Don't Miss The Ship!
2nd Chance climbs aboard the Revenge, shaking her head wearily. Another conference behind her. She hauls herself to the bar, pours herself a tall tankard of straight rum and sits down heavily on a nearby barrel.
Terrio wanders over and they begin to discuss the conference.
“It be hard, Terrio. I be meetin’ new authors and I be happy fer ‘em. But I be at a loss at how they be treadin’ these waters.” Chance sips her tankard.
“How ya mean, Chance?” Terrio sits down.
“They think it’s all done with the book bein’ available. They ain’t takin’ the time or makin’ the effort ta meet their responsibilities as an author.” Chance gazes out at the calm water. “I be a soft-hearted p’rate, ya know. I wanta see ev’ryone succeed ta the pinnacle. I fear fer these writers. They care, but they jus’…jus’ don’t take action.”
“Ain’t yer responsibility ta see it done fer them, ya know,” Cap’n Hellion comments from the rail. “We all known authors that let these things slide.”
Chance shakes her head again before replying, “Yeah, I be wonderin’ ‘bout writin’ a pamphlet on what ta do…”
“Aye, but all the doin’ in the world won’t put ya on the best seller list,” Sin snickers from the shadows.
Marnie brings over the rum bottle and fills Chance’s tankard. “Ya got a good heart, but ya ain’t even pub’ed yerself, girl.”
“Aye, but I be a keen observer…” Chance empties her tankard, eyes deep with thought…
How do you set yourself up for success? You write, you polish, you write and submit (and submit and submit and submit and…) and it happens for you. We’ve all been to panels at the conferences, where they talk about the platform. The sails that will help you navigate these seas... The preliminary work that will impress an agent and or publisher. Sure, we know that all the foundation building in the world won’t make you a success if you don’t have the writing bones down pat. But it’s good exercise while you’re waiting for that shoulder tap, sitting on the stool at the ice cream parlor enjoying that sundae. (Or sitting in a Starbucks, tapping away!)
But what about afterward? Fans expect more these days than just the written word. With the electronic age of Facebook, MySpace, the internet in general, the fans want contact, damn it! And they want it right now. They want to know, they want to ask and they want answers. They want to meet, greet and chat.
I imagine a fabulous book will still sail on without all the frills and lace. Let’s face it, a good drink is a good drink, little umbrella notwithstanding. And a bad drink isn’t going to be improved by a super-dooper neat-o shaped glass. Same with a book. But…!
A book that has potential…and author that has started out well… All the work after that contract is signed, after the first book is on the shelves or in the internet stores…now is the time to strike! Now is the time to blog your heart out, guest blog and chat, chat, chat! Be nice, be sweet, give things away. Be funny! Go to conferences and meet, greet and shake lots of hands. Sign autographs until your hand shakes…autograph anything for anybody who asks (well, not the checks or credit card slips and be careful of Nigerian princes promising free money…).
What not to do? Ah. What are the mistakes? I’m not talking about the naive mistakes. The innocent mistakes. (Though those need to be addressed and dealt with.) But what about the blatant, in your face mistakes? Dissing other authors to your fans. (One of them might be a fan of the author being dissed…be careful! Treacherous seas there!) That’s a bad one. Even if you only have ten fans. Word gets around! Dissing the fans of other authors, same thing!
Not getting out there. Not going, being too busy. Not investing in your career as much as the publisher/agent is willing to do. Waiting to be asked to do something. The shy author has to struggle against hiding. But with the internet, it isn’t about rubber chicken at the next Dennys…and the next…and the next on the unending book tour from hell. Jane-o followed one author on a 100 blog author tour. There be ways around all that bad food!
It’s a crapshoot, either way. But you can play the odds. You can trim your sails so the wind be in your favor. You can do everything you can, absolutely everything possible to promote your book, your publisher, your agent, you!
Well, crew? What have you seen out there? The good, the bad, the perfect, the ugly… Any ideas, advice, plans? What have you seen work? What have you seen fail dismally? How does the newly published author, or the established author, not miss the ship?
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*waits eagerly for advice!*
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Brown paper packages tied up with strings
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Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
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Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
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When the dog bites
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And then I don't feel so bad
Chance,I know your looking for things other than the obvious, like having a web site, advertising it through blogs, blatantly selling yourself at conferences, seducing billionaire publishers, getting yourself on TV or radio, writing to magazines, crying for the moon.
