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<blockquote data-quote="Ravenwind" data-source="post: 6661042" data-attributes="member: 6785772"><p>We could push this metaphor further by noting that there are certainly culinary cliches; how many places currently have molten chocolate cakes on the dessert menus? (Of course, some of that could derive from the tendency to outsource the dessert menus to maximize the profit margins these days, but that's a diversion off-topic that could last some time. . . . <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah. Therein lies the rub. Or the marinade. (Wait, we're not back on cooking, are we?) </p><p></p><p>In the case of the lady who writes <em>A Girl and her Fed</em>, she's got her weekly webcomic audience, which feeds into the related novels, which apparently started their sales on the Amazon Bestseller list, which certainly isn't shabby. She doesn't rely on reviews. She relies on the comic and people linking it to each other in viral fashion, and people liking the comic well enough to look into the rest of her expanding universe. Which is cool, and she's worked hard to make it happen. I respect it, but it's not a model I can pursue, because I have the artistic talent of a paralyzed halibut. </p><p></p><p>I suppose that for me, it comes down to creating ethos, to bring in the hoary old rhetorical term. Creating credibility. You can't <em>manufacture</em> it. You just have to take what you do seriously and. . . try to spread the word. And hope that other people will take a chance, enjoy it, and pass it along. And yes, do some judicious advertising using other people's words, when those words are properly authorized for use. </p><p></p><p>I haven't entirely given up on finding an agent. It is, however, something of a black hole, and my hope is essentially, that they'll see <em>success</em>, and be willing to work with me. [Though every time I say this, the more cynical part of me, usually in chorus with my husband, says, "Ah, so you'll work like a dog to promote your work, become a success, and then someone will <em>discover</em> your success and find it worthwhile to exploit?" And then the other part of my brain replies, "But, well, yes, but people line up to be exploited like that!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ravenwind, post: 6661042, member: 6785772"] We could push this metaphor further by noting that there are certainly culinary cliches; how many places currently have molten chocolate cakes on the dessert menus? (Of course, some of that could derive from the tendency to outsource the dessert menus to maximize the profit margins these days, but that's a diversion off-topic that could last some time. . . . ;) ) Yeah. Therein lies the rub. Or the marinade. (Wait, we're not back on cooking, are we?) In the case of the lady who writes [I]A Girl and her Fed[/I], she's got her weekly webcomic audience, which feeds into the related novels, which apparently started their sales on the Amazon Bestseller list, which certainly isn't shabby. She doesn't rely on reviews. She relies on the comic and people linking it to each other in viral fashion, and people liking the comic well enough to look into the rest of her expanding universe. Which is cool, and she's worked hard to make it happen. I respect it, but it's not a model I can pursue, because I have the artistic talent of a paralyzed halibut. I suppose that for me, it comes down to creating ethos, to bring in the hoary old rhetorical term. Creating credibility. You can't [I]manufacture[/I] it. You just have to take what you do seriously and. . . try to spread the word. And hope that other people will take a chance, enjoy it, and pass it along. And yes, do some judicious advertising using other people's words, when those words are properly authorized for use. I haven't entirely given up on finding an agent. It is, however, something of a black hole, and my hope is essentially, that they'll see [I]success[/I], and be willing to work with me. [Though every time I say this, the more cynical part of me, usually in chorus with my husband, says, "Ah, so you'll work like a dog to promote your work, become a success, and then someone will [I]discover[/I] your success and find it worthwhile to exploit?" And then the other part of my brain replies, "But, well, yes, but people line up to be exploited like that!" [/QUOTE]
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