tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post8644936788654285403..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: 10 Things Crime Writers Can Learn From Paris HiltonJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-17843802269498346832009-12-10T15:57:33.094-05:002009-12-10T15:57:33.094-05:00It would be easy to call this serendipity or good ...It would be easy to call this serendipity or good luck, but what I come away with is how important is it to be using the social media channels we have available to us as writers. You can't deny the power of a personal relationship (even if it only exists online) so thank you for leading me to both Sophie Littlefield and Brad Parks!larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04677645977238339068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-13562846301111010932009-12-07T12:11:31.585-05:002009-12-07T12:11:31.585-05:00I love stories like this!
Sophie's point is...I love stories like this! <br /><br />Sophie's point is so true as well. I recently bought a book from an author I'd never heard of because she started following me on Twitter. I started following her blog because of a link she tweeted, thought she was a cool person, and then bought her book when I saw it in Borders :). <br /><br />I LOVED it, and now I'm recommending IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT by Lisa Dale to anyone who enjoys contemporary romance (a genre I didn't even know I liked until I impulse bought her book.) And all because she is a genuinely nice person who followed my twitter account.<br /><br />It's great to see how these connections come about!Rebecca Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15214077952378770753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-17854121436628399612009-12-06T17:57:54.367-05:002009-12-06T17:57:54.367-05:00Loretta: Man, I really screwed that one up, and I ...Loretta: Man, I really screwed that one up, and I wasn't even hung over or anything!<br /><br />Link to Wil Wheaton's blog: http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/<br /><br />What I meant to write: "Don't be a di*k"<br /><br />Ugh.dawthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05111620685415829813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-77339862559683874112009-12-06T03:37:23.255-05:002009-12-06T03:37:23.255-05:00For me, this post took me on a journey of links an...For me, this post took me on a journey of links and reading that made me feel good. I don't follow celebrity stuff but have always felt Paris Hilton has the potential of being a "blond with a clue". <br /><br />I like to think she'll continue to do good things in the years ahead to promote that - get a clue - message.<br /><br />I also like the introduction to Brad Parks. I love "meeting" writers who understand story and make it happen. I may even buy his book... grin...therese patrick, authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624202282411832436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-33237824810476806852009-12-05T23:13:37.060-05:002009-12-05T23:13:37.060-05:00Okay, I know what an a#@hole is, but what's a ...Okay, I know what an a#@hole is, but what's a d**c?Loretta Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02253542701930736398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-80856283210600612662009-12-05T17:36:40.578-05:002009-12-05T17:36:40.578-05:00And now, because of your blog, I've ordered Pa...And now, because of your blog, I've ordered Parks' book...and since I'm a book recommendation columnist for a major newspaper, I may be recommending the book to thousands of readers in a matter of weeks. Yup.Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333494452915600562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-40346573675880930952009-12-05T16:49:26.060-05:002009-12-05T16:49:26.060-05:00Thanks, Janet. You're always an inspiration. I...Thanks, Janet. You're always an inspiration. I don't follow Twitter much and maybe I should. I just went there and someone made 3 comments about me today! Good ones!I never would have known this if I hadn't read your post just now. Thanks!Kylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627312129304745663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-55040516442067151452009-12-05T16:49:26.061-05:002009-12-05T16:49:26.061-05:00...or as Whttp://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup......or as Whttp://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/il Wheaton says, "Don't be a d**c!"<br /><br />I am now stuck on an eternal link trail, thank you very much. ;-)dawthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05111620685415829813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-65991974431015534772009-12-05T16:22:27.295-05:002009-12-05T16:22:27.295-05:00First off: Thanks for buying my book Janet!
Your...First off: Thanks for buying my book Janet! <br /><br />Your post reminds me of what has become my mantra for book promotion:<br /><br />Nothing works. And everything works.<br /><br />As to my sensational faux paus with Sophie -- I'm not telling either -- it has led to Sophie and I pinky-swearing that we will simply have to keep getting drunk together at conferences for as long as we both shall live.<br /><br />It's a tough duty but, you know, sacrifices must be made for the good of the career...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-29896636053321843612009-12-05T13:37:31.948-05:002009-12-05T13:37:31.948-05:00I definitely have bought books I first heard of vi...I definitely have bought books I first heard of via tweet. It seems random--and chaos theory is definitely in play--but there is an underlying guiding principle: as Sophie so eloquently puts it: "don't be an a#@hole." Send good into the universe and good comes back.<br /><br />Now I'm going to go follow Sophie on Twitter.Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-71725991227178457502009-12-05T12:19:26.534-05:002009-12-05T12:19:26.534-05:00I don't have a book buying budget, but I do ge...I don't have a book buying budget, but I do get a lot of books this exact same way via the library. Someday I'll have cash to buy though!Joellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04345209675431505161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-70353582301355265452009-12-05T12:16:11.896-05:002009-12-05T12:16:11.896-05:00Oh my lordy, this is incredible, because just befo...Oh my lordy, this is incredible, because just before I read *this* post, Brad and i were having an early-morning email exchange about serendipity....(early for me, late for him, but he's on you coast with 2 little kids and has probably been up since 4am or something) - - <br /><br />Brad and I were fondly remembering, as we are wont to do, how we met at Bouchercon a year ago and became friends because we share an editor and have kept up that friendship through email and calls and the occasional cheer-up or encouragement session. We have a rule that we only hang out with nice people at conferences. No jerks. We laugh about our many faux pas and our most spectacular one of all - nope I'm not telling - led to a friendship with a person who later was far kinder to us than she ever needed to be.<br /><br />Which brings me to *my* #1 rule of being a writer which is....ta-da: never be an, um, a#@hole. Put out good into the universe and you get good back. <br /><br />(OMG can you believe I just said "put out" - which reminds me of this: http://www.runwaytshirts.com/i-put-out-for-santa/)Sophie Littlefieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578153078188007343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-82331856436934562542009-12-05T12:05:29.333-05:002009-12-05T12:05:29.333-05:00Very insightful. I love your blog.Very insightful. I love your blog.Gwen Hernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394401588845644494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-12567118609357483932009-12-05T11:47:22.773-05:002009-12-05T11:47:22.773-05:00Twenty minutes a day? How on earth do you keep up...Twenty minutes a day? How on earth do you keep up with blogs and tweets in twenty minutes a day?Lillian Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13488638666900705015noreply@blogger.com