tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post8772472280142286570..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The House of Words (no. 8): Doing what you want to do, 1Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-25025814097929604872011-04-01T13:32:14.538-04:002011-04-01T13:32:14.538-04:00And I think bloggers will become even more importa...And I think bloggers will become even more important as people to recommend and weed the bad and mediocre from the good so it can be seen.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-39367127824732467462011-04-01T13:30:46.250-04:002011-04-01T13:30:46.250-04:00Gary,
I will have some posts on small press and n...Gary,<br /><br />I will have some posts on small press and nanopress (a variety of self-publishing) and so forth, and if you want to do one geared toward nonfiction, please do because I have poets and novelists but nothing at all on nonfiction. (And though you very well might write a novel some day, right now you are thinking about nonfiction projects.)<br /><br />Really I think all your ideas marly youmanshttp://www.marlyyoumans.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-58871487456776529742011-04-01T13:14:27.181-04:002011-04-01T13:14:27.181-04:00For those that want to leap, research these words ...For those that want to leap, research these words "short tail" and read this blog "seth godin"<br /><br />publishing yourself is no longer the "vanity" printer exercise in narcissism and futility.<br /><br />self publish in an ebook format, do some marketing on your own, and sell 200, 500, or 1,000 copies. that will make you more money than most books published by Gary Dietzhttp://www.6by7reports.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-38597210774153844432011-04-01T09:41:09.681-04:002011-04-01T09:41:09.681-04:00An impressive heap of questions! I shall answer in...An impressive heap of questions! I shall answer in the next post, coming up soon...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-24707174303502151942011-04-01T08:07:12.243-04:002011-04-01T08:07:12.243-04:00i wonder:
how many writers were successful enough ...i wonder:<br />how many writers were successful enough to not need a job in the era when editors could focus on art and publishing houses were individual, home owned entities? Perhaps more novelists, poets, essayists were published but how well did all those books sell? How many were remaindered? <br /><br />Are there fewer successful writers--writers who did not need to supplement their income zephyrhttp://www.thegarden.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-39368304269238194762011-03-31T23:06:24.808-04:002011-03-31T23:06:24.808-04:00marja-leena,
Thanks! I was wondering if it was go...marja-leena,<br /><br />Thanks! I was wondering if it was going all right, and I am glad it is going all right for you.<br /><br />It is interesting what and how much transfers well form one art to another. Definitely the whole business about "success" and its implications.<br /><br />Now, back to laundry and other un-beautiful things...marly youmanshttp://www.marlyyoumans.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-44041717691251420742011-03-31T22:45:05.549-04:002011-03-31T22:45:05.549-04:00"success is a word that sits uneasily with be..."success is a word that sits uneasily with beauty and shapeliness and art" - too true for at least some of us! Did I already mention how much I'm enjoying this series?marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-83475282290378914622011-03-31T13:06:36.586-04:002011-03-31T13:06:36.586-04:00Other parts of the series will hit those sorts of ...Other parts of the series will hit those sorts of topics a bit, too.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-26223877350344195652011-03-31T13:02:46.614-04:002011-03-31T13:02:46.614-04:00I should have such worries. Right now, I just want...I should have such worries. Right now, I just want someone to publish my two books, the chapbook and the poems.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.com