I thought you'd find this interesting. I certainly did.
It was, but he's at the far end of the spectrum vis a vis self-promotion. I do think, modulo the emphasis, that he's largely correct, but also agree that his (and my own) age are probably a part of my response.
I remember asking my very first editor about self-promotion, and she thought it was all a total waste of time -- i.e. if I had any time I should be writing.
But a younger editor, many years later, was very pleased at the number of authors who were willing to self-promote.
I just think that the book has to come first, and if that's all you have time and energy for, that's where it should go, partly so you can make deadlines and maintain a reasonable publishing schedule, and partly because the writing is, in the end, what sells.
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Date: 2008-02-24 10:04 pm (UTC)It was, but he's at the far end of the spectrum vis a vis self-promotion. I do think, modulo the emphasis, that he's largely correct, but also agree that his (and my own) age are probably a part of my response.
I remember asking my very first editor about self-promotion, and she thought it was all a total waste of time -- i.e. if I had any time I should be writing.
But a younger editor, many years later, was very pleased at the number of authors who were willing to self-promote.
I just think that the book has to come first, and if that's all you have time and energy for, that's where it should go, partly so you can make deadlines and maintain a reasonable publishing schedule, and partly because the writing is, in the end, what sells.