The essay was published on Killer Year, a blog featuring the work of some debut mystery writers--itself an example of well-handled promotion. It's a buzzing community, and something else you should check it out:
"It isn’t enough to write a fantastic novel. There’s more to getting published than a well-written book- something my friend Bill Blume recently gleaned from JA Konrath.
"If you don’t have a web presence these days, you aren’t just fighting an uphill battle: you’re pushing a loaded bus up a mountainside. It helps to have profile...
"I don’t know who said new authors can’t do signings or get space on store shelves (certainly Cornelia Read, Louise Penny and Stuart MacBride have, to name a few) but SPAM? Could someone seriously be suggesting authors are hamstrung because they can’t SPAM people?"
You named Louise Penny and that’s good because on fantasticfiction.co.uk is on the same page with Daniel Pennac, a writer whose humor I enjoy a lot.
Posted by: Mary | August 10, 2006 2:25 PM | Permalink to Comment