I think its all been done before and if I have any original ideas I like to patent them before revealing all!
As Melanie Griffith said in 'Working Girl', "If you want another answer, ask another guy"
Of course, raw talent always shines through. No need for gimmicks. 8)
Hello, hello! Good morning, Well royal kitties I see the crew is all laying low today, Hello!! Anyone here? Well I never! once again Chance leaves us to our own after she invites us to come aboard.
Hmph, I dont even see that undead monkey friend of yours! Oh dont look so sad it will be here soon I am sure.
We will leave a note, Chance, I stopped by and of course you were somewhere, Im sure a lady does'nt want to know. But heres my take on your subject. I think sometimes after one is published they are just overwhelmed. For the most part very few people have marketing skills, its something that I think is hard to do, sell yourself! Selling your book is selling yourself! Yes you have to get out there, make yourself available and sell, sell.sell!! Ok, come royal kitties, we will stop by later when this unruly crew wakes up and can greet us proper!
Good morning, and happy Friday! I for one am in more Yahoo groups than you can shake a stick at. Thank goodness they show them all on one page or I'd enter cyberspace never to be seen again. There is no all encompassing advice, just take the bits and pieces and do what will work for you. I slip in and out of the online social scene as time allows. Some days I never leave...
Tessa, ha ha haha!!!! That made me chuckle this morning. You already have a headstart; you've got oodles of online friends and why shouldn't you? You're the sweetest thing this side of the net. :)
I think blog tours are great. I think meeting authors at conferences is great, though conferences for new authors looks like it might be a little uncomfortable. Advertising in RWR? I love websites and forums and yahoo groups.
But writing the best book possible is always the best way to get your word out. If people read and like, they'll recommend. And word of mouth advertising is the cheapest (and best, I think) kind.
Tessa - I can't believe you didn't tote the power of the turret mouse pad. :) And as I already have buttons for Tessa's first release (and a shirt!) I think she's doing just fine. LOL!
Marnee has it right about word of mouth, but for the newbie that can't be easy. I watch my chaptermates push and push and work themselves to death to get the word out. Most of them are with e-publishers and though that's a great opportunity, if that route is chosen it is a lot of work.
Not that it's not work going the traditional route either. Blogs do seem to be the easiest way to reach the masses. The online masses anyway. But my guess is there are lots of readers out there who don't frequent blogs and forums. I don't know how you go about it, but somehow getting the right attention from the book sellers must be a huge help. Getting on the end cap or something. Anybody know how you do that? Tessa?!
Tessa, you're a darlin'--and I know when you officially are "launched-launched" on the Ton, you're going to be a Diamond of the First Water. You have a wonderful internet presence--and an awesome diplomacy, which I think is the cornerstone of good promotion and authorship.
You know what I think is ugly--I always start with ugly because well, I always focus on the bad, what can I say--is when authors DISS their own characters and basically DISS the reader who find those characters compelling. I find this esp happens in Love Triangle series novels--and the readership is divided about who they are rooting for. Perhaps this is just what happens with love triangles. Someone is going to get burned--but dissing a main characters and the readership following, no matter how casual or flippant you might mean it, how can you not expect a back lash of bad press from that?
Mornin'! Pineapple rum for everyone! (Gots ta get in the fruit first thing in the mornin' ya know!)
So, bein' stingy wit' yer wisdom, Q? Fine be that way, no lyrics is gonna save ya. Where's that monkey?
Jane-o, course it's 'bout inexperience. But some things brook no aguement. Mistakes? Like dissing another author... And whots so 'ard 'bout sellin' yerself? It's an age old tradition!
Wait, I jus' saw me post ta Jane... Aguement? Woops, meant argument, obviously!
Aye, Miss Missy, 'tis 'ard to slip from the clutches of Yahoo once ya enter. And time slips away! As a new author, ya had any stirling successes that ya feel helped grease the skids?
Marnee... Ya likes me picture? That's the one I took. I be a very proud pirate... I've actually heard that buyin' ad space in the RWA mag is a bit like tryin' ta sell milk ta cows. It's read by other authors... Ya needs to get ta the mass public. More n'likely, buying an ad in The Romantic Times might be a better buy...
