tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post2841304177279159557..comments2024-03-29T09:17:03.691+02:00Comments on Thoughts from Botswana by Lauri Kubuitsile: The Adaptation of a WriterLaurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-52318118289804220102009-05-13T09:27:00.000+02:002009-05-13T09:27:00.000+02:00Sue I think I'm straddling the line. I write what ...Sue I think I'm straddling the line. I write what I want and keep trying to sell it and I write what they want. I must do this if I want to stay a full time writer it is just the reality. Recently I read an article about George Orwell. He wrote book reviews and other journalistic stuff to live and felt that those things sucked him dry in terms of creativity. I have to admit sometimes I feel that way, and that's the sad and scary part of it. <br /><br />Elizabeth- Thanks for that info. I've never sent a collection of short stories to an American publisher, only novels. I'll try my luck!Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-41191389402327262262009-05-12T20:48:00.000+02:002009-05-12T20:48:00.000+02:00Here in the U.S. short story collections are makin...Here in the U.S. short story collections are making a comeback. As people sit in airports, and spend their days constantly hurried and on the move they are embracing the short story. If you do a search on GOOGLE for agents that represent short story collection you may be surprised at how many there are nowadays! Don't give up! If all else fails create e-books and market them over the Internet. Who cares how you find your readers. What matter is that you have some.Elizabeth Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03150221675618198674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-32141727750811280382009-05-12T17:05:00.000+02:002009-05-12T17:05:00.000+02:00It's a sad state of affairs, but true. Certainly ...It's a sad state of affairs, but true. Certainly the big publishers I know in the UK and US tend to publish the same stuff over and over and in the same way. That's why small presses are so important, but in this present economy they're all in danger of folding. Those of us who don't have to rely on writing for their livelihood are the lucky ones (like me -- and I never estimate how lucky I am). But it's a waste and very frustrating. Unless you just keep writing what "they" want just to keep your hand in the game, and then hope that in time things will change....Sue Guineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13556228394020314560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-17357669435384881282009-05-12T15:44:00.000+02:002009-05-12T15:44:00.000+02:00The problem with me and overseas publishers etc. i...The problem with me and overseas publishers etc. is all I have to offer them is short stories- which they don't want, novellas which they don't want, or one of my two wallflower novels which they don't want. So it's not that they don't necessarily want me they just aren't interested in anything I have on offer. I do have a few children's books that need a home but currently I'm too busy to search for one. <br /><br />Sad about your friend Selma.Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-32394510233904687392009-05-12T14:26:00.000+02:002009-05-12T14:26:00.000+02:00That doesn't mean you can't seek an agent or a pub...That doesn't mean you can't seek an agent or a publisher further afield. I don't understand why you haven't been snapped up by a US agent.<br /><br />I understand how disheartening the state of publishing is at the moment. Everything seems to be a struggle. A writer friend of mine who got a few books of short stories published years ago in Australia has given up writing completely because the market for her work just isn't there. I feel really sad about it because she is a brilliant writer. Sometimes I feel like everything comes down to economics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com