eros (the movie)
I recently watched Eros. It is a movie featuring three shorts by famous directors on the subject of Eros. This left a lot of room for interpretation and I was hoping for something special. It was a mixed bag, at best.
more on small presses
I’ve enjoyed Alan Canton’s articles since I discovered them almost a year ago. However, I just now discovered he also has a blog. If you want to read more about the small press industry by someone with many more axes to grind than I, (and more experience as well), you’ll enjoy his articles and blog. Not to give the impression that he’s a bitter man. He isn’t. His opinions are very practical and grounded. I can relate to that viewpoint.
i just can’t take myself anywhere
The world of self-publishing/small presses is a whole universe unto itself. This makes finding information very easy (except, of course, the exact information I want). There are all sorts of groups, including a couple lively Yahoo! Groups and a very experienced discussion list I subscribe to. I don’t post, I just lurk.
There are also live groups one can attend or join. Two are available to me in my general area. I’ll call them Baynet and Valleynet. I’ve gone to a few meetings of Baynet and one meeting of Valleynet. My general impression of both groups is one of the blind leading the lame. (I also attended one meeting of a local writer’s group. The people were very nice but it was all fiction and poetry, all tending towards sci-fi or fantasy. Only one person had had anything published and she wrote articles for animal magazines.)
addendum to “blurbing”
In the previous post, I forgot to add that book Forewords are treated much the same way as blurbs. Very often the Foreword is written by the author and the guest “writer” simply puts their stamp of approval on it.
Nice work if you can get it.
PS: And with the controversy over Kaavya Viswanathan, it’s becoming obvious one no longer even needs to actually write their own book. Image is far more important.
PPS: And don’t forget J. T. LeRoy, who proved that the idea of a biography (along with the image of the author), is far more important than reality.
blurbing
Most authors like to have “blurbs” on their book covers. This is where other authors or people prominent in the subject field endorse the book. Although I don’t know that a blurb has ever influenced my decision to buy a book, it certainly makes me look favorably on the author if So-and-so said that they enjoyed reading it. And that’s the whole point of getting blurbs.
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Personal Update (7/2/08)
Book #2 is on its way. Slowly. But getting there.
I'm finally ready to rejoin life. Slowly, too.
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Geeky
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