Terrio, ya be me type a' pirate. Askin' 'bout endcaps. I know from me years a' servitude in the bookstores...it be the dumps that get the attention. Ya knows, those cardboard bits a' torture that always looks easier ta put tagether than they really are? But they hold lot's a books...
Romancin' the bookstores, good point! I 'magine that be 'bout bein' really sweet ta yer locals ta begin wit'. Offer to sign yer books fer them, do author signin's, readin's...
Cap'n! I knews ya would cut ta the heart a' things.
Dipomacy! Now, not a natural thing fer a pirate. But charm be on goodly supply. I be thinkin' a' takin' charm lessons. I went ta charm school when I were a youngster...but it wore off... ;(
And I gots ta agree wit' ya. Why do authors set up threesomes then diss the fans who like one over the other? Is it a pressure thing? Ta spice up the original twosome, but in reality, they don't wanna do it? Hey, if they bow to pressure, they shouldna' bitch 'bout how they created someone the fans cheer fer!
Dissing anyone, real or imaginary, is bad. Jane-o saw the dissing another author ta yer fans...that was one author lost a fan that day!
Bein' snippy online seems ta be a big sin, I noticed. We all have bad days! But don't take it online and snap. That be one snap that never goes away...
Any other blatant mistakes seen or heard 'bout?
I really get annoyed when I go on a blog and leave a comment for an author and they ignore me. Even if I don't ask a question, at least say hello and thanks for stopping by. Just blogging isn't enough, you better be personable and generous and make me want to buy your book because I liked you, no matter how good the story sounds.
But this might be just me. :)
*Taking notes* Charm school, no dissing, end caps...
Actually, on the end caps topic - I took a fabulous online class with PASIC a few months back, taught by NYT bestseller Allison Brennan. She gave the straight inside scoop on everything that goes on between the sale of your book and when it hits the shelves. Her main point was, the author's impact on book sales is minimal, compared to the publisher's. And like someone up there said, the best thing you can do is write a good book, and then write another one, and hope that your publisher's sales team gets excited about your book. End cap, table, and book dump space in bookstore are all "bought" by the publisher, in most cases. They have arrangements with the major vendors and will offer the store discounts, etc. to reserve the space. There's not much an author can do to influence that.
But I like to think all the "little things" add up, too. The networking, guest blogs, bookmarks... turret mousepads. :)
Aye, Terrio. There be more ta a blog then just the first post! I admit, I pushed Miss Missy ta get back ter 'er blogs on guest sites and reply! People like ta be noticed and ta be noticed by a published author! Wow! Ta have 'em laugh at yer joke, compliment ya on somethin' ya wrote...best sales tool there is!
I admits, Jane-o and I be pushin' r-selves at RT this year. We 'r not published, but we figure makin' friends wit' those who are...gots ta help! And we jus' be friendly types...
I can see the sense, Tessa. Write, write and write and hope ta inspire the publisher. Wonder...if'n ya keep 'em informed a' all the silly and wonderful things ya be doin' ta promote yerself, if'n that will 'elp them get excited... Or just annoy them...
One could always make a' point of acknowledging them...like the lads in NASCAR, who have the sponsor riff down to a 'T'! "I wanna thank valvoline, hersheys and all the great guys at the savemart on the corner..." (All spoken very fast and clearly.)
Ya can't pay fer yer own dumps. Ya can go in and sign the books whenever ya travel. Or offer ta sign the books and pack a roll of 'Signed by Author' stickers to put on the covers. I worked the bookstores, it 'elps! Trust me, booksellers are readers also and ta meet the author! They go all a'twitter like the rest a' us! Then they push 'yer books...
E-pubs? Any e-authors lurkin' 'bout wit' some words a' wisdom?
BTW, Tessa...I like emory boards. ;)
Tessa - I did figure that aspect was out of the author's hand. Do you have direct contact with the sales and marketing staff or do you mostly communicate everything through your editor? I know so much of the process is out of the author's hands. Puts the emphasis back on just write the best dang book you can write. Sort of the field of dreams thing, if you write it, they will read.
Aye, Tessa...give us a' author POV...
(Sin! Fetch the rope, we keeps 'er till she spills 'er guts!)
