tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post6891034921086411754..comments2024-03-29T14:30:36.976+00:00Comments on Kindred of the Quiet Way: "The Perfect Proposal" - heads-up for wanna-be writersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-36136746421403348432011-06-12T08:50:44.205+01:002011-06-12T08:50:44.205+01:00:0):0)Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-46962005360843728252011-06-12T08:50:40.642+01:002011-06-12T08:50:40.642+01:00There is even an email your proposal here button a...There is even an email your proposal here button and feedback.<br /><br />http://www.vmipublishers.com/VMI_Publishers/Submit_Your_Manuscript.htmlLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457300221571368059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-25928467757267484762011-06-12T08:49:24.608+01:002011-06-12T08:49:24.608+01:00I must say that the book that I reviewed was unusu...I must say that the book that I reviewed was unusual I thought. It is called A Word to the End Time Church, but read better than it sounded.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457300221571368059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-69766925028500056222011-06-12T08:48:25.582+01:002011-06-12T08:48:25.582+01:00Ganeida there is an interesting title on this page...Ganeida there is an interesting title on this page<br />http://www.vmipublishers.com/VMI_Publishers/Welcome.html<br /><br />It’s Time Your Manuscript Became A Book!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457300221571368059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-65922795054503517762011-06-12T08:48:15.034+01:002011-06-12T08:48:15.034+01:00:0) Hi Linda! Waving!:0) Hi Linda! Waving!Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-45932230807511118262011-06-12T08:44:18.121+01:002011-06-12T08:44:18.121+01:00I was given a book to review, and it was written b...I was given a book to review, and it was written by a lady who goes to a Penecostal church in the north of my State, I live in the north so it is not so far away, and I have visited her church in the past. It was published by vmi publishers.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457300221571368059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-2190830444021188652011-06-12T08:40:00.808+01:002011-06-12T08:40:00.808+01:00The book I wrote with a distant cousin was publish...The book I wrote with a distant cousin was published by his own publishing house. <br /><br />My progression into Christian fiction came from bonnet books. Janette Oke after Laura Ingalls Wilder and on from there. Lots of people won't make that step into Christian fiction like they are scared. Often they don't read at all. At the time I didn't read, and found this was fantastic and got me back into reading again and I haven't stopped.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457300221571368059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-76462067709037330902011-06-10T08:47:19.928+01:002011-06-10T08:47:19.928+01:00:0) If I take you seriously there friend(and I...:0) If I take you seriously there friend(and I'm not sure I totally do, because I think you often blog on things that have been laid on your heart to pass on)then I would say that the blog is the right place for all the oddnesses that don't fit into any categories.<br />That's why I have my little novella about Eb and Flo ("Taking The Tide Of Love") up here on my blog. It's too short for a novel, it's not a children's book but it gives out the signals of a children's book - it wouldn't fit into any category and as such is probably not publishable. But people still enjoy it, and I enjoyed making it - all the costumes and the pictures and everything as well as the story - so I just left it here for other people to enjoy if they want to.<br />But writing a book is a whole different ball-game. It's a much tighter discipline, because it starts a dialogue with a readership, and the author has to take almost all the responsibility for that dialogue - finding the right publisher, working constructively with the editor, pitching the book right for the likely readership, marketing and promoting the resulting book, creating a platform as a writer, eliminating all self-indulgence from writing technique so that the resulting text is accessible, attractive and draws the reader along.<br />It has to be funny and original and moving and surprising and well-paced.<br />Something I really like about being published by a publishing house is the discipline of submitting to an editor (though I think that statement might draw a hollow laugh from some who have had the unenviable task of being my editors!). It's a wise discipline for a writer.<br />However like you I have a couple of pieces (one short story, one full-length book) that I feel certain would be right for publication, and the Badger and I are discussing self-publication as an option for exactly the reason you raise here - that they don't fit into any obvious category. xPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-82445122293638611272011-06-10T01:36:06.289+01:002011-06-10T01:36:06.289+01:00Pen.
Thanks for this. I have been considering sel...Pen.<br />Thanks for this. I have been considering self publishing simply because I think I am just too odd. I don't seem to fit neatly into the usual categories. One reason I blog¬ lol At least I can waffle on about whatever takes my fancy & if people don't like, well, they read elsewhere. ♥Ganeidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176246964466185315noreply@blogger.com