Comments on: Weekend Update #8 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/03/05/weekend-update-8/ The Fundamentals of Our Publishing are Wrong Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:37:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sean Lindsay http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/03/05/weekend-update-8/comment-page-1/#comment-1240 Sean Lindsay Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:26:00 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/03/05/weekend-update-8/#comment-1240 Paul, I'm all for increasing the importance of hotness in determining publishing success. Too many times I've had to rip the back cover off the dust jacket just to be able to read a book.<br/><br/>Heck, I'm only planning on blogging here until the bandages come off, then it's so long suckers, hello book contract. Paul, I’m all for increasing the importance of hotness in determining publishing success. Too many times I’ve had to rip the back cover off the dust jacket just to be able to read a book.

Heck, I’m only planning on blogging here until the bandages come off, then it’s so long suckers, hello book contract.

]]> By: Sean Lindsay http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/03/05/weekend-update-8/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 Sean Lindsay Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:33:00 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/03/05/weekend-update-8/#comment-1239 And thanks back again, for reminding me to change the tagline on the blog. And thanks back again, for reminding me to change the tagline on the blog.

]]> By: Heather http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/03/05/weekend-update-8/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 Heather Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:02:00 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/03/05/weekend-update-8/#comment-1238 And thanks to <i>you</i> for the shoutout. <br/><br/>I fully intend on pimping your blog as often as I can. :) It makes for useful advice, and people can get thoroughly discouraged thinking they're getting witty reverse-psychology advice from someone who really does think they should keep writing, but just doesn't want to tell them so. <br/><br/>Man, that was a runon sentence. I should stop writing (but that would make you happy, Sean...) And thanks to you for the shoutout.

I fully intend on pimping your blog as often as I can. :) It makes for useful advice, and people can get thoroughly discouraged thinking they’re getting witty reverse-psychology advice from someone who really does think they should keep writing, but just doesn’t want to tell them so.

Man, that was a runon sentence. I should stop writing (but that would make you happy, Sean…)

]]> By: Paul Riddell http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/03/05/weekend-update-8/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Paul Riddell Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:59:00 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/03/05/weekend-update-8/#comment-1237 Well, it's good to know that self-promotion techniques from science fiction are starting to move over to mainstream fiction. I guarantee that if Marisha Pessl wanted to start writing fantasy novels, her face would be in every issue of <i>Locus</i> for the next five years...without her actually writing a goddamn thing. Well, it’s good to know that self-promotion techniques from science fiction are starting to move over to mainstream fiction. I guarantee that if Marisha Pessl wanted to start writing fantasy novels, her face would be in every issue of Locus for the next five years…without her actually writing a goddamn thing.

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