who-like-to-argue-but-aren't-good-at-it-who-I-don't-want-to-deal-with.
But I read several Blogger blogs that I enjoy a lot, and think deserve more viewership than they get, and there's really no way to make that happen short of excessive self-promotion on their parts and obnoxious hawking by the rest of us.
I shouldn't have to double-blog the posts I think would be well-appreciated (like Mr. Paranormal Romance) just so they get the exposure needed to see if I'm right. Except that's exactly what I just did with said post. I don't intend to do it often, but the fact that it's something with enough benefits to consider is just sad.
The idea blogging platform would have a nice balance: not so open to the world as Tumblr, but easy to find new, good things-- like the "Related videos" sidebar on YouTube.
You know I love you, Google, but I would like to call for a Blogger reform.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Thoughts On Life: ONLINE
"We can't command our love, but we can our actions." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
You know that book I got self-published via Createspace back in June?
It is FINALLY AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!
Someone told me it wasn't on Amazon, so I went and looked around on my account, and it turns out that I didn't enable that feature after all. It will be on Amazon soon, but for now, you can buy it right here.
[activate menacing voice] I expect to find several thousand dollars in my bank account by Monday. You, my slaves, must advertise this to your friends, or else I WILL FIND YOU. [deactivate menacing voice]
Unfortunately, there's a bunch of typos I didn't catch while editing, since I was in a huge rush to get it put together before the discount code expired to get a copy sent to my grandparents. So I'M SORRY FOR THAT.
Rest assured that I will alert you as soon as it is on Amazon.
So while Thoughts on Life doesn't count in my books (lol, pun) as "real publishing," I can now make money from my writing. Very little money, since I have a grand total of ZERO marketing, but potential money all the same. Yay for meager income!
I would laugh so hard if my total earnings off of this ended up out-weighing my total expenses from now until the end of the year. I hardly ever buy anything, and I can usually get some cash from my parents, depending on what it is. Example: If I want a book my dad also wants, he will pay for it. If I want to go see a movie he wants to see, I don't have to pay for that. It's just when I want to go with friends that I sometimes have to delve into The Wallet Of Destiny.
You know that book I got self-published via Createspace back in June?
It is FINALLY AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!
Someone told me it wasn't on Amazon, so I went and looked around on my account, and it turns out that I didn't enable that feature after all. It will be on Amazon soon, but for now, you can buy it right here.
[activate menacing voice] I expect to find several thousand dollars in my bank account by Monday. You, my slaves, must advertise this to your friends, or else I WILL FIND YOU. [deactivate menacing voice]
Unfortunately, there's a bunch of typos I didn't catch while editing, since I was in a huge rush to get it put together before the discount code expired to get a copy sent to my grandparents. So I'M SORRY FOR THAT.
Rest assured that I will alert you as soon as it is on Amazon.
So while Thoughts on Life doesn't count in my books (lol, pun) as "real publishing," I can now make money from my writing. Very little money, since I have a grand total of ZERO marketing, but potential money all the same. Yay for meager income!
I would laugh so hard if my total earnings off of this ended up out-weighing my total expenses from now until the end of the year. I hardly ever buy anything, and I can usually get some cash from my parents, depending on what it is. Example: If I want a book my dad also wants, he will pay for it. If I want to go see a movie he wants to see, I don't have to pay for that. It's just when I want to go with friends that I sometimes have to delve into The Wallet Of Destiny.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
A Succession of Worthwhile NaNo Links
Kristina Horner posted an excerpt from her NaNoWriMo novel today. It's hilarious.
http://italktosnakes.blogspot.com/2010/11/novel-excerpt-1.html
An agent whose blog I follow (the one who critiqued my query letter for me), tweeted this next link to "The Fantasy Novelist's Exam," detailing all of the things aspiring fantasy writers should avoid. While I knew most of them already, it still amused me greatly. Especially the last two questions and the one about Robert Jordan.
http://www.rinkworks.com/fnovel/
Last and MOST DEFINITELY NOT least, is the Office of Letter's and Light (those behind NaNoWriMo)'s post about...me. Yes, me. I opened up Google Reader and saw my own name staring back at me. Awesome.
http://blog.lettersandlight.org/post/1481338441/letters-and-light-around-the-world-olivia-wood
So I have about 800 words minimum to write for today...
http://italktosnakes.blogspot.com/2010/11/novel-excerpt-1.html
An agent whose blog I follow (the one who critiqued my query letter for me), tweeted this next link to "The Fantasy Novelist's Exam," detailing all of the things aspiring fantasy writers should avoid. While I knew most of them already, it still amused me greatly. Especially the last two questions and the one about Robert Jordan.
http://www.rinkworks.com/fnovel/
Last and MOST DEFINITELY NOT least, is the Office of Letter's and Light (those behind NaNoWriMo)'s post about...me. Yes, me. I opened up Google Reader and saw my own name staring back at me. Awesome.
http://blog.lettersandlight.org/post/1481338441/letters-and-light-around-the-world-olivia-wood
So I have about 800 words minimum to write for today...
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