Comments on: Author Interview: Jacquelyn Wheeler http://meghanward.com/blog/2009/12/11/author-interview-jacquelyn-wheeler/ Reading, Writing, and Publishing Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:05:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Meghan Ward http://meghanward.com/blog/2009/12/11/author-interview-jacquelyn-wheeler/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Meghan Ward Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:13:54 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=300#comment-202 Kristan - Thanks for visiting, and congrats on winning the St. Martin's New Adult contest! (I checked out your website.) Kristan – Thanks for visiting, and congrats on winning the St. Martin's New Adult contest! (I checked out your website.)

]]> By: Kristan http://meghanward.com/blog/2009/12/11/author-interview-jacquelyn-wheeler/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Kristan Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:45:59 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=300#comment-201 Great interview! I love her EDUCATED and REALISTIC view of self-publishing. I also loved this, because it was exactly what I thought/felt: "Twilight was a revelation for me, because even though I found the writing itself to be a bit wanting, I loved the characters and the story. Realizing that you don’t have to be a literary genius to tell a great story was what gave me the courage to write my novels." Thanks for this interview, Meghan. I found your blog in a search for "the Big 5" and I'm so glad, 'cause now it's in my Google Reader. :D Great interview! I love her EDUCATED and REALISTIC view of self-publishing. I also loved this, because it was exactly what I thought/felt:

"Twilight was a revelation for me, because even though I found the writing itself to be a bit wanting, I loved the characters and the story. Realizing that you don’t have to be a literary genius to tell a great story was what gave me the courage to write my novels."

Thanks for this interview, Meghan. I found your blog in a search for "the Big 5" and I'm so glad, 'cause now it's in my Google Reader. :D

]]> By: Stephanie Denise Bro http://meghanward.com/blog/2009/12/11/author-interview-jacquelyn-wheeler/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Stephanie Denise Bro Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:42:13 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=300#comment-169 I love the novel's summary at the end. Giving books away as PDFs has been proven successful by Cory Doctorow. When I first heard that, it sounded crazy but it really works! Great interview! I love the novel's summary at the end.

Giving books away as PDFs has been proven successful by Cory Doctorow. When I first heard that, it sounded crazy but it really works!

Great interview!

]]> By: Laura Resnick http://meghanward.com/blog/2009/12/11/author-interview-jacquelyn-wheeler/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Laura Resnick Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:25:39 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=300#comment-151 To clarify misunderstandings about the crucial differences between commercial publishing, "self-publishing," and vanity press, please see the article I've recently posted about this on the Novelists, Inc. blog: <a href="http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/publishing-printing-or-scam" rel="nofollow">http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/publi...</a> To clarify misunderstandings about the crucial differences between commercial publishing, "self-publishing," and vanity press, please see the article I've recently posted about this on the Novelists, Inc. blog:

http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/publi…

]]> By: Jacquelyn Wheeler http://meghanward.com/blog/2009/12/11/author-interview-jacquelyn-wheeler/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Jacquelyn Wheeler Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:44:22 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=300#comment-144 That will definitely be an advantage. I feel for what agents have to go through, but the lovely thing is that better access to self-publishing will make their piles smaller, so everyone wins. :) For a humorous look at querying agents and what it would be like if things were turned around, see my blog post: <a href="http://jacquelynwheeler.blogspot.com/2009/10/hilarious-drudgery-of-querying-agents.html" rel="nofollow">http://jacquelynwheeler.blogspot.com/2009/10/hila...</a> That will definitely be an advantage. I feel for what agents have to go through, but the lovely thing is that better access to self-publishing will make their piles smaller, so everyone wins. :) For a humorous look at querying agents and what it would be like if things were turned around, see my blog post: http://jacquelynwheeler.blogspot.com/2009/10/hila…

]]> By: aditi raychoudhury http://meghanward.com/blog/2009/12/11/author-interview-jacquelyn-wheeler/comment-page-1/#comment-142 aditi raychoudhury Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:04:00 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=300#comment-142 The biggest advantage of self-publishing (in my mind) is that these agents/publishing houses will have to descend from their high horses eventually and re-evaluate how they deal with the process of publishing - i think more and more people will self-publish in the future! The biggest advantage of self-publishing (in my mind) is that these agents/publishing houses will have to descend from their high horses eventually and re-evaluate how they deal with the process of publishing – i think more and more people will self-publish in the future!

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