tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post6347598363442710228..comments2023-07-14T06:17:49.677-04:00Comments on The Daring Novelist: Seven Reasons Writers Are A Lousy Audience (And Two Reasons They're Good)The Daring Novelisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-15404622456146891602012-02-28T22:20:56.270-05:002012-02-28T22:20:56.270-05:00Ha! It's funny, I can't argue with any of ...Ha! It's funny, I can't argue with any of those points. Pretty darn true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-39296123119324607042012-02-28T16:22:25.553-05:002012-02-28T16:22:25.553-05:00Azarimba: yeah, a part of the problem is the "...Azarimba: yeah, a part of the problem is the "big fish in small pond" thing -- writers who get their egos stroked by having lots of young writers following them. They don't have to be good at writing, or even at the business side of publishing -- they just have to be good at attracting followers among newbie writers.<br /><br />David: LOL! Yes, most of us are blogging because we love to talk. (If you only knew how many blogs I have -- this this is the only active one right now.)The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-28199477160176579772012-02-28T14:32:48.534-05:002012-02-28T14:32:48.534-05:00I describe it this way:
You are not your market.
...I describe it this way:<br /><br /><b>You are not your market.</b><br /><br />Someday I should figure out *why* I have a blog. I suspect it's just because I like talking... =)<br /><br />-DavidDavid Michaelhttp://www.gunsandmagic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-21241676828222870912012-02-28T11:37:36.746-05:002012-02-28T11:37:36.746-05:00As long as the usual suspects keep pointing out to...As long as the usual suspects keep pointing out to newbie/wannabe authors just how tempting it is to make yourself popular among your fellows (in terms of giving you hard statistics of "followers," page views, etc.) as a surrogate for doing the work necessary to develop a readership, the new people should have the tools they need to figure out the difference between the two. You've done a valuable service with this post, Camille.<br /><br />Incidentally, I notice the romance genre is one of the worst for seeming to suck aspiring authors into this internet merry-go-round of hanging out mainly with other authors or those aspiring to be so.<br /><br />But maybe that's just my impression, because I haven't stumbled across any haunts of, say, mystery writers or (non-romance) fantasy writers.ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03242190927997728930noreply@blogger.com