Comments on: You’ve Got To Do Better Than Austen Today http://www.novelr.com/2007/07/26/youve-got-to-do-better-than-austen-today Writing, Publishing and The Internet Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:22:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eli James http://www.novelr.com/2007/07/26/youve-got-to-do-better-than-austen-today/comment-page-1#comment-599 Eli James Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:52:45 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/archives/youve-got-to-do-better-than-austen-today#comment-599 Very much so, Gloria. I'm tempted to say that online lit may provide an alternative, but that would be a lie, at its current state. It has to improve .. I've been thinking lately on how to create a community of blookers and like minded people - who want to see blooking as a whole advanced and read and taken seriously. Cheryl's already doing a great job at Blooking Central - she's keeping track of the many blooks there are out there. But it was Richard who pierced the heart of the matter: that comments from blook authors to other blook authors just wasn't enough, and blogs such as Novelr and Blooking Central can only do so much to advance thought on the subject manner. A forum, perhaps? The one at Yahoo groups isn't good enough ... Oh, gosh. This should be a post on its own. Very much so, Gloria. I’m tempted to say that online lit may provide an alternative, but that would be a lie, at its current state. It has to improve ..

I’ve been thinking lately on how to create a community of blookers and like minded people – who want to see blooking as a whole advanced and read and taken seriously. Cheryl’s already doing a great job at Blooking Central – she’s keeping track of the many blooks there are out there.

But it was Richard who pierced the heart of the matter: that comments from blook authors to other blook authors just wasn’t enough, and blogs such as Novelr and Blooking Central can only do so much to advance thought on the subject manner.

A forum, perhaps? The one at Yahoo groups isn’t good enough …

Oh, gosh. This should be a post on its own.

]]> By: Gloria Hildebrandt http://www.novelr.com/2007/07/26/youve-got-to-do-better-than-austen-today/comment-page-1#comment-594 Gloria Hildebrandt Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:09:39 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/archives/youve-got-to-do-better-than-austen-today#comment-594 It seems that publishers' default response to inquiries and proposals is "no." They are clearly missing out on good writers, and accepting many mediocre ones. There must be a trick to getting published. You must need to know someone who will champion you. It's depressing and short sighted. It seems that publishers’ default response to inquiries and proposals is “no.” They are clearly missing out on good writers, and accepting many mediocre ones. There must be a trick to getting published. You must need to know someone who will champion you. It’s depressing and short sighted.

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