I truly gets the writing the best book ya can. But, I wonders...any books been torpedoed by a sloppy author? Jus' disappeared 'cause they alienated the public, publisher, agent, editor...?
And is the reason we see the mediocre on the shelf because an author wined, dined and charmed same?
We all knows of authors that lose fans due ta their bein' impolite or dissin' who they ought not ta be dissin'...
And I count on makin' least one major newbie mistake and openin' me mouth when it should be shut... 'tis me nature. But I will apologize sweetly...mayhaps in advance!
Tessa: I figure 99% of it IS out of the author's hands; and that the best advice is to keep writing great books.
But that advice has been around for years and years--long before the internet--and I think the internet does hold more influence than publishers might suspect. It might be a SMALL percentage; but I think word of mouth is bigger than it seems...and if an author gets a reputation for having a negative promotion tour (i.e. DISSING part of their readership in a public interview that gets viewed multiple times) or negative personality in general (I mean, can't you name a handful of authors who have done the big No-no on Amazon.com by arguing in the threads with some random rabid commenter--and then ended up looking like the bigger ass for her efforts?)
I don't know. I'm not a fan of every one Lisa Kleypas' books--and even if I told her so, I have every feeling she'd graciously smile and go, "That's okay." and never say another disgruntled word about it. Not even a snarky comment along the lines of "Yeah, well, I didn't notice in my paycheck, so I'm not worried about it..." The woman is GRACIOUS in the face of snarkism, and in doing so, all the negativity belongs to the "Snarker"--and none to her.
I think it's hard, but I think in addition to writing the best books you can, not participating in the negativity is the next best thing any author looking to increase her popularity can do.
Hellie makes a great point, which is why it amazes me that some of the most popular (as in most talked about or visited) blogs are the snarky ones. I'm not knocking anyone else's blog or freedom to snark their little hearts out. But these sorts of sites kind of breed negativity. I couldn't count how many times my mother repeated Thumper's mother's words as I was growing up > If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.
I think we've lost that concept somewhere along the way. LOL!
And don't get inta it with snarky critiques. No worries there, I run from that sort a confrontation.
Quit laughing, Sin!
*scribbling in me little notebook...
So true, Cap'n! Resist the urge to be negative. I think boobism is forgiven more readily than negativity. I expect to be a boob now and again, but will fight 'gainst bein' negative.
Nothin' goes away on the internet. When I was singin' in coffee shops... I'd blow a note, a lyric...it were noticed sometimes. But it weren't played back over and over and over and over 'til I was famous fer it.
What da ya think Thumper would say nowadays? In a modern remake?
If'n ya can't say somethin' ta spark reaction, don't say nothin' atall."
I blame reality TV.
And the lack of charm schools.
What's sad is that Charm School is now a reality show. LOL! I'm a big proponent of free speech so I'm all for people being able to say what they want to say. But stirring shit for the sake of stirring goes back to intentions count for everything. Then again, it's what people want since it draws them in like moths to a flame.
Do you think it's really what people want or just what a very noisy minority of people want? I don't watch reality shows. Sure, some Project Runway and Top Chef. But my least favorite parts is the dissing crap... I don't care who kisses who or who likes who or whatever! Just let me see the talent!
The younger kids are the ones who just seem to accept all the dissing as part of how one interacts with others. All others! Not just your contemporaries.
Ah, see! Ya made me loose me pirate speak!
I swear I wasn't laughing.
Okay, I snickered.
Once.
Okay, twice.
I mean you run with me. You can't get worse company that that.
I'm gonna put me sister on the spot. This be me lurkin' sisters take on what authors can do...a pure reader's experience and expectations...
Here's sis! I asked her what she thought 'bout authors and the job of promotin' stuff.
"That's a tough one. I guess they just need to be REAL people. Not get their noses up in the air because they finally "made it"; not be condescending, etc. It's hard for me to say, because I don't ever interact in person. And that is because of all the stories I've heard about how snotty, condescending, put-upon or martyr-like they can be. To spend my time going out of my way to meet them when I'm figuring I'll be standing in a line and maybe getting a smile, and maybe not, while I get handed back my book with a signature I can't read and no message . . . see, I've built this whole "thing" of what I expect from authors if/when I ever meet one in person. I'd rather not risk the disappointment.
