Greg R. Fishbone Author Site - Latest Comments

Re: Galaxy Games blog tour

Greg R. Fishbone — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:04:10 -0000

Thanks!

Re: Galaxy Games blog tour

Lawrence Brown — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:26:19 -0000

sent you a message with a link to a cool site.

Re: Writing Shortcuts: Paid Interviews and Reviews

Carol Gordon Ekster — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:19:47 -0000

Sure, I'm always up for another interview! Meanwhile, my interview went up on that site this afternoon.

Re: Writing Shortcuts: Paid Interviews and Reviews

Greg R. Fishbone — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:08:38 -0000

Carol-- Maybe I can interview you about your experiences with interview websites. :D

Re: Writing Shortcuts: Paid Interviews and Reviews

Greg R. Fishbone — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:42:54 -0000

Thanks, Carol! I'll probably tweak this page over time to clarify the differences between a required fee and a suggested donation and to emphasize that this is a trap that traditionally published authors can also fall into. I can sympathize with the need to promote and find readers in non-traditional ways but it's always important to be careful and make sure you're getting an adequate return for your time and money. If we're talking about the same site, it looks like it's been operating for less than a month and there's little evidence they've attracted many readers or built much of a reputation yet.

Re: Writing Shortcuts: Paid Interviews and Reviews

Carol Gordon Ekster — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:17:01 -0000

Greg, I recently sent the site you spoke of answers to questions for an interview...though it's not up on their site yet, and I'm NOT self-published. (I admit I do shameless self-promotion though). I actually Tweeted about this opportunity and put it on a FB authors' site, only because I contacted them and they said their donations are optional. So while I agree with you that you should not pay for an interview, this particular site might give some authors an chance to get their book to more readers. And you never know where one new reader might lead. I think what you wrote is important in that we all need to be careful and thoughtful in relationship to what we do with our writing and book promotion. Thanks for all you do for sharing information with writers.

Re: Writing Shortcuts: Paid Interviews and Reviews

Eric Luper — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:01:27 -0000

This is a valuable piece, Greg. It approaches this aspect of our field very fairly. It's almost painful hearing about the pitfall so many authors fall into. So much of ourselves go into our work and that fuels the desire to succeed. Don't fall for it!