tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post3567690955141316092..comments2023-09-22T18:24:22.356+01:00Comments on Lexi Revellian: An insight into platforms...Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-32559170519308710012009-08-08T12:07:06.831+01:002009-08-08T12:07:06.831+01:00More than halfway through now, and the writing is ...More than halfway through now, and the writing is getting worse, as though the editor progressively lost heart the deeper she got into the book, and bothered less with suggestions.<br /><br />It's really not very good.Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-72194623285412978162009-08-05T15:03:16.685+01:002009-08-05T15:03:16.685+01:00Norm, I'm a third of the way through and can t...Norm, I'm a third of the way through and can take it or leave it. There are witticisms on the page I'd laugh at if delivered on the radio by Sandi Toksvig.<br /><br />Trying to work out why I'm not finding it compelling, I decided the characters aren't engaging enough; I don't care much what happens to them. The heroine has a daughter, Shirley, and I know nothing whatsoever about her.<br /><br />My feeling is, a newcomer would be told it lacked sparkle. I haven't read ST's children's books.<br /><br />Rod, I hadn't even heard of SR's novel...Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-38128712465804392542009-08-04T21:22:44.561+01:002009-08-04T21:22:44.561+01:00Too true, I'm just trying to read a spy thrill...Too true, I'm just trying to read a spy thriller by Sella Rimmington. She may have been pretty good at running MI5 but I don't thin she had time to study writing fiction. Obviously someone thought that because she could catch spies - well we have to take her word for that - then she ought to be able to write about them. I don't think so.rodgriffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07071168728713662123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-72791252393111778032009-08-04T18:51:58.961+01:002009-08-04T18:51:58.961+01:00Yes, but how's the book? Is it any good?Yes, but how's the book? Is it any good?Timberatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09017106606021535783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-11468453921415251782009-08-04T13:58:42.936+01:002009-08-04T13:58:42.936+01:00Downhearted? Moi?
No, I reckon market forces will...Downhearted? Moi?<br /><br />No, I reckon market forces will sort it out, in time. If established publishers keep passing over books the public would enjoy, given the chance, then this leaves the door wide open for small independent publishers, POD websites and other opportunities we can't even imagine.Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-72821466209411490462009-08-04T05:39:47.391+01:002009-08-04T05:39:47.391+01:00But the point Lexi makes is valid so many times ov...But the point Lexi makes is valid so many times over it can't be overstated. A well known moron has a better chance of securing not only a publishing deal but also priceless publicity over it than a talented unknown. That's the way the world works.Alan Hutchesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03880999192085868408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-30974789098025860852009-08-03T18:21:17.306+01:002009-08-03T18:21:17.306+01:00Don't be downhearted!
Unknown writers DO get ...Don't be downhearted!<br /><br />Unknown writers DO get agents and publishing deals. I've just been reading about someone who was on YWO. She's landed a three book publishing deal. <br /><br />I've an on-line friend who this time last year was unknown. She has a book coming out in September and two more in the pipeline.Welshcakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11345530288844655569noreply@blogger.com