Hey guys,
Peezle can be a bit rough around the edges,
but he is damn good when it comes to marketing and does this sort of thing IRL for work.
Its just a matter of dealing with the rough edges first,
but hey good luck with your title Hurrikane and new bubby!
Cheers, V.
Couldn't give a toss if the guy shits gold bricks, he's a sarcastic twat I have no time for. If succeeding means listening to him I WANT to fail.
And: If he's so good at marketing, why's he marketed himself as a pain in the arse?
Felt I had to explain myself a bit better and not just snap back at the troll (not that he's got a habit of trolling, but to me, here, he's a troll).
He's talking to me as if I haven't spent the last twenty-odd years thinking up stories, refining characters, devising plots, looking at the publishing industry, reading all I could that was written by my peers on how to write, how to get published, how to market yourself and what it involves to be a successful author, and writing books I am confident to present to the public. The last four years I've been writing constantly and have around half a million words to show for it, most of which form stories I'm proud of, although bills need paying so writing is not all I've done. Nor is it the only thing I'm trying in an attempt to earn money from creative endeavours, but none of that matters to anyone but me; it's certainly none of his business to comment on.
As Nowhere City Irregulars is not part of a series like my other books are, it seemed a good way to try out self-publishing online, as it's something I'd been avoiding in favour of getting a legitimate book deal and agent, i.e. validation that allows me to place my work in bookshops alongside my peers. When you release a book on the internet you have waived the chance to offer it unseen and have committed to marketing and distributing it yourself, but after looking around, I thought I'd give Kindle a go. Part of getting the afore-mentioned validation is getting people to read your work, and selling a debut novel cheaply through a free facility like Kindle is one of many ways to boost your internet presence and your potential audience.
What I mean to say is, I'm not blind to all advice, although believe me, I've read my fair share of it. But when someone, anyone (he could be the chief commissioning editor at Bloomsbury for all I care) starts a conversation by calling me a failure, picks up people for their grammar while writing words like "praparation" and "ecerything" in his own posts, cites having a newer computer than me as a reason to respect his opinion and then goes on to say something as revealing as 'liberals suck', I'm not gonna be taking his advice anytime soon. For the record, I'm a 'liberal.' Can't imagine why anyone would be otherwise. So as I suck by default, his advice is negated. It only applies to conservatives.
Hurrikane