I am not a big blog person, so I had not thought about using the internet to interact with authors so much. I'm of that age group that get stuck in the past at times; it just never dawned on me that any of them might be online and actually discuss or give advice, or whatever. You've opened my eyes to that quite a bit by introducing me to the Revenge.
I just want to enjoy books; if it's a series, don't make it take 5 years to publish 4 books. I know that isn't the author, that is usually the publisher. But it is the author that takes the hit for it with the readers, you know? I would think that lots of authors have already written several books in the series before they get published, but maybe I'm wrong. I get really skeptical when I hear how the book is being written now so can't be published for 6 more months or a year. It will cause me to put off reading a series until it is completed and I can buy them all and read it as one big story. Then I can buy them much cheaper, since the first ones' have already been out for years.
I'll have to think about this a little bit more and see if I can really offer you anything of substance. I guess the bottom line is that I don't have great expectations from authors - other than write a great book that I can't put down!!"
Ha! Didn't know I was gonna do this, did ya?
Sin! I knew I'd draw ya out eventually!
I 'spect ya ta laugh when I manage the big boob move. Then picks me up. Ya can laugh at me back, but ya better pat that back and lie ta me...say it'll be OK...
Popping out ta walk the dog... Now, behave!
See, I think Chance's sister represents more readers than we realize. Not all of them are hopping around the net getting to know the authors. So as much as you need to have a presence and be gracious and generous online, how to reach the masses offline is a true quandry. (Did I spell that even close to right?)
I think you need to indentify who your audience is. If you write urban fantasy, I'd say more of your audience is tech-saavy and does stalk blogs to find out more--and you or the readership can get burned.
If you write cozy, comfort reads, your audience is probably lower maitenance.
If you write spicy but pretty normal historicals, you're going to have a blend of both sects, I think, and it can be trickier.
Again, Lisa Kleypas comes to mind as a person who does this sort of thing well. Doesn't have major internet presence. Doesn't blog much, et al--and therefore, doesn't get in trouble. Same with Teresa Medeiros, who I also think is a non-negative author.
Sherrilyn Kenyon--I've heard TIME AND AGAIN--is the sweetest, most giving author; and she goes way above and beyond with the whole internet thing to appease her more rabid tech-saavy fans (which I say with love because I am a rabid--though not exactly tech-saavy fan)--but at the same time, I see it burn her too. She spends a lot of time sending out emails and blogs and touring and meeting--and fans still snark on blogs that she "snubbed" them because their town wasn't on her promotional tour. Sometimes, you just can't win. To Sherrilyn's credit, she doesn't go off on her fans. She is Gracious to the point of killing you to read it, but you can read between the lines of some of her responses that she's about this close to saying, "Get a grip." *LOL*
I don't think you can measure Internet influence just by those who actually visit blogs and facebook and the like. All the cyber visitors have friends and family who are not online. They talk to them about books. I think word-of-mouth (virtual or RL) is still the author's best friend (next to Kim, that is) or worst enemy. I have a long list of authors I've read and often keep reading because one of you or another blog buddy said, "This is a great book." Some of those books I recommend to family or to the woman standing next to me browsing books at Kroger. If they like the book, they may recommend it to someone else. And so it goes.
But Janga, if I hadn't come on the internet--and you hadn't either--how would I have ever found the Lucy Hatch books? I think the internet has made that word of mouth thing like a 1009 times more potent. It's a lot easier to find people like me: avid readers. Of my friends, I'm the reader. The internet was so wonderful in widening my circle of friends.
I have ta agree...even those who don't blog or wander the internet have friends and family who do. I joined Facebook a few weeks ago and have had more contact wit' me nephew and his wife than I 'ave in years! And the 'ope is they'll discover me books, the readin' of them...and pass on the news.
As ya can see, me sis has an opinion 'bout authors who grow too big fer their britches! If'n ya can't be gracious to the boobs in yer autograph line, then don't come. Because I'm a boob and I spend money on books!
And I 'ave friends I never thought I'd 'ave cause a' the internet.
Here that, sis? There by ways ta reach out without leavin' the comfort of yer home...
I had a vision, on me walk, of me...sitting on a panel of authors and answerin' a question 'bout how much sex is enough sex... And mentionin' some series that grew ta be nothin' but sex... And findin' out the author of said series is sittin' next ta me. That would be my big author boob moment. I just know it!
