tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post110585499424470439..comments2024-03-04T03:40:11.172-05:00Comments on No rules. Just write.: Proud to be "shameless"Brenda Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1109200519905520672005-02-23T18:15:00.000-05:002005-02-23T18:15:00.000-05:00Hi, Brenda and folks,
I think apologizing can be ...Hi, Brenda and folks,<br /><br />I think apologizing can be a sort of 'fashionable' way to sell your self-image as a writer. 'Hey, what a cute little girl _people say, so honest when she's promoting'. <br /><br />One of the things I hate most in artists is double moral. If you love your work _as I love mine, and you all, my strongest wish would be people loved it as I do. If not, what is the just sense of writing life?<br /><br /><br />Sorry, Tristan, I just can't see your photograph. The only idea of a <I>guy</I> with a gun scares me.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />Blue ThingSmall Blue Thinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337506388559736409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1109175694800434212005-02-23T11:21:00.000-05:002005-02-23T11:21:00.000-05:00I bet he got his charm from you,
didn't he Brenda?...I bet he got his charm from you,<br />didn't he Brenda? ;-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1109163636284712892005-02-23T08:00:00.000-05:002005-02-23T08:00:00.000-05:00There's nothing wrong with mentioning your books, ...There's nothing wrong with mentioning your books, Kate; and people do expect a certain amount of giddy excitement from a new author. What I dislike is the disingenuous, "Oops, I didn't mean to say that." All computers come equipped with backspace and delete keys.<br /><br />Jan, watch out for that kid. He can charm the stars out of the sky.Brenda Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1109157117643059682005-02-23T06:11:00.000-05:002005-02-23T06:11:00.000-05:00your welcome, tristan :-Dyour welcome, tristan :-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1109125940443785192005-02-22T21:32:00.000-05:002005-02-22T21:32:00.000-05:00PS I do agree that it is annoying. But so are the ...PS I do agree that it is annoying. But so are the newlyweds who refer to "my husband" or "my wife" every few minutes or the mothers who tell you how cute their babies belly button is. <br /><br />I'd say it's part of adjusting to a new status: <br />spouse, parent, author <br />[I've BTDT with all three. Just hope I can avoid the adjusting to the status of Old Geezer and NOT describe my latest operation]Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02495558736099438348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1109125299845465062005-02-22T21:21:00.000-05:002005-02-22T21:21:00.000-05:00mostly harmless, like the planet.
I've been guil...mostly harmless, like the planet. <br /><br />I've been guilty of those posts -- way guilty. But that's in part because I discovered online communities and babbling to people long before I got published. When my first book came out, I could not think of anything else. It would work its way naturally into EVERY conversation I had -- because it lurked, ready to pounce into my brain. I went back to the places I'd been before and I brought up the book constantly. Call it first baby syndrome. <br /><br />Unprofessional maybe -- no, probably. But sometimes it's just enthusiasm, and not a sinister plan, and that's forgiveable. <br /><br />I'm over it now and can think of other subjects. Usually. Oh. Did I mention I have a new book out?Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02495558736099438348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1109121933706424282005-02-22T20:25:00.000-05:002005-02-22T20:25:00.000-05:00Posts like the one you mention just smack of non-p...Posts like the one you mention just smack of non-professionalism. But over-promoting to the same audience also can be annoying. Not just mentioning your latest book, but <I>all</I> your previous releases and every writing service you offer. One writers' magazine bothers me with this to no end. The publisher has to have his little column in every issue that only promotes the services his company offers. No matter that the magazine is full of ads for those same services.Katie Hart - Pinterest Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892763965326103296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1109119539527146552005-02-22T19:45:00.000-05:002005-02-22T19:45:00.000-05:00come on Brenda, I like the picture,
and Tristan yo...come on Brenda, I like the picture,<br />and Tristan you take very good pictures, <br />janAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1109114248870794402005-02-22T18:17:00.000-05:002005-02-22T18:17:00.000-05:00Spoken like a true guy.
By the way, must you us...Spoken like a true <I>guy.</I> <br /><br />By the way, must you use that photo of yourself with the shotgun? You're going to scare my friends.Brenda Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-1109094174105286622005-02-22T12:42:00.000-05:002005-02-22T12:42:00.000-05:00I don't blame you Brenda. In this industry you hav...I don't blame you Brenda. In this industry you have to promote your book. Most publishing houses don't do a lot of promotion so it falls on the shoulders of the author to do it. There is nothing shameful about promoting your own book. I know that when I get published I will be doing everything I can to let people know about it.Heather Diane Tiptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06254245102688606312noreply@blogger.com