tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post1691676192826091769..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Building platform for non-fictionJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-86558058519393687052014-02-15T12:48:30.243-05:002014-02-15T12:48:30.243-05:00I read the previous post about platform. I am an u...I read the previous post about platform. I am an unpublished writer doing a biography about a guitar player who has played and worked with some very famous people. Would his fan base and the fan base of the band he was in for 16 years be enough of a platform?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09471177018723836565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-39203908891332538182013-01-25T01:59:49.200-05:002013-01-25T01:59:49.200-05:00My biggest question about platform has to do with ...My biggest question about platform has to do with the fact that I write more "literary" nonfiction. I write personal essay, and other narrative nonfiction. Thus, I'm curious how else to create platform other than by writing articles or opinion pieces. How do I create platform more personal pieces? Is it just lit mag publications I should be shooting for?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-51968869978179207292013-01-21T08:33:02.663-05:002013-01-21T08:33:02.663-05:00Sounds like a great seminar (not for me, bc I'...Sounds like a great seminar (not for me, bc I'm strictly fiction.) But around the country? Not hardly: NY, Boston, LA, San Francisco, San Diego, and Atlanta. I know they probably want metro areas; that makes sense. But what about Detroit? Boise? Miami for heavens sake. Maybe that would open up the conversation a bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-29130576841593983462013-01-20T14:52:49.546-05:002013-01-20T14:52:49.546-05:00With over a hundred, op-eds and essays in dailies ...With over a hundred, op-eds and essays in dailies and weeklies, and one year as a columnist under my belt, I still bill myself as a minnow in a mud puddle. (I hope I'm not insulting my editor by saying that.)<br />I'm building my platform one plank at a time as my fan-base expands. I just hope I don't drown from all this swimming.<br />Thanks for the info.Carolynnwith2Nshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394998702410764388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-59579914465111163842013-01-20T11:43:55.095-05:002013-01-20T11:43:55.095-05:00Thanks for this information. I've been trying ...Thanks for this information. I've been trying to build platform and I do have some OpEd pieces in a local paper. Shelly https://www.blogger.com/profile/01111556226010142607noreply@blogger.com