I think those are forgivable, and can become the stuff a' legends. It's the deliberate crap that makes trouble. I'll have ta read some Lisa Kleypass since she is such a sweet author.
See? It works! And she ain't even here.
I think...
I do think Lisa K is a great example of a sweet and gracious author, but she's been pubbed for nearly 20 years and writes so well, she doesn't need to be on every blog. So not much help there for the newbie sect.
And Ms. Kenyon is one of the nicest people I've ever met. I'm not a hugger but I wanted to hug her. And when I met her the first thing I said was that I don't read her books, she still smiled and talked to me as if there wasn't a long line of rabid fans behind me. (For the record, I was getting a book for the Captain so I didn't approach an author just to tell her I don't read her..lol)
I've also been in the line where you smile and they person signs and it's NEXT! Not rude or anything, just more assembly line stuff. I think that's more a personality thing and doesn't necessarily mean the author is wrong, just not as easy with strangers or the marketing stuff. Kind of like an author Mr. Darcy.
Wasn't that weird? To hand her a book and say, "I've actually never read you, this is for a friend?"
I mean, I'd probably lie or run out and read at least on a' 'er books afore I went ta the signin'...
We ought ta do a blog on bad fan etiquette. Went to a Sci/fi/fantasy convention once where Harlen Ellison chaired a panel on fan etiquette that was hilarious... And he's not exactly known as a sweet author! But he's funny...
How do ya reach the fans that aren't flittin' about the net? Book tours...readin's, radio interviews... UH, donatin' ta things. Like how Judi McCoy is donatin' the proceeds a' 'er first Dog Walker mystery series to Best Friends Animal Santuary...
If ya 'ave the right hook... If'n...no, when!...me pirate series is published, I'll nag Pirate Magazine ta feature me. Or get a friend ta write an article fer it... 'and out flyers at the pirate festivals I go to.
If'n ya write paranormals...ya can meet and greet at fantasy conventions. Goth cons, vampire gatherings (?) ...
Historicals? Costume cons, the SCA, Renaissance Faires... Civil War era? Volunteer at events involvin' the War Between the States...
Any a' this make sense?
And yes, write the book that they want ta read! The craft stuff... I ain't forgettin' that...
Chance - I met Kenyon at the NJRWA conference so she was in a room over like 30 or more authors. I promise I didn't go to a signing of her by herself and tell her I don't read her books. LOL! But she didn't seem bothered by my confession at all. She still stood up and talked to me for a good couple of minutes regardless of the line.
Is it just me, or is the public more fickle than it once was? It jus' seems like ya need ta do more than just be good at what ya do...
Readin' is a committment too many folks ain't makin'. Easier ta see the movie...
I don't know if society has gotten more lazy or more busy, but I don't think reading has dropped so much as just not gotten more frequent. Those who have always read still read. But generations behind those maybe not so much. The internet and instant gratification thing. There's an entire generation now who have never lived without microwaves and remote controls, cable TV and video games.
Which makes it extra important to do right by the folks who do read. And treat them with respect, by them a soda, hand them a bookmark... Yeah.
Sis was worried she might 'ave offended some of ya. She's 'ad her eyes opened a lot by lurkin' 'bout what bein' an author/writer is all 'bout... And she reads like a fiend. What I recommend, what me bro recommends and what Amazon recommends by what she's already ordered.
So, how do we influence Amazon? ;)
'Tis nice ta 'ear Kenyon was so cool. I do love authors that know how ta do it right!
Your sister has nothing to worry about around here. Before the summer of 2006, I had never met an author, didn't know what most of them looked like, and didn't even know what a blog was. It wasn't that I didn't think they'd be nice if I did meet them, it just never occured to me that I could. And I'd bee reading for at least 20 years by then. I think a lot of readers just enjoy the books and don't think too much about the rest.
*LOL* Chance, please reassure your sister she has not offended us in any way. Her opinion made me really think about the majority of readers--most probably don't ever go to blogs or author's websites. Admittedly, I think the majority of my author "hunting" began with The Earl of Mayne (Eloisa James)--and now I do it so often, I just don't think of the time before.
I know me sis is gettin' 'er eyes opened by lurkin' 'ere on the Revenge... She's developin' a real appreciation fer how hard an author works and how we agonize ov'r so much a' the process...
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