tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976672479621832457.post3044878619217801282..comments2024-03-12T07:33:55.496+00:00Comments on Fiona Pearse: Orla's Code UpdateFiona Pearsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00322089620930374315noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976672479621832457.post-23022505945350658542013-02-18T22:36:39.112+00:002013-02-18T22:36:39.112+00:00Hi Aaron, thanks for your comment!
I think you'...Hi Aaron, thanks for your comment!<br />I think you're right about the similarities, certainly. But, yes, it's a lot easier to self-publish a book which means less effort is needed, less conviction etc. It's likely to be a more polluted market. <br />I think cross-genre work should be a category on it's own, inviting the random - surely there's a readership for it and readers are missing out due to the publisher insistence on streamlining.<br />As for whether or not I'll self-publish, it really will depend on why I get rejected. If a weakness emerges, I think I'd rather address it than throw it on to Smashwords. We will have to see, in a few months time I think.<br />Thanks again. Good luck with your work.<br />Fiona Fiona Pearsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00322089620930374315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976672479621832457.post-89882065595069423062013-02-18T22:15:05.410+00:002013-02-18T22:15:05.410+00:00It's definitely a puzzler why our culture cons...It's definitely a puzzler why our culture considers indie music and movies cool while indie books are not, though I think the ease of self-publishing has a major part to play. However, I think that the similarities end up outweighing the differences. All indie products suffer from the condition of being islands in a vast ocean of garbage; i.e. there are so many products that the odds of a random selection yielding a quality product are very small. On the other hand, if someone does discover a quality product, he or she will typically share it with friends and then it won't matter that it's independent; all that will matter is that it's good.<br /><br />Like you mentioned, one of the wonderful, largely unrealized aspects of self-pubbing is that you don't need to be restricted by genre. Not only do I typically write outside of any genre, but I'm turned off by books that fall neatly into the metaphorical box. Every book, regardless of label, has an audience; the challenge is in finding and connecting with that audience.<br /><br />What do you think about these ideas? Have you come to any new conclusions since writing this post?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16172619968115917839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976672479621832457.post-36414130203488688282012-05-10T16:13:13.099+01:002012-05-10T16:13:13.099+01:00Hi, thanks for your comment and good luck with you...Hi, thanks for your comment and good luck with your book! Perhaps provide a link to it sometime...Fiona Pearsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00322089620930374315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976672479621832457.post-56258247749706844212012-05-10T15:38:57.562+01:002012-05-10T15:38:57.562+01:00I've wondered about the genre issue as well. ...I've wondered about the genre issue as well. On my own personal writing I'd have to agree with you on the novella issue. Male perspective with equal amount of female perspective (jokingly not taking his crap). I've decided on the self-publishing route, and it's pitfalls, for two reasons; (1) to get it done and quit wasting time, and (2) "It's Bucket List time!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com