Comments on: A Year Later

By: What to have on your website (part 2)? « jessiemac.com

What to have on your website (part 2)? « jessiemac.com — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:42:12 +0000

[...] Again it’s your name that people search for, not your book, it’s the branding and being hated keeps you afloat says author Mark Charan Newton in A Year Later. [...]

By: Jessie Mac

Jessie Mac — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:47:51 +0000

Good to know hating is all part of the writer’s life.

Thanks for a great post, Mark.

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Random Thoughts: Recent stuff on young and untested writers – NextRead — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:30:59 +0000

[...] A Year Later – a post by Mark Charan Newton [...]

By: Helen Hollick

Helen Hollick — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:57:38 +0000

I agree with most of the above – and thankyou for writing such an interesting blog in the first place!
Re self published novels in relation to good/bad books.
I support self published authors as for some people this is the only way to see a dream come true, achieve an ambition etc – sadly many of the mainstream big publishers do not take a chance on the middle of the road “darn good read” now. The criteria has to be “bestseller potential”.
However, far, far, too many self published authors do not realise the importance of an editor – a full editor that is, not just the copy editor checking punctuation & grammar. Most self published authors are not even aware of the difference between the two edits! Heck, many self published authors are not even aware that their book needs an edit! Most S.P. authors feel their partner/spouse/best friend/ dear old aunt Agatha is all the editor needed.
It’s this lack of editing that can often make the difference between a good book and a bad book. And a talent for writing a readable story in the first place.
I like Eric’s quote “Lazy readers make lazy writers” – I know several of those (readers and writers!)
Thanks again for sharing your thoughts – appreciated.