Comments on: my first future reader http://www.creativity.lv/birdcherry/index.php/2010/01/26/my-first-future-reader/ A writer with a goal: to learn to write well and edit better. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:50:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-beta2 By: ieva http://www.creativity.lv/birdcherry/index.php/2010/01/26/my-first-future-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-482 ieva Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:39:48 +0000 http://www.creativity.lv/birdcherry/?p=564#comment-482 The last debut authors I read were some young Russian writers--but I wandered in a bookstore in St.Petersburg and asked specifically for new and cool SF/fantasy I wouldn't be able to buy in Latvia. Luckily, the store clerk seemed to be as interested in the genre as I and I ended up with a stack of ten books in my hands. (Discarded half of them on the way.) One thing I realized that writing short stories matters. Ie my first readers will very likely read the magazines and anthologies, and a short story might be a good hook. The last debut authors I read were some young Russian writers–but I wandered in a bookstore in St.Petersburg and asked specifically for new and cool SF/fantasy I wouldn’t be able to buy in Latvia. Luckily, the store clerk seemed to be as interested in the genre as I and I ended up with a stack of ten books in my hands. (Discarded half of them on the way.)

One thing I realized that writing short stories matters. Ie my first readers will very likely read the magazines and anthologies, and a short story might be a good hook.

]]> By: Lost Wanderer http://www.creativity.lv/birdcherry/index.php/2010/01/26/my-first-future-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Lost Wanderer Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:12:45 +0000 http://www.creativity.lv/birdcherry/?p=564#comment-480 I love this post. I never actually thought about it - kinda stupid when it is very important. But you have put it very logically. I read A LOT - but you are right, very little of it is by new authors, and usually those new authors are the ones who have made a big mark with their debuts, or I get to hear about them somehow and find it interesting. Considering that most publishers don't put a lot of money in marketing debut books, the chances of people finding out about our books are pretty small to being with. So definitely something to think about. I love this post. I never actually thought about it – kinda stupid when it is very important. But you have put it very logically. I read A LOT – but you are right, very little of it is by new authors, and usually those new authors are the ones who have made a big mark with their debuts, or I get to hear about them somehow and find it interesting.

Considering that most publishers don’t put a lot of money in marketing debut books, the chances of people finding out about our books are pretty small to being with. So definitely something to think about.

]]> By: ieva http://www.creativity.lv/birdcherry/index.php/2010/01/26/my-first-future-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-468 ieva Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:38:07 +0000 http://www.creativity.lv/birdcherry/?p=564#comment-468 Thanks Jamie :) This was a revelation for me too. Thanks Jamie :) This was a revelation for me too.

]]> By: Jamie (@VarietyPages) http://www.creativity.lv/birdcherry/index.php/2010/01/26/my-first-future-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Jamie (@VarietyPages) Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:43:40 +0000 http://www.creativity.lv/birdcherry/?p=564#comment-467 What a great post - and a great thing to focus on. I love it...way to put it all in perspective for us. :-) What a great post – and a great thing to focus on. I love it…way to put it all in perspective for us. :-)

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