Comments for Nick Harrison's Blog

Comment on Alternative Publishing by Kathy Nickerson

Kathy Nickerson — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:25:11 +0000

I still hope for a traditional publishing path, because I’m afraid I might be fooling myself. I feel like a stage mother promoting her own offspring. I don’t want to put it out on the stage, shove a microphone into its face, and then discover the child can’t actually sing after all.

Comment on Prayer Request by Heather Marsten

Heather Marsten — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:15:37 +0000

Am praying for BJ Hoff’s husband. May the doctor’s hands be guided by God, and may he have a speedy recovery with little or no pain. May BJ Hoff find a peace that passes all understanding. In Jesus’ Name. Amen

Comment on Prayer Request by Richard Mabry

Richard Mabry — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:10:23 +0000

Nick, Thanks for the reminder. Prayers have been and will be offered.

Comment on Alternative Publishing by Timothy Fish

Timothy Fish — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:36:36 +0000

If the numbers Rachelle Gardner was giving the other day are correct, a self-published book is twice as likely to achieve traditional publication as an agented manuscript. I suspect that has more to do with the fact that self-publishing requires a significant work investment, thereby creating a natural laziness filter. On top of that, a lot of self-publishers don’t even want a traditional contract. I’ve considered the traditional route on numerous occassions, but I have a hard time convincing myself that I want to go that route because it is so much less stressful to just self-publish.

Comment on Alternative Publishing by Carla

Carla — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:20:47 +0000

Nick, thank you for encouraging your readers to market their books whether they self publish or not. As Publicity for WinePress publishing, I am amazed at how many authors feel their books will simply sell themselves. Let’s remember that it’s your passion and your message and no one can sell it better. The thing that surprised me the most when I started working with WinePress is how self publishing can help authors build their writing and speaking platforms. The authors who work hard at promotion and support their publicist :0), are the ones whose platforms grow. At WP we strive to provide solid building blocks for marketing. It may take time, but anything done with excellence takes patience and hard work.

Comment on Alternative Publishing by Sheila Deeth

Sheila Deeth — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:42:13 +0000

I think it’s b that stumps me, and the mathematician in me that looks at the numbers and wonders what how anyone would ever see my needle in the self-published haystack.

Comment on Editorial Pet Peeves by Stephanie Reed

Stephanie Reed — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:05:17 +0000

Pet Peeve #3222 was timely! I was wondering how to send the summary and four chapters of my third book to the good editors at Kregel. I was ready to send two separate attachments to keep the files from being too large. I surfed over here from Novel Matters for your “How to Succeed as a Christian Writer” posts, which were wonderful. Kept reading, and thanks to you and #3222, I rolled both files into one. I searched for Pet Peeves #1-3220, but no luck.

Comment on Editorial Pet Peeves by Lori Stanley Roeleveld

Lori Stanley Roeleveld — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:27:54 +0000

I appreciate that!

Comment on Editorial Pet Peeves by Nick

Nick — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:35:16 +0000

I guess I’ll have to do a blog entry on the topic of dialect, Lori.

Comment on Editorial Pet Peeves by Lori Stanley Roeleveld

Lori Stanley Roeleveld — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:58:10 +0000

I’m eager to hear more about writing dialect. I think it’s distracting to see countless phonetic spellings but what, in your opinion, is the best way to communicate a character’s accent? For example, using speech pattern and rhythm alone, stating that the accent exists (“She had to focus to understand his heavy brogue.”) or choosing a particular word to spell phonetically to represent the accent? I’ve been studying ways different writers approach the issue. Thanks for elaborating on your peeve.