Comments for http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:56:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 Comment on Twitter Directory of Literary Agents, (Plus a Snapshot of How Much They Tweet) by Tweets that mention Twitter Names of Literary Agents | -- Topsy.com http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/twitter-twitter-names-of-literary-agents-plus-a-snapshot-of-how-much-they-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Tweets that mention Twitter Names of Literary Agents | -- Topsy.com Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:56:02 +0000 http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/?page_id=94#comment-73 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Mahesh Grossman. Mahesh Grossman said: Twitter Directory of Literary Agents, (Plus a Snapshot of How Much They Tweet) http://budurl.com/zfsn [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Mahesh Grossman. Mahesh Grossman said: Twitter Directory of Literary Agents, (Plus a Snapshot of How Much They Tweet) http://budurl.com/zfsn [...]

]]> Comment on Vote for Your Favorite Cover for Rick Warren’s New Book by Dan Folkus http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/vote-for-your-favorite-cover-for-rick-warrens-new-book/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Dan Folkus Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:22:22 +0000 http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/?p=79#comment-71 Hi Mahesh! I've been blown away by your kind and helpful emails about finding an agent, so I went to the site of the book cover design contest to see if we're on the same page as to the best entry. Here's my take: #3191, the one with the frayed knot, which totally emphasizes the need for hope. The others are either nondescript, or cliche. Well, that's my opinion. That one really stands forth. I'm a writer at heart (I"ve got an unpublished novel and a graphic novel, filmscripts up the galore, but as a designer/artist by profession (see my web page, please), I can't be wrong about this selection? Well... I really don't think so, but would like YOUR opinion! Dan Folkus 856-939-3116 Hi Mahesh!

I’ve been blown away by your kind and helpful emails about finding an agent, so I went to the site of the book cover design contest to see if we’re on the same page as to the best entry. Here’s my take: #3191, the one with the frayed knot, which totally emphasizes the need for hope. The others are either nondescript, or cliche.

Well, that’s my opinion. That one really stands forth. I’m a writer at heart (I”ve got an unpublished novel and a graphic novel, filmscripts up the galore, but as a designer/artist by profession (see my web page, please), I can’t be wrong about this selection? Well… I really don’t think so, but would like YOUR opinion!

Dan Folkus
856-939-3116

]]> Comment on Vote for Your Favorite Cover for Rick Warren’s New Book by Contessa Isabella Vacani http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/vote-for-your-favorite-cover-for-rick-warrens-new-book/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Contessa Isabella Vacani Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:26:35 +0000 http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/?p=79#comment-70 Dear Mahesh, Felicitations on Rosh Hashana! I like 2671 by Lopez 4. The cover is dark but the strong and lovely hands which entwine and intertwine are very powerful, particularly in these trying times in which most of the world finds itself. The colors of the letters The Hope You Need are in blue, a vibrant , primary color of the Universe .It is loaded with symbolisms as well as subliminal messages to the would be reader. Many of the designs stood out for their inane lack of creativity and originality although they looked attractive. I think selling that particular type of book needs more than "attractive". I don't mean to be churlish, just candid. Yours most cordially, Contessa Isabella Vacani Dear Mahesh,
Felicitations on Rosh Hashana!
I like 2671 by Lopez 4. The cover is dark but the strong and lovely hands which entwine and intertwine are very powerful, particularly in these trying times in which most of the world finds itself. The colors of the letters The Hope You Need are in blue, a vibrant , primary color of the Universe .It is loaded with symbolisms as well as subliminal messages to the would be reader.
Many of the designs stood out for their inane lack of creativity and originality although they looked attractive. I think selling that particular type of book needs more than “attractive”. I don’t mean to be churlish, just candid.
Yours most cordially,
Contessa Isabella Vacani

]]> Comment on A Surprising Way to Create a Fanbase by mike costa http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/65/comment-page-1/#comment-67 mike costa Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:41:51 +0000 http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/?p=65#comment-67 hello, I just wanted to stop by and say hi, I also did something similar with my books - kept on a website for free downloads. Only problem was that most people already know about it from the 1990s, and I can't seem to convince them to buy it in paper form. -Mike hello,
I just wanted to stop by and say hi,
I also did something similar with my books – kept on a website for free downloads. Only problem was that most people already know about it from the 1990s, and I can’t seem to convince them to buy it in paper form.

-Mike

]]> Comment on A Surprising Way to Create a Fanbase by Sara Marie Hogg/Pairalee Pendleton http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/65/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Sara Marie Hogg/Pairalee Pendleton Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:41:24 +0000 http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/?p=65#comment-66 This is for Mahesh: I enjoy your informative newsletters and this current one is very intriguing. Myself, I am not an agressive go-getter, put yourself out there kind of person. That is not my talent. Like a lot of artists, I am more passive and introverted, thinking it my job to create and not sell. Publishing has changed much since I first began submitting my work over 20 years ago. It is a sad state of affairs, that the creative people are having to hawk their wares instead of spending their time on writing more things. And instead of getting paid for their works they are often having to spend their own money to get their stuff read--by even a small audience. I have taken the ideas YOU have offered in your newsletters that are palatable to me and tried to put them to use to the best of my ability and I think it has made a difference and I thank you. Sara This is for Mahesh:
I enjoy your informative newsletters and this current one is very intriguing. Myself, I am not an agressive go-getter, put yourself out there kind of person. That is not my talent. Like a lot of artists, I am more passive and introverted, thinking it my job to create and not sell. Publishing has changed much since I first began submitting my work over 20 years ago. It is a sad state of affairs, that the creative people are having to hawk their wares instead of spending their time on writing more things. And instead of getting paid for their works they are often having to spend their own money to get their stuff read–by even a small audience. I have taken the ideas YOU have offered in your newsletters that are palatable to me and tried to put them to use to the best of my ability and I think it has made a difference and I thank you.
Sara

]]> Comment on Sweet and Sour Literary Agents (and Rumi) by Orrin Michael Carpenter http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/sweet-and-sour-literary-agents-and-rumi/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Orrin Michael Carpenter Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:30:39 +0000 http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/?p=48#comment-65 I agree with the logic behind this article, Mahesh. So called 'Friends' can sometimes turn out to be one's enemies, and sometimes someone whom one sees as an enemy can later be viewed as a friend. Thank you for referring me to this article. ( I actually did exactly what this article recommends, on my own. I proofread and edited my manuscript 7 times in 7 months within the last year. It is now at least 3 times better written than it was at the time that a crituquer gave it a very good review. I do not believe in resting on laurels. It's a very vain foundation to rely on. Orrin I agree with the logic behind this article, Mahesh. So called ‘Friends’ can sometimes turn out to be one’s enemies, and sometimes someone whom one sees as an enemy can later be viewed as a friend. Thank you for referring me to this article. ( I actually did exactly what this article recommends, on my own. I proofread and edited my manuscript 7 times in 7 months within the last year. It is now at least 3 times better written than it was at the time that a crituquer gave it a very good review. I do not believe in resting on laurels. It’s a very vain foundation to rely on. Orrin

]]> Comment on A Surprising Way to Create a Fanbase by Carolyn Howard-Johnson http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/65/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Carolyn Howard-Johnson Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:19:00 +0000 http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/?p=65#comment-64 It's nice to meet you, Mahesh. The universe was taking care of me today. My husband send me a copy of your e-mail. He did that because I just wrote an article on Free, too, and had just told him I plan to take one of my old books and turn it into a freebie--no strings. So that's on my to-do list. But YOU made me move it up to my SOON to-do list. Very best, Carolyn Howard-Johnson Blogging at Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites pick www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com PS: You may love my blog as much as I like yours. I'll be tweeting about it. (-: It’s nice to meet you, Mahesh. The universe was taking care of me today. My husband send me a copy of your e-mail. He did that because I just wrote an article on Free, too, and had just told him I plan to take one of my old books and turn it into a freebie–no strings. So that’s on my to-do list. But YOU made me move it up to my SOON to-do list.
Very best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Blogging at Writer’s Digest 101 Best Websites pick http://www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com

PS: You may love my blog as much as I like yours. I’ll be tweeting about it. (-:

]]> Comment on How to Write a Book Proposal to Land a Literary Agent by Sweet and Sour Literary Agents (and Rumi) | http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/how-to-write-a-book-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Sweet and Sour Literary Agents (and Rumi) | Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:54:26 +0000 http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/?page_id=15#comment-63 [...] Cure, had two agents who were interested in her work. The first was ready to send out her book proposal as it was, right away. The second was Carol, who said that Lewis’s book proposal wasn’t [...] [...] Cure, had two agents who were interested in her work. The first was ready to send out her book proposal as it was, right away. The second was Carol, who said that Lewis’s book proposal wasn’t [...]

]]> Comment on How to Write a Book Proposal to Land a Literary Agent by What Literary Agents Want to See If You’re Not Famous, Part IV | http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/how-to-write-a-book-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-62 What Literary Agents Want to See If You’re Not Famous, Part IV | Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:08:21 +0000 http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/?page_id=15#comment-62 [...] when he was pitched a book proposal by a young man who a month after his twenty-first birthday, moved to Ujae (population: 450), a [...] [...] when he was pitched a book proposal by a young man who a month after his twenty-first birthday, moved to Ujae (population: 450), a [...]

]]> Comment on How to Write a Book Proposal to Land a Literary Agent by What Literary Agents Want to See When You’re Not Famous, Part II « http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/how-to-write-a-book-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-61 What Literary Agents Want to See When You’re Not Famous, Part II « Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:02:38 +0000 http://authorsteam.com/authorsmbablog/?page_id=15#comment-61 [...] to have a book on a topic that fills a hole in the market.  That doesn’t mean presenting a book proposal on something no one’s ever seen before. You don’t really want to write the first book [...] [...] to have a book on a topic that fills a hole in the market.  That doesn’t mean presenting a book proposal on something no one’s ever seen before. You don’t really want to write the first book [